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So did you hear that there’s going to be a Free Shipping Day on Dec. 17, and all merchants are invited to participate? I heard about it, because I read it in The Briefing Room.

OK, that was kind of a cheesy plug for the new service of Multichannel Merchant. But I needed a cool way to tell everyone that The Briefing Room has launched, and why you need to visit it each and every single day. more

So did you hear that there’s going to be a Free Shipping Day on Dec. 17, and all merchants are invited to participate? I heard about it, because I read it in The Briefing Room.

OK, that was kind of a cheesy plug for the new service of Multichannel Merchant. But I needed a cool way to tell everyone that The Briefing Room has launched, and why you need to visit it each and every single day. more

Last winter, I blogged about my lifelong obsession with finding Dolly Madison snack cakes.

As a child, I loved the Peanuts cartoon specials, which were always sponsored by Dolly Madison. Naturally, I assumed that these must be the best ever snacks—I mean, if you can’t trust Charlie Brown, who can you trust?

Sadly, the brand wasn’t sold in the northeast, so I never got my hot little hands on the sweets…..until now.

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Last winter, I blogged about my lifelong obsession with finding Dolly Madison snack cakes.

As a child, I loved the Peanuts cartoon specials, which were always sponsored by Dolly Madison. Naturally, I assumed that these must be the best ever snacks—I mean, if you can’t trust Charlie Brown, who can you trust?

Sadly, the brand wasn’t sold in the northeast, so I never got my hot little hands on the sweets…..until now.

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The feeling is everywhere. I’m sure you’ve had numerous conversations about it with everyone from co-workers to close friends - you can even feel it in the air. Everyone seems to be tangled up in an emotional spiderweb of doubt and disillusion.

Everyone seems to be wanting to simplify things - they want to slow things down. Unfortunately, everyone has finally come to the realization that they unknowingly joined the cult of speed that has taken over our lives. Never before has it been drawn into this sharp of focus. The world is moving incredibly fast, and we all seem to have allocated less time for the things that mean the most to us.

As marketing professionals what can we do to connect to what seems like an unconnectable audience? more

The feeling is everywhere. I’m sure you’ve had numerous conversations about it with everyone from co-workers to close friends - you can even feel it in the air. Everyone seems to be tangled up in an emotional spiderweb of doubt and disillusion.

Everyone seems to be wanting to simplify things - they want to slow things down. Unfortunately, everyone has finally come to the realization that they unknowingly joined the cult of speed that has taken over our lives. Never before has it been drawn into this sharp of focus. The world is moving incredibly fast, and we all seem to have allocated less time for the things that mean the most to us.

As marketing professionals what can we do to connect to what seems like an unconnectable audience? more