http://nedma.com/conferenceblog New England Direct Marketing Association Conference and Exposition Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:53:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Craig Blake, who was installed as President of the New England Direct Marketing Association at NEDMA '06, has just a few parting words about the conference before we put this blog to rest for at least a short summer hiatus. Here's Craig... Well, 10 months of planning and preparation have ... http://nedma.com/conferenceblog/2006/06/24/parting-words-about-the-conference-from-nedmas-new-president-craig-blake/ With less than 72 hours to go before NEDMA '06 finally kicks into gear, Craig Blake (Vice President of Sales at W.A. Wilde, Vice President of the New England Direct Marketing Association and co-chair of the conference), has just a few final words to say. Once again, here's Craig... Frequent readers of ... http://nedma.com/conferenceblog/2006/06/11/less-than-72-hours-to-go-before-nedma-06/ Joining us as a special guest blogger this week is Mariah Hunt, who is a Senior Production Manager at Digitas, working on the FedEx, AT&T and Virgin Life Care accounts. Prior to joining Digitas, Mariah had her own direct marketing consulting business with clients such as Monster.com, Crabtree & Evelyn, and Intersystems. She ... http://nedma.com/conferenceblog/2006/06/06/introducing-dm-production-expert-mariah-hunt/ In the last of his posts as one of our special guest bloggers, Ted Demopoulos -- who will be appearing at NEDMA ’06, It’s a Brave New World, the New England Direct Marketing Association’s Conference and Exposition, during the “Lunch with the Experts” session on June 15 – tells us ... http://nedma.com/conferenceblog/2006/06/02/blogging-benefits-for-non-bloggers/ Today, Ted Demopoulos – who will be joining us at NEDMA ’06 to talk about both blogging and podcasting – asks what you’re going to blog about if, in fact, you start a business blog… So, you're starting a business blog. What are you going to blog about? Obviously this depends on ... http://nedma.com/conferenceblog/2006/05/31/your-blog-topic/ Here’s Ted Demopoulos once more, this time around on the worst type of business blog… Driving to work naked and starting a Biz Blog with zero planning are similar. Both might start out ok . . . "Joe, I heard blogs are hot on the news, and our competitor XYZ Corp has ... http://nedma.com/conferenceblog/2006/05/30/the-worst-type-of-business-blog/ During the “Lunch with the Experts” session at NEDMA ’06, you’ll have the opportunity to sit down and chat with an array of top direct marketing pros – designers, copywriters, database marketers, production people, even a blogger. Yes, Ted Demopoulos will be joining us on June 15 from noon to 1:15 ... http://nedma.com/conferenceblog/2006/05/30/ted-demopoulos-writes-about-blogging-for-business/ At NEDMA ’06, It’s a Brave New World, the New England Direct Marketing Association’s Conference and Exposition, M. H. “Mac" McIntosh -- described by many as one of America’s leading business-to-business sales and marketing consultants and an expert on the subject of sales leads -- will be delivering the closing ... http://nedma.com/conferenceblog/2006/05/26/closing-keynoter-mac-mcintosh%e2%80%99s-wish-lists-for-b2b-marketing-and-sales-part-two/ M. H. “Mac" McIntosh is described by many as one of America’s leading business-to-business marketing consultants and an expert on the subject of sales leads.  His firm, Mac McIntosh Incorporated, located in North Kingstown, RI, specializes in helping companies who sell products or services to other companies to: • Generate more ... http://nedma.com/conferenceblog/2006/05/25/closing-keynoter-mac-mcintosh%e2%80%99s-wish-lists-for-b2b-marketing-and-sales-part-one/ The New England Direct Marketing Association’s Direct Marketer of the Year Award is given annually to honor an outstanding individual who is involved in some aspect of direct marketing here in New England and has made a significant contribution to the advancement of our industry. This year's recipient of this prestigious ... http://nedma.com/conferenceblog/2006/05/19/an-intimate-conversation-with-marilyn-ewer-nedmas-2005-direct-marketer-of-the-year-part-two/