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Peter Koeppel is Founder and President of Koeppel Direct, a leader in direct response television, online, print and radio media buying, marketing and campaign management. With a Wharton MBA and over 25 years of marketing and advertising experience, Peter has helped Fortune 500 companies; small businesses and entrepreneurs develop direct marketing campaigns to increase profits.

Peter started Koeppel Direct in 1995 and has built it into one of the leading direct response media-buying firms in the U.S. Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/DRTVBUYER

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Does Privacy Exist Anymore?

Written on
July 15th 2010
Author
  |   Peter Koeppel

ADOTAS – Once upon a time, people had addresses, jobs, phone numbers, significant others, children, cars, birthdays and, yes, even thoughts that weren’t within 30 seconds’ reach of anyone and everyone through a simple Internet search. Yes, once upon a time, there was a thing called privacy. Fast forward to now… Everything [...] More...

Will the Mobile Ad Battle Prove Futile?

Written on
June 21st 2010
Author
  |   Peter Koeppel

ADOTAS – Both Apple and Google have recently entered the mobile advertising industry in full force with the hopes of carving out their own niches in this developing market. Though mobile advertising has yet to prove itself as a viable market, both companies seem to believe that by building upon their [...] More...

Yahoo! Wants to Get More Personal

Written on
March 17th 2010
Author
  |   Peter Koeppel

Recently, Yahoo!’s CEO Carol Bartz spoke about the importance of creating a more personal experience for Yahoo! users, one that would tailor the search experience to their interests. She hopes they’ll access their social media through the Yahoo! site as well, with tweets and Facebook postings being viewed on users’ Yahoo! [...] More...

Google’s Mobile Crusade

Written on
December 9th 2009
Author
  |   Peter Koeppel

ADOTAS – It’s no secret that Google has long been King of the Web, but the search giant has been taking hits recently as sales for pay-per-click ads has decreased and search engine marketing only gets more complicated. Far from losing its status as the most savvy online innovator in existence, [...] More...

Brave new world of social media

Written on
October 23rd 2009
Author
  |   Peter Koeppel

ADOTAS – The volume of media-buying has dropped off sharply, due to the recession, in every advertising venue from television to newspaper. But online advertising, to the contrary, has been seeing a slow but steady increase. So far online advertising has been focused on SEM, SEO, acquisition email and banner and [...] More...

Behind the Switch: The Ups and Downs of Digital TV

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August 18th 2009
Author
  |   Peter Koeppel

ADOTAS — As we all know by now, June 12, 2009 was the last day any full power television station used analog. Congress had mandated a shift to digital broadcasting that was meant to benefit both consumers and providers – and the question is whether it has succeeded. Along with better [...] More...

Is Hulu Helping Or Hindering Cable TV?

Written on
June 7th 2009
Author
  |   Peter Koeppel

ADOTAS — Hulu, the online video site, lured new viewers through prime time television. It convinced viewers that they were missing out on something big. The spot ran during the Super Bowl and featured Alec Baldwin calling Hulu an “evil plot to destroy the world,” a line many networks are beginning [...] More...

Alternative media marketing succeeds in a recession

Written on
April 19th 2009
Author
  |   Peter Koeppel

ADOTAS — Across the United States, marketing budget after marketing budget has been slashed due to the impact of the recession. At the same time, sales for many products are flat or declining. Marketers are being asked to produce greater results with less money. Ad dollars that once went to advertising [...] More...

Media purchasing decisions in today’s economy

Written on
February 19th 2009
Author
  |   Peter Koeppel

ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — Economists agree that the United States and many European countries have now plunged into a recession. Financial experts are predicting that this economic downturn will last longer than most recent economic slumps. With thousands losing their jobs and more job cuts expected in the near future, consumers are [...] More...

Internet Vs. TV Smackdown: Friends or Foes?

Written on
November 25th 2008
Author
  |   Peter Koeppel

ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — Recent studies that have shown an increase in the number of Internet users has led many to conclude that Internet usage is replacing television as the major opinion-shaping force for today’s consumer audiences. Studies like this one from the Miniwatts Market Group consistently show that Internet usage in [...] More...


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