Offers advice on starting a direct marketing campaign, including tips on doubling response rates, writing creative copy, and evaluating mailing lists.

Kennedy dares marketers to dramatically simplify their marketing, refocusing on what works. Updated to address the newest media and marketing methods, this marketing master plan — from marketing master Kennedy—delivers a short list of radically different, little-known, profit-proven direct mail strategies for ANY business. Strategies are illustrated by case history examples from an elite team of consultants—all phenomenally successful at borrowing direct marketing strategies from the world of mail-order, TV infomercials, etc., to use in ’ordinary’ businesses including retail stores, restaurants, and sales.

Veteran business marketer Bob Bly unlocks the secrets behind the seven key strategies and tactics of business-to-business direct marketing. He takes the reader step-by-step through the different types of communications and media at the marketer's disposal.

If you are involved in field marketing, this is the book for you. Whether you are working within a company and seeking to employ a field marketing agency, or you work for such an agency and want to ensure best practice, The Handbook of Field Marketing is the essential handbook for success. Crammed with self study questions, case studies, and proven advice for success, this book offers a blueprint for best practice, enabling you to undertake robust, rigorous and meaningful brand research. The Handbook of Field Marketing reveals the best techniques to ensure profitable brand maximization for your company's products (or those of the client company), whether measured by brand visibility, product availability, positioning, performance against competitors or overall sales performance.