As brands zero in on engagement as a key marketing battleground in 2009, mail remains a potent weapon. With consumer spending sliding and the economy in a downturn, marketers are more pressed than ever to build relationships with target audiences. They must develop a bond that goes beyond a single sale and into long-term engagement [...]
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TV Marketers Tune in to Viewers
These days, members of KCSM-TV, a public-broadcast station based in San Mateo, Calif., have an unusually intimate relationship with station programming director Steve Opson. Through a direct mail campaign that won the 2008 Bronze ECHO award, Opson appears to station viewers as a plucky, geeky cartoon character. In his chatty intellectual voice, he shares details [...]
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