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In Honor of National Punctuaion Day: The Proper Use of an Ellipsis
Sometime earlier this year I came across a reference to today being National Punctuation Day and quickly put a reminder in my calendar. It kind ...
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Inappropriate Advertising in the Miami vs. FSU Football Game
You don’t have to be a football fan or even an FSU alum to appreciate the really poor taste exhibited by the media buyers for ...
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Respecting the Opt Out List
In honor of the death of John Jay Daly, former president of the Direct Marketing Association and founder of the program that allows consumers to ...
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Common Problems in Marketing Plans
WSJ published a great piece early this summer entitled How to Write a Good Business Plan that starts off pointing out why a down economy ...
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Increase in Advertising Spending = Recovering Economy or Desperation?
About six months ago I started encouraging clients to take advantage of the pull back in advertising spend to make their dollar go further by ...
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SunTrust Advertising Implies They are Immune to M&A; Is that a Safe Bet?
Call me picky if you like, but I actually listen to the words in the radio and TV commercials and read the ad copy in ...
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Planning to Use Social Media is Not the Same as Planning Your Social Media Strategy
Back when everyone read Kotler’s marketing textbook and set about defining an approach to the 4 P’s, businesses had marketing plans. The plans specified the ...
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When Too Much Couponing is Not a Good Thing
I went to Ted’s Montana Grill last night. I’m a huge fan of their grilled salad (includes blue cheese and avocado) so this is a ...
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