Chief Marketer Staff
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Digital
Operation Smile Taps Omniture
Operation Smile, a medical charity dedicated to surgically treating children born with facial deformities, has selected Omniture to upgrade its Web site and online campaigns.
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Agencies
Sales Lead Management Association Forms
The Sales Lead Management Association (www.salesleadmgmtassn.com), a new online organization dedicated to helping firms manage their sales inquiries, has formed in Los Angeles.
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Agencies
Burger King Pushes Gift Cards with Holiday Promotion
Burger King is looking to make big holiday promotion splash this year with its gift card offerings.
The company next month will launch an instant-win game tied to Burger King’s BK Crown Card.
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Agencies
Disney Pushes ‘National Treasure’ Film with Online Games
Walt Disney Pictures is out with an interactive promotion and sweepstakes tied to the upcoming release of “National Treasure: Book of Secrets.”
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Agencies
Live from the DMA: InterContinental Makes Over Loyalty Communications
The InterContinental Hotels Group several years ago ripped up its direct mail strategy to loyalty members, and started from scratch.
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Agencies
Online Holiday Retail Sales to Reach $33: Billion: Survey
Online retail sales in the U.S. this holiday are expected to hit $33 billion, a 21% increase over 2006, a recent survey forecasts.
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Agencies
Live from the DMA: Word of Mouth Means More than Low-Cost Advertising
Advertisers looking to employ word-of-mouth marketing need to stop viewing it simply as a way to promote their products or services for little ad expense, Todd Tweedy, president and COO of social marketing firm BoldMouth, told an audience at the Direct Marketing Association annual gathering in Chicago Tuesday.
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Agencies
Gift Cards Coming Soon to ATMs
ATMs aren’t just for cash withdrawals or deposits anymore. There’s a whole new use for the machines: dispensing prepaid gift cards.
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Agencies
Best Buy Launches Canadian Rewards Program
Best Buy is offering a new rewards program in Canada to award customers with points for purchases made in its stores or online.
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Agencies
Arby’s Issues Kenseth-Branded Gift Cards
In the latest sponsorship tie-in to NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth, Arby’s is selling limited edition gift cards bearing Kenseth’s picture.