Case Studies
“Case Studies” features stories and industry analyses designed to inform and empower our users. This section examines the issues that matter most and provides the fresh perspectives sorely lacking in today’s industry.
Verizon Reaches Out to Small Businesses
By: Frank S. Washington
It’s no secret that big companies often don’t do well when making overtures to small businesses. In many instances, their outreach efforts fail not because big businesses don’t have anything worthwhile to offer but because major marketers aren’t very good …
continue reading
- Topics:
- Case Studies
How Combe Inc. used an integrated campaign to promote its new hair rinse
By: Paula Andruss
When consumer products manufacturer Combe Inc. wanted to stimulate trial of its Just For Men hair color product, the White Plains, N.Y., company sought a cost-efficient way to deploy a free sample offer to …
continue reading
- Topics:
- Case Studies, CRM/Customization, Segmentation
An update from a few green marketers we mentioned last year
“How do we continue to work on sustainability from the heart?”— Greg Owsley
“Nobody’s hired us saying, ‘You’re the green designer, that’s why we want you.’”— Edith Graves
By Elaine Appleton Grant
In the months since Deliver® published its first green …
continue reading
- Topics:
- Case Studies, Green Marketing, greenroom, Opinion
Keep your marketing eye-catching, not eye-rolling
By: Steve Cuno
We recently ran across this gem on a bank’s Web site: “To us, [our city] is not a ‘market’ … While some banks are looking to make a profit, we want to make a difference, one person at a time.”
Perhaps, …
continue reading
- Topics:
- Case Studies, Opinion
September issue named winner of “Best of 2007” online survey
“Green” took home the gold recently as our eco-themed September issue of Deliver was voted the most popular in our “Best of 2007” online readers’ poll.
The Deliver “green” issue, which focused on how environmental concerns are affecting direct marketing, only …
continue reading
- Topics:
- Case Studies
By: Steve Cuno
Branding has become the hot marketing topic of the new millennium. Advertising agencies have taken to calling themselves “branding agencies.” New books and magazines about branding sprout daily. Marketing talk everywhere centers on the brand.
Yet amid the babble, there’s little agreement about what constitutes a good brand. …
continue reading
- Topics:
- Case Studies, Brand Marketing, Opinion
Have your own Case Studies? Contact Deliver to contribute