Posts Tagged ‘Direct Response Marketing’

AT&T Wants To Keep Me As a Customer

Monday, October 27th, 2008

What do you know, Ma Bell sent me a letter.  She doesn’t want to take me for granted anymore. Today I got a letter that literally opens with “We know better than to take your business for granted”, and then spells out an offer that actually could save me $40 a month if I switched […]

Stapp Interview with Financial Services Advisor from Compete

Friday, September 12th, 2008

This week I was interviewed by Karen Marchione for Compete’s weekly Financial Services Advisor Newsletter. The theme of “Trust” dovetails with the presentation I gave yesterday at JFAM:Live! to over 100 financial services marketers – in today’s environment your internet marketing and web site need to convey trust, ease and security more than ever before. […]

On the road, again…

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Starting tomorrow, 9/11 of all days, I’ll be on the road and hoping to see lots old and new friends. Tomorrow I am speaking at the JFAM:Live! Fall 2008 Symposium at the Bloomberg Building in NYC. JFAM is a catchy acronym for the Journal of Financial Advertising and Marketing, run by Bill and Samantha Wreaks. […]

“2,239 Tested Secrets for Direct Marketing Success” By Denny Hatch and Don Jackson, 1998

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

You’ve got to love a book about direct marketing that has a big yellow starburst on the cover! And a big blue arrow telling you what’s inside! But wait…there’s more! 2,239 more fantastic ideas and thought starters to be exact! I was given this book back around 2001 and have loved it ever since. I […]