Print’s Presence and the Magazine Moment of Now
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“Parenting is an experience and I wanted the magazine to reflect that emotion.” Liz Vaccariello knows her audience well. The editor-in-chief of Meredith’s Parent Network, she has been at the helm of the recent rework to Parent magazine. “Not only...
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HBR Sees Big Gain in Circulation and a 95-Year High
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Something’s going on at the Harvard Business Review – and it’s making waves across the print industry. “In the past six months, HBR’s overall paid circulation increased from 276,428 to 304,680 – a 10.2% gain,” explains this post from Talking...
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How Land’s End Just Nailed Their New WorkWear Catalog
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Print has this incredible ability to convey important information about your brand – far beyond the mere act of putting ink on paper. Done right, a reader should get a gut reaction, an emotional affinity, for what your brand is...
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Sleek and Gritty for Free Font Friday
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Korneuburg Slab is gritty, quirky and a great paragraph font. Designer Flö Rastbichler took inspiration from the beautiful city of Korneuburg in Lower Austria and created this masterpiece, reminiscent of the multiple arches in Korneuburg’s architecture. Download it at Behance. While we’re talking...
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The Everyday Office in Miniature, and Soon in Print
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These are so great. Photographer Derrick Lin has turned the every day into the fantastic and captured them on his iPhone. “Working only with his iPhone, desk lighting, and a broad array of miniatures, Lin creates visual commentary on office...
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Dear Marketers, This is a Football
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The legendary Packers coach Vince Lombardi knew how to bring things back to basics. His iconic “Gentlemen, this is a football” speech served to ground the 1961 squad and bring them back to the moment – a moment full of...
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Art Meets Neuroscience…and It’s Stunning
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Neuroscience – and in particular its application in marketing – has been hot news lately. Advances in the field are helping us understand why consumers are triggered by particular stimuli. And this is helping brands create better experiences for their...
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What’s Happening to Our Teens? A Troubling Wake-up Call
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Jean Twenge is not a nostalgist, stuck in a hopeless longing for the good old days. She’s a professor of psychology at San Diego State University who has been researching generational differences for more than 25 years. What she’s learning...
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Big Data and the Potential of Real Time Direct Mail
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Direct mail gets an undeserved rap for being old fashioned – and it’s still one of the highest performing channels out there. “The response rate for direct mail is 5.1%,” explains Paperplanes’ Dan Dunn in a MarketingProfs podcast.  “Compare that...
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Tail Magazine, a Cure For What Ails This One Doctor
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“I hate to admit this, but it really happened out of a little bit of anger.” Dr. Joseph Ballarini was recently interviewed by Samir “Mr. Magazine” Husni on the reasons behind his launch of Tail, the only saltwater fly fishing...
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