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  • Brand Illusions

    The PowerPoint presentation surprised Joe Crosby. But the ripple effect it produced really knocked him for a loop. Crosby manages the DoubleTree Club

  • Rally to the Cause

    Corporations are all ears as the consumer call for philanthropy gets louder. Now, it’s even better to give than to receive. While that old philosophy

  • The Marketing Mix (Up)

    Marketers have three primary tools to sell product: Advertising, Trade Promotion, and Consumer Promotion. Collectively known as the Marketing Mix, these

  • Marriage of Convenience

    The marketing team at 7-Eleven just couldn’t wait until July 11 to get the chain’s 75th birthday party started. And with good reason. The world’s largest

  • letters to the editor

    Better Letters At the risk of committing phariseeism and extending Herschell Gordon Lewis’ 12 commandments for sales letters to 150, I’d like to add three

  • Unitrin’s DM Unit Meeting Expectations, Despite Loss

    Unitrin Direct, a unit of insurer Unitrin Inc., had an operating loss of $7 million in fourth quarter 2001, compared with an operating loss of $2.2 million

  • West Marine Tests E-mail Catalog

    West Marine has tested a concept that could knock catalog marketing on its ear: an electronic catalog that mimics a hard-copy catalog to the letter. The

  • The Ins and Outs of Outsourcing

    CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT has been a major business movement for several years. Most organizations are convinced of the value to be gained by focusing

  • Cisco Starts Major DM Effort

    DESPITE THE FALTERING ECONOMY and corporate reluctance to invest in equipment, Cisco Systems is under way with a $100,000 multimedia push to generate

  • Dialing the Right Number

    A CALL CENTER often plays the most important yet least appreciated role in the success of a direct response campaign. Maybe that’s why choosing a call