Topic

Promotion

  • Postscripts

    BORDERS: is out with a new gift card to commemorate Black History Month in February. The card features a portion of the title of the song, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” and raised hands and words from the actual song.

  • Upromise Video Contest Offers $25,000 in College Tuition

    Upromise Inc. is tapping into the user-generated content craze with a video contest offering the chance to win $25,000 toward college tuition or student loans.

  • Denny’s Takes on Competitors with New Campaign

    Denny’s has launched a new campaign aimed at bringing people back for breakfast, and it’s using guerilla marketing tactics and TV spots to do it.

  • Social Tease

    Social networks are not going away not if usage and membership stats are any indication. It’s estimated that 37% of online U.S. adults and 70% of U.S.

  • Shape Up

    For many Americans, a new year usually ushers in a resolution to lose weight and get healthy. Whether they achieve their goals remains to be seen. But

  • How Effective?

    Experiential marketing is premised on the notion that consumers are motivated by what they’re encountering. In a best-case scenario they might even be

  • Young But Not Stupid

    It Used to be easy in 1992. When Robert Wolfe wanted to attract customers to the first Moosejaw Mountaineering outdoor store in Keego Harbor, MI, he and

  • Smells like Licensing Deal

    Music publisher Primary Wave has revived the lost art form of the deluxe promotional CD package. The labels don’t do it any more, says Devin Lasker, partner

  • Back to the Real World

    What do you do after a Web 2.0 promotion turns sour? If you’re Pernod Ricard and want to stress the sophistication of Malibu Rum to a twenty-something

  • Gift-Card Monte

    Psst. Hey, Bud. Want a free $500 Target gift card? How about a $250 Victoria’s Secret card? Or a $100 card for Toys Us, no charge? Just fill out this