Aon Affinity Insurance Services Signs on With Goodman Marketing Partners (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Goodman Marketing Partners, an independent full-service direct marketing company based in San Rafael, CA, announced today that Aon Affinity Insurance Services has selected GMP to manage the strategic planning, creative and production duties for a select group of client associations. Aon Affinity provides insurance brokerage, marketing, administration and claims management services to a variety ...

DMA Calls for 2010 Board of Directors Nominations; Feb. 27 Deadline (Direct Marketing Association)
January 6, 2009 — The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) Board of Directors today announced it is now accepting nominations for a limited number of vacancies on its 2010 Board of Directors. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, February 27, 2009.

DMA expels member (Mad.co.uk)
The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) has expelled its first member for two years - Wye Marketing - after it failed to comply with its code of practice.

3forward to Moderate The Outsourcing Institutes Sales Edge Series: Marketing and Sales Experts Share Innovative ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DALLAS----3forward, a growth services firm for outsourcers, is moderating Sales Edge, a sales and marketing leadership event hosted by The Outsourcing Institute , the leading professional association dedicated solely to outsourcing.

Natural Health Trends Appoints New Senior Vice President of Marketing for Global Operations (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Natural Health Trends Corp. announced today that Linda Lucas Padilla has joined the Company as Senior Vice President of Marketing. In this newly created role, Ms. Padilla will be the Company's principal marketing executive responsible for strategic global marketing support, company branding, product marketing and development, recognition, incentive and event planning.

Colorado feels ripple effects of Madoff case (Rocky Mountain News)
Neither the Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado nor the Nurse-Family Partnership in Denver had direct ties to Bernard Madoff, but they are among the many organizations affected by his alleged scam.

Hotelier's 2009 Top Ten Internet Marketing Resolutions | By Max Starkov & Jason Price (Hospitality Net)
Here at HeBS we firmly believe that a comprehensive, ROI-centric Internet marketing strategy is the hotelier's perfect "survival tool" in the current economic environment. In the difficult year we expect 2009 to be, a well-executed Internet marketing strategy can help smart hoteliers generate incremental revenues, improve marketing ROIs, retain existing and attract more affluent travelers, and ...

Vintners want red tape cut so wine lovers can get out-of-province bottles (St. Catharines Standard)
The Canadian Vintners Association is targeting the country's liquor control boards in hopes of persuading them to allow direct-to-consumer wine sales from out-of-province wineries. [...]

IT & Telecoms (Mondaq)
A broad new law in Israel regulating commercial solicitations, including by email, went into effect on December 1, 2008. The law, Amendment 40 to the Communications Law, regulates the practice of sending commercial marketing materials to recipients without their consent by way of email, fax, automatic phone dialing systems or short messaging technologies (SMS, MMS). It includes both civil and ...

9to5 wants to help oppose sick leave law challenge (BizJournals)
The 9to5, National Association of Working Women, Milwaukee Chapter filed a motion Dec. 29 in Milwaukee County Circuit Court requesting to intervene as a party defendant in the action filed by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) against the city of Milwaukee seeking to strike down a paid sick leave ordinance.