How to Use direct marketing in a Sentence

direct marketing

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  • When direct marketing came of age, the spending for paper and postage came from other line items.
    Nancy A Shenker, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
  • But Straley says that direct marketing could be a way for small fleets to double a season's profits – and not just for halibut.
    Author: Isabelle Ross, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2018
  • No direct marketing campaign works unless all the pieces of the puzzle are lined up together.
    Sam Mehrbod, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • On a Saturday evening in February, Tang Bar was packed to the brim with people of all ages — all through word of mouth or without direct marketing from the restaurant.
    Momo Chang, SFChronicle.com, 26 June 2020
  • Data that serves no current purpose or has been used for direct marketing could also be on the chopping block.
    Stephanie Bodoni | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2019
  • Data that serves no current purpose, or has been used for direct marketing, could also be on the chopping block.
    Fortune, 25 May 2018
  • The Globe entered the direct marketing business in 1991 with the acquisition of a company called Good News.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2022
  • At the time, Wunderman was a hidebound agency focused on direct marketing that Mr. Read transformed by bringing new services to the firm.
    Suzanne Vranica, WSJ, 27 July 2018
  • Murdoch is very big in direct marketing to consumers in retail outlets.
    The Hive, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Gass has worked for Kohl's since 2013, starting as chief customer officer in a job directing marketing and e-commerce.
    Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2017
  • For example, direct marketing via email, which cuts out agencies, wasn’t possible in the analogue era.
    Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2017
  • Using a blend of direct marketing, social media, and word of mouth, their aim is to bring the desert animal into cities and realize the commercial value of camels.
    Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa, 6 June 2019
  • There was always a reverential tone to the campaign, both the direct marketing and the distribution campaign.
    Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Roberts is a current trustee and vice president of direct marketing at OneTouchPoint.
    Alex Groth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Straley sees direct marketing as a way for halibut fishermen in Bristol Bay to reach a larger market.
    Author: Isabelle Ross, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2018
  • Carrying a smartphone and using it to shop already opens a user to some form of location tracking and direct marketing.
    Dave Campbell, The Denver Post, 3 June 2020
  • Register with DMAchoice to get off of direct marketing and telemarking lists.
    David Nield, Wired, 7 Nov. 2019
  • More than 200 jobs will be lost as a Madison life-sciences business and a direct marketing operation in Janesville close their doors, state officials were told Tuesday.
    Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2018
  • And agency competitors that have their roots in traditional direct marketing finding ways to get into mail as well.
    Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 9 Aug. 2020
  • In direct marketing, KPIs tell you if a marketing campaign was successful.
    Erin Weaver, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • The Expo plans to keep the show running through 2010 with monthly webinars that feature direct marketing, onboard safety drills, ocean health: reducing plastics, and Ask an Old Salt, to name a few.
    Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Nearly a quarter expect to venture into direct marketing or increase dock sales.
    Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2020
  • Garber adds that Fisher-Price and others should do a better job of publicizing recalls via social media and direct marketing.
    Stephie Grob Plante, Vox, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The old way of working in direct marketing channels was for audience/creative and production to be treated separately.
    Kris Persons, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Some of it involves direct marketing of dieting behaviors to children.
    Virginia Sole-Smith, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Prior to joining the VES, Ward spent more than a decade in advertising, direct marketing, brand identity and business development.
    Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Shares of the direct marketing company plunged 50% after announcement late Friday.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Some entrepreneurs with skills in direct marketing put together a mutual fund to implement the Browne philosophy.
    William Baldwin, Forbes, 19 June 2021
  • Elnes added that direct marketing by more fishermen also is on an upward trajectory.
    Anchorage Daily News, 29 Sep. 2020
  • The buyer journey has evolved, as lead generation models such as direct marketing and events show diminishing returns.
    Will Van Der Sanden, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021

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