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Relevancy vs. Creativity
Is relevancy really more important than creativity? It’s hard to prove. But now there’s TiVo StopWatch, a new way of measuring minute-by-minute television
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Political Suppression
Shaun Dakin wants to give politicians a taste of their own medicine. Dakin, a database marketer, was once a volunteer political telemarketer. In 2006
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How Not to Deal With ISPs
Online political group Truthout.org cried foul recently after Hotmail and AOL blocked its e-mail. At the same time, Yahoo! apparently has been shunting
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Rebate Ruckus
Consumer rebate programs are under siege. Complicated redemption rules, high resubmission and rejection rates and long waits for checks have triggered
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E-mail Delivers
Speak to e-mail marketers for any length of time about their craft, and sooner or later the topic of deliverability will come up.
This year’s e-mail roundtable was no exception as four top e-mailers outlined what they see as having the biggest impact on the industry in the last year and going into 2008.
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Who Needs Needs?
I’m looking at a mailing from a company that sells vitamins and supplements. The key copy: Scientifically formulated for all your nutrition needs. Ugh.
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Do You Do It?
A Bill Me Later/Ipsos Insight survey found that more than 12 million Americans admitted to shopping online while on work-related conference calls.
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Swim, Don’t Sink
If you want to be a big fish in a small pond, you need to make a splash.
In her new book
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Funky, Flirty, Loud and Lemony
Today everyone has multiple storefronts. There’s your catalog cover, your Web site home page, and, if you’re a brick-and-mortar retailer, your physical,
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An Underserved Market
Around 40% of those classified as “emerging Hispanics” (those over age 21 with annual household incomes below $40,000) sign up for them, compared with 60% of the general population, according to a new study from loyalty marketing firm Colloquy.