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  • PROMO Launches Branded Online Trivia Game

    PROMO Magazine has launched its first trivia-based advergame that tests marketing executives’ knowledge about recent campaigns, marketing terms and tactics for a chance to win prizes.

  • News Brief

    SHARP ELECTRONICS CORP.: has named Relay Worldwide its sports marketing agency of record.

  • Loose Cannon: Reflections During Passover and Easter

    As per my annual tradition, I offer the following column. I am presenting it again because — just as the stories surrounding Passover and Easter are re-told every year — so too does this one deserve a re-telling.

    Readers looking for Loose Cannon’s usual breezy gloss on direct marketing may wish to skip this column. This true story, of how one merchant who valued his customers acted when his business was threatened, does not have a happy ending.

  • Direct Asks

    What have you bought recently by direct response? I’m a true mail order junkie, and a very eclectic one. Recently I’ve bought wool trousers cuffed and

  • Easier Said Than Done

    It sounds deceptively simple. To increase business-to-business leads and sales, all you have to do is make four rights: right people, right offer, right

  • Bunny Hunt

    Lindt USA has hit the road in bunny-shaped cars to hand out samples of its iconic foil-wrapped Gold Bunny chocolate candy, just in time for Easter. The

  • Most Maligned Metric?

    The open rate is one of the most cited, and yet derided, metrics in e-mail marketing. And both for good reason: On the surface it seems straightforward

  • Listline

    NEW LISTS NASCAR/Racing Enthusiasts Network Race Attendees This is a list of 376,436 who attended NASCAR events. A typical fan is 42 years old with annual

  • An Urgent Wake-Up Call

    The word is out. The Postal Regulatory Commission has issued a schedule of recommended rates that could very well be the death knell for some of our industry’s

  • Get Acquainted

    If you want to use data to enhance product offerings, it’s essential to know what you’re working with. Consider the following practices: Cast a wide net