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Eeny, Meeny, Miney? No.
Agency execs tell horror stories about running into the PROMO 100 list during new-business pitches. In the midst of a capabilities presentation, the client
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Beyond the Weinermobile
George Leon (below) is, finally, in the Guinness Book of World Records. The Fox Family Worldwide exec bounced his way in with a 5,000-cubic-foot playground
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Customer, May I?
MOST MARKETING IS SPAM.TV ads are spam (except for infomercials, surprisingly enough).Direct mail to strangers is spam. So are radio ads and the king
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Fishing in the Promotional Closet
I got a late start with my spring cleaning this year, but I really got into it. So much so that, when I was done, I decided to do a little digging in
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International
NEW ZEALAND Kids’s Movie a Big Hit Dow Under Krispa Potato Chips is targeting kids five to 12 with a program exploiting global Rugrats mania through a
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Electronic Buzz
A year’s worth of free beer and a keg refrigerator for storage is the first prize in a Web contest launched in March by Beer.com, a vertical portal site
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Shakeup at Miller
Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing Co. says it’s “way too early to tell” what will happen to agency assignments following a surprise shakeup last month in
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Shave and a Cheesecake, Two Hits
The Gillette Co. put itself on the cutting edge in 1998 and earned accolades in the process by walking away with top honors at the American Marketing
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Dixie Spirit
With little to no advertising budget in place, Southern Comfort was looking for a strategy that would increase on-premise sales to the lucrative 21-and-over
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