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The Next Hot Marketing Idea? Newsprint!

|  by Beth Negus Viveiros

Okay, okay. I'm being a little tongue-in-cheek with the headline. But two recent marketing efforts printed on good old-fashioned newsprint caught my attention. And that's what it's all about, isn't it? Capturing a bit of your prospect's overcrowded ...

MISSING: DMA Board Members

Have you seen any of the following people? Leslie Abi-Karam, Pitney Bowes Inc. Christine Aguilera, SkyMall, Inc. Bill Bass, Fair Indigo Ronald Bliwas, A. Eicoff & Company G. Steven Dapper, hawkeye Glenn Eisen, Guthy-Renker LLC ...

Here’s My DMA Story

|  by Chief Marketer Staff

Yeah, back in 1999, bright-eyed and eager to tackle the direct marketing world, I opened Johnson Direct and immediately joined the DMA. I figured that it was a good idea to be associated with the industry's leading association. I also assumed it would be ...

Marriott to Guests: You’re on YouTube

The San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino is doing something worth mentioning. It has expanded the role of one of its staff members to include filming resort guests for marketing purposes. The staff member has a new title: "You Tube Concierge." ...

Miss Springfield

Marge Simpson is next month's Playboy cover girl. It's a tribute to the awe-inspiring power of the Simpsons franchise, and a spotlight on the evolution of Playboy from seminal porno publication to lifestyle magazine with benefits. It's easy to ...

Problem Postal Proposals

|  by Larry Riggs

In a recent article, Newsweek magazine polled some management consultants and business futurists on how to improve the U.S. Postal Service and make it run more like a business www.newsweek.com/id/216741. This assumes that

Yoo Hoo Team Greco, Where Are You?

When it comes to pop culture, I've never been one of the cool kids. While all the other girls were pouring over magazines like US, People, InTouch, OK and LifeStyle to catch up on the latest celebrity gossip, I was reading the Economist and ...

Getting Specific

Been hanging out at the In-Store Marketing expo the past few days, where I overheard the words "shopper marketing" 2,747,387 times. Talk about buzz. I think at least half the conversations were people arguing about the definition. Most descriptions ...