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		<title>Analysis of an Award Winning Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Mcisaac</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago I mentioned that I had worked on award winning direct mail campaigns and had someone PM me asking for the link to prove it. I figured I might as well share a video that I did a couple of years ago about a campaign I did that won a PoDi [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">A couple of days ago I mentioned that I had worked on award winning direct mail campaigns and had someone PM me asking for the link to prove it. I figured I might as well share a video that I did a couple of years ago about a campaign I did that won a PoDi award and more importantly  had a 37.07% response rate and well over a 25x return per dollar.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">There are some nuggets in this video about proper list selection and the value of a unique multi-channel campaign.</p>
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		<title>Direct Marketing 101 Defining Your USP</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Mcisaac</dc:creator>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAX5Od6nm0E">Direct Marketing &#8212; Defining Your USP</a></p>

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