CLEAR CONNECTION With Do Not Call laws all the rage, Gryphon Networks has developed automated Do Not Call and privacy compliance solutions for telephone marketers. The service is delivered nationwide via networking technology and offers Do Not Call compliance in real time. Options include Do Not Call, the Call Center DNC Guardian, call accounting and productivity reporting. More info: 866-366-6822 or www.gryphonnetworks.com.
FENCED IN Depaul Supply Co., Mundelein, IL, has introduced Promofence, a four-foot high poly safety fence that can be used at events to improve security and crowd control, as well as create additional sponsorship opportunities with ads and logos placed on the fence. Promofence offers advertisers approximately 100 images over the space of a city block (double if Promofence is installed on both sides). Printing is done in reverse on outer film to protect the image. Photo quality printing is available in up to six colors with continuous repeating image sizes. More info: 847-949-8733 or www.promofence.com.
CLEANING UP THE HOUSE AdJacket Inc., New York City, offers to streamline the campaign process with a new software that creates a template-based Web application that facilitates agency communications in the account management, creative, production and traffic departments. The software also lets users create an archive for TV and radio spots, print ads and collateral materials. AdJacket is housed on the agency's own server. Clients have the option of licensing the software or paying an annual subscription fee and a per job charge for agency-wide contracts. More info: 212-677-7660 or www.adjacket.com.
STAYING IN STOCK Running out of product during a big sale is not the worse thing that can happen, but it won't exactly endear you to your customers. Cambridge, MA-based Demantra, a provider of consumer demand-driven supply chain solutions, is offering Spectrum Suite. The package includes demand management, marketing analysis and planning, and inventory planning and optimization. The company also helps juggle production resources with the constraints that accompany trade promotion. More info: 866-DEMANTRA or www.demantra.com.
MARKETING CHEAT SHEET Sponsorship consultant Kim Skildum-Reid has introduced SponsorshipScope, a “cheat sheet” for marketers to quickly asses their sponsorship programs based on a 32-question questionnaire. The Power Sponsorship Web site also features CauseCoach, a mentor matchmaking service for charities, recommended sponsorship resources, polls and an Ask the Experts page. More info: 61-2-9559-6444 or www.powersponsorship.com.
PUSH/PULL Get 'em going in and coming out. Transilwrap Company, Inc., Chicago, is offering economical two-sided window and glass door signs. The package includes TransPaque Film, a white opaque blockout material that can be two-side printed either screen or offset; and the Trans-Cling Window Face Vinyl, a high/tack/low-tack clear film for adhesion to windows. More info: 800-321-8544 or www.transilwrap.com.
HOT OFF THE PRESS ASG Entertainment is offering Mag-A-Music, a multimedia music magazine complete with a CD/CD ROM with music tracks, music videos, screen savers and a new artist track. Mag-A-Music is producing the Rolling Stone and Radio Disney promotional CD/ CD ROM series. The glossy, fold out magazines feature contests, music coupons, interviews, sticker pages, and collector posters. ASG has teamed with Comag Marketing group to develop alliances with major distributors such as Anderson News, Chas Levy Distributors, News Group and Hudson News to ensure the magazines are available on newsstands in drug, discount, convenience and super market chain stores around the country. More info: 212-691-2800 or www.mag-a-music.com.
