31 Dec 2001
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against
a text message campaign for the first time.
Computer games company Eidos Interactive sent the message as part of a
campaign ...
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Eidos launched the campaign shortly after September 11. The complainant,
an ex-British Army member ...
31 Dec 2001
Max Wright has been appointed by Rapier to join its Communications
Planning resource as senior planner. He will have a key role in
developing new training programmes across the agency. Wright comes from
BMP DDB where he spent the past three years as a planner on accounts
such as British Meats ...
31 Dec 2001
| by NOELLE MCELHATTON
at this year's DMA Royal Mail Awards.
Associated Co-op Creameries and its agency Partners Andrews ...
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The push also won Golds in the FMCG and door-to-door categories.
A total of 27 Golds were awarded ...
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- See enclosed DMA Royal Mail Awards 2001 Book of the Night for further
details of winners ...
31 Dec 2001
Broadsystem is to handle direct response for UK online's national
advertising campaign. Broadsystem will manage calls generated by the
campaign and handle requests for information received via the campaign
website, email and iTV.
...
31 Dec 2001
chairman Steve Wunker said: "The
directive recognises the power of SMS advertising. This can be abused ...
added: "SMS is the most intrusive form of advertising there is. It's
terrific when people get what ...
31 Dec 2001
| by HOLLY ACLAND
College armed with a BA from the
UK's only integrated advertising degree course.
With three year ...
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Each year between 80 and 90 students join the college's Graphic Design
and Advertising degree course ...
of specialising
either in graphic design, illustration, media advertising or integrated
advertising ...
31 Dec 2001
| by RACHEL BARNES
library, Tank!, in collaboration with the Royal
Mail, created the People's Choice Awards. Presented on the first night
of the summit, it is the only consumer award to recognise direct mail
excellence ...
31 Dec 2001
| by HOLLY ACLAND, Editor - holly.acland@haynet.com
). Robertson argued that this was a breach
of his human rights and the court awarded him costs ...
31 Dec 2001
| by HOWARD BARKLEY, managing director of River
According to John Steel, author of Truth, Lies and Advertising, the
average American receives 3,000 advertising messages each day. We aren't
far from this saturation point in the UK. The proliferation of products
is reflected in the messages cajoling, commanding and compelling us to
act. The flip side ...
31 Dec 2001
| by HOLLY ACLAND
Camelot is embarking on its first direct mail push following the
lifting of a blanket restriction on all direct marketing activity by the
National Lottery Commission.
The 60,000-strong mailing, through Hicklin Slade 4 million TV, press and radio campaign for the launch of its
Christmas ...