Topic

Agencies

  • GET BACK TO THE BASICS

    “BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU wish for.” For business-to-business marketers, this old adage has never been more true.B-to-Bers have abundant sales and marketing

  • FLYING IN THEIR OWN FORMATION

    There aren’t many frequent flyer programs in which the top redemption option is to stay on a Caribbean island belonging to the man who owns the airline.

  • Becoming a Utility Player

    WHILE GAS AND electric utility customers generally feel positive about their service providers, cable TV companies may face customer defection in a deregulated

  • Account-Specific Spotlight: Atlanta

    There’s been a second march on Atlanta, and the victors this time are Publix and Wal-Mart. The two chains have captured a combined 25 share in the last

  • Branding the Herd

    DURING TWO OF my summer sojourns, I realized that many of our industry’s finest had done an exemplary job of branding, at least in our household.While

  • PAGING A NEW MARKETING STRATEGY

    WHETHER TOP SECRET OR NOT, government agents who use high-tech communications devices that bounce off satellites are now getting the chance to procure

  • The Renaissance in B-to-B Lists

    JOB TITLE? Business class? Sales volume? Business-to-business mailers are no longer satisfied with those old-time list selects alone. Now they want to

  • Electronic Promotions Threaten DM Couponing

    WHILE DIRECT MAIL remained a favored method of receiving samples or coupons, ranking second only behind free-standing inserts in newspapers, its popularity

  • SHOW AND TELL

    THE CONCEPT OF giving consumers “access” to their personal data-allowing them to see, and if necessary correct, information marketers possess about them-seems