Chief Marketer Staff
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Agencies
Dunkin’ Donuts Returns to its Roots—Doughnuts—in $10 Million Campaign
Dunkin’ Donuts has launched a new $10 million promotional campaign to remind people of its roots as a doughnut maker.
The campaign, the first to focus on the round pastries since 1997, includes TV, radio, online ads and a contest that lets people design their own doughnuts, with the winner receiving $12,000 and their doughnut becoming part of the company’s every day menu in June.
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Listline e-Newsletter 3/18
Statlistics has won management of this file which names 48,226 last-30-day direct mail-sold consumer electronics buyers. Millard Group was the previous manager.
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Vertis Names Quincy L. Allen CEO
Vertis Communications has named Quincy L. Allen its CEO, effective April 6. Allen had been an executive at Xerox Corp.
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Nutrition Firm Leases 800-867-5309; Jenny Probably Not Included
Nutrition firm Natrient LLC has purchased rights to 800-867-5309 for $25 million. The length of the contract was not revealed. More, along with The Snarker’s Take, follows.
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DialAmerica Marketing Founder William J. Conway Dead At 91
William John Conway Sr., who founded DialAmerica Marketing, died on March 12. He was 91.
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Agencies
Nautilus Filing Offers Insight Into Direct Strategy
Nautilus announced its overall sales and results a week ago. But its annual results document, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, provides more detail into its current thinking. More, along with The Gossip’s Take, follows.
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Email
Stupid Marketer Watch: Big-Name Spammers Do Us No Favors
Think just fly-by-nights spam? Think again. Some of the best-known names in American commerce are engaging in it.
And it’s unbelievably stupid behavior.
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Email
Now, Where Have I Heard that Name?
Marketing services agency Zeta Interactive yesterday announced that George DiGuido has been promoted to vice president of e-mail marketing
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Email
Magilla Needs a Favor
I’ve been asked to take over another of Penton’s e-mail newsletters. Well not asked, actually. Kind of, well, prodded