Special Year-End Edition
   
 
Employees are key to
integrated marketing pay-off
A recent scholarly research project uncovered a direct link between a company’s commitment to an integrated marketing strategy and improved profits. It went on to suggest that integrated marketing, to be effective, must be embraced by the company’s employees. Having a tool that can make that happen may have a big pay-off.
 
 
 
It’s time to review your media strategy
Marketers looking to make an impression with audiences these days need to keep in mind the number 13 – the number of hits needed for a brand or product to be burned into a prospect’s long-term memory. Having a public relations program in place and maximizing the media buy can help marketers approach that magic number.
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A woman putting a DVD into a computer.
Taking direct marketing interactive
Studies have shown that direct mail is used most
often over other media to drive customers to the
Internet. VeriSyst not only drives customers to the Internet, it seamlessly connects them to a specific web page or portal without the viewer having to click through. See some ways this can be used to improve your business.  
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MySpace: A primer for marketers
Teens and twentysomethings are flocking to social network MySpace.com and others for self-expression, identification and connecting with “friends.” It’s a phenomenon some marketers have tried to exploit, but proceed with caution – not only is measuring results difficult, but if it isn’t handled correctly the effort could backfire.