Chief Marketer Staff

• Promo News

  Going PRO: OptionOne tops U.S. winners in ’98 World PRO Awards of Excellence.CHICAGO – Minneapolis agency OptionOne snagged the award for Best Promotion

• Points of Switch

  Warner-Lambert faced a challenge two years ago when it wanted to extend sampling of its anti-itch cream Benadryl to reach heavy users. The drugmaker could

• Agencies

  Not at Your Service

  THIS IS THE fifth year we’ve done an informal accounting of service standards in the consumer catalog industry. In the past, we generally reviewed about

• Conference Schedule

  TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 9:00am – 5:00pm – Registration10:00am – 12:30pm – Promotion U Workshop12:30pm -1:30pm – Lunch-on-your-own1:30pm – 5:00pm – Promotion

• Agencies

  B-to-B Catalogs’ Online Customer Service Disappoints

  Business-to-business catalogers have failed to integrate their fulfillment and customer service operations with their online marketing efforts.That’s

• GOING FASTER THAN EVER: Ironman picks up steam and sponsors for its 20th year.

  The first Ironman Triathlon was dreamed up during a Navy awards ceremony as a way to settle a bet about whether bikers or runners were in better shape.

• Agencies

  100 Voodoo Dolls to Palo Alto?

  IT’S NOT EVERY direct marketer that would have the hubris to run a “Build a shrine to us on your Web site” contest. But then, not every direct marketer

• Agencies

  The New Select

  ARE YOU WONDERING why that top-performing list you rented in 1997 just didn’t cut the mustard this year?One answer: Take a closer peek at where those

• Agencies

  That’s Entertainment

  High-Speed Duel In an innovative idea, DC Comics and NASCAR will join next month to stage a duel within one of the circuit’s biggest races. The Showdown

• Agencies

  Home Again

  SWIMMING POOLS and golf courses. Dance lessons and card games. Cookouts and crafts classes.It may sound like a summer camp or a luxury resort, but it’s