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As a business owner, you’ve spent a lot of time and energy thinking about which products or services you could bring to market that would offer real value to consumers. Now it’s time to advertise those products or services to the right audience. But...

Many of today’s marketers are young enough that they don’t really remember life before the Internet. Even marketers “of a certain age” tend to focus solely on digital channels to reach their audience, and that’s too bad.

No one can deny that online...

Medical device and pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars each year trying to influence physicians and surgeons and for good reason: physicians and surgeons control a ton of money.

According to some calculations, the average doctor in...

Autumn is upon us. I know this because Dunkin Donuts is selling their pumpkin donuts, which I happen to enjoy immensely, and which go very nicely with Starbuck’s Pumpkin Spiced Chai Latte.

But I digress…

For many marketers, autumn brings with it not...

It’s that time of year again. The leaves are starting to turn, the air is filled with cooler breezes, and kids everywhere are driving their parents nuts as they shop for 5-subject notebooks and the latest fall fashion trends.

It’s back to school...

Advertising mogul William Bernbach believed that advertising is persuasion, and that persuasion is not a science but an artform. Therefor, advertising is the art of persuasion.

Too many marketers focus on numbers and logistics but spend little time...

When just starting out with a new business, entrepreneurs typically focus all of their efforts, resources and budget on marketing to a small niche of consumers. This niche could be determined by a geographic location, a particular age group (or...

Here’s some good news: According to a study by Benchmarking for Newsworks, one that covered 500 econometric models, print ads significantly increase the effectiveness of a marketing campaign. In fact, the study revealed that advertising with...

We’re big fans of direct response marketing because we see it work for our clients over and over again. Direct response marketing is highly-trackable, offering quantitative data and actionable insights. Direct response is also incredibly affordable,...

If you’re old enough to remember watching The Jetsons cartoon, and I’m certainly not admitting that I am, you probably remember dreaming about having your own Rosie the robot to clean your room, wash the dishes, and take care of all those other...