Sure, taking chances can be daunting. But doing nothing is an even bigger gamble
By: Joseph Jaffe
In today’s uncertain times, there is no clear leadership being demonstrated in the marketplace, no overt efforts to rise above the sea of mediocrity currently washing over direct marketing. Some might say this …
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Why the old lines of demarcation in marketing are, thankfully, starting to blur
By: Joseph Jaffe
We live in an either/or world — be it left or right brain; church or state; branding or direct response.
The reality is, however, that there is no line anymore that divides one bucket from …
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Your marketing budget is an investment, not an expense
Forgive us, marketing friends, but we’d like a few moments with your CFO. It’s OK, we’ll wait while you go find him or her.
Stuck in a budget meeting? Hmmm, well, maybe you could take a message:
We just want to …
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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 …
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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, …
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What’s the argument in favor of adopting new, industry-imposed direct mail guidelines? Your business may not survive otherwise. Convinced yet?
Where adaptation is concerned, marketers aren’t necessarily behind the times, but neither have all of us always been in the forefront when it comes to embracing new ideas and innovative …
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