By Steve Cuno

As one who is all for instant gratification, I love the Internet. I can preview anything, on the spot. If I like the preview, I can download the real thing and revel in it then and there.

Provided, that is, that I never want to download anything besides …

By Steve Cuno

We rarely hear about the fourth law of thermodynamics. In brief, it states that whenever a server says, “Careful, this plate is extremely hot,” an invisible force compels the customer to touch the plate. The compulsion grows as the cube of the number of decibels with which …

Epicurean magazine Saveur doubled its response rate by abandoning its courtesy voucher in favor of another marketing strategy: the magalog. There are a lot of offers in the magalog, from sweepstakes to discounts.

DMA report predicts $1B jump in direct mail spending

Spending

In defiance of predictions about its decline, spending on direct mail marketing is expected to increase by more than $1 billion in 2010, according to an annual study from the Direct Marketing Association.

The “Power of Direct” …

By Steve Cuno

If you’re a marketing-agency client, you’ve likely heard the axiom “Clients get the advertising they deserve.” If you haven’t heard this, either you don’t get out much, or creative people mind their tongues when you’re around — although only someone who doesn’t get out much would …

We reveal four marketing trends likely to get hotter in 2010 – and show you how they can work for brands of any size.

By Anne Stuart

With the direct marketing industry in the grip of a series of upheavals, from the digital revolution to the economic meltdown, figuring out …