31 Dec 2001
Direct mail continues to grow in volume and expenditure, according
to the Direct Mail Information Service. Statistics show a 4.5 per cent
increase in volume year-on-year for the July to September period, with
1.13 billion items sent out. Expenditure increased by 5.9 per cent
year-on-year, reaching...
31 Dec 2001
| by MELANIE MAY
is biting and the DM industry is just one
of many being affected by slashed budgets and job losses ...
among the DM
community.
People know it is there, says Harris, but don't really understand what ...
, only a very small proportion of NABS' money comes from the
DM industry. "Without being cynical ...
31 Dec 2001
| by RACHEL BARNES
As another year closes and 2002 budgets are being set, DM suppliers
are having to work harder ...
? And are agencies the worst offenders?
"Agencies' own campaigns are often put to the back of the queue," admits
Alex Bennigsen, CEO of full service agency The Pepper Corporation. "But
this shouldn't get in the way ...
31 Dec 2001
| by HOLLY ACLAND
of agency Mustoe Merriman Levy is one
such lecturer. On the day I visited, his time was spent critiquing ...
31 Dec 2001
| by MELANIE MAY
the
bigger the print run. Kelvyn Moore, account director at below-the-line
agency FST Marketing, thinks ...
agencies, producing highly targeted communications based on
the price bracket, location and the type ...
the printers or
agencies.
He thinks personalisation is what matters. "Marketing is in the eye ...
31 Dec 2001
| by HOLLY ACLAND, Editor - holly.acland@haynet.com
Brian Robertson, a retired accountant from Pontefract, West
Yorkshire, has had a bee in his bonnet for some time about his details
being disclosed to anyone who might then use them for marketing
purposes. Until last month, he hadn't caused any problems for the direct
marketing industry - he...
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...
31 Dec 2001
| by STEPHEN GREENE, creative director, The Interactive Agency
and tight security wherever you go? Not such a joy after all,
then.
1. Client Thomas Cook
Agency ...
Agency Leonardo
Art director Stuart Button
Copywriter Wesley Hoawes
Medium Press ads
3. e ...
-media-c
Agency Alphabet
Art director Nick Platt
Copywriter Barney Cockerill
Medium Direct mail
4 ...
31 Dec 2001
| by JAMES WHELAN
) 128 million
Total marketing spend (2001) 200,000
Main DM agency None, all marketing is done in ...
for London
Pride through agency Doner Cardwell Hawkins. With the strapline,
'Whatever you do take Pride ...
-draw marketing. "To
me these are all bona fide, successful DM techniques," he adds. These
include at ...
31 Dec 2001
Sam Simon is the newly-appointed commercial director at The
Preference Service. He joins from direct marketing agency MBO, where he
was its financial director for seven years. He has also worked at the
Network Marketing Group and DIA Design Consultancy.
...