Steve Cone is chief marketing officer for Epsilon, a leading provider of data-driven marketing technologies and services. Steve has established an industry-wide reputation for programs that drive results, strengthen brands, and deepen customer relationships by communicating relevant highly targeted messages across a spectrum of media in integrated campaigns. With more than thirty-five years at the top of the marketing profession, Cone has worked with a wide array of major clients and companies, including Apple, AARP, Citigroup, American Express, United Airlines, as well as global media companies, environmental groups, and presidential campaigns for both major parties. He lectures worldwide at leading universities and business groups on the proven marketing principles laid out in his first book, Steal These Ideas! (Bloomberg Press, 2005). His second book, Powerlines: Words That Sell Brands, Grip Fans, and Sometimes Change History, will be published April 24, 2008.

Blog Entries by Steve Cone

The Big Bang of Attack Ads

Posted June 19, 2008 | 11:59 AM (EST)


It all started with a "Big Bang" on Monday evening September 7, 1964.

The first political TV spot for a president created by an ad agency, Doyle Dane Bernbach, aired that evening on NBC's Monday Night at the Movies. And much like the probable beginning of the...

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"Ask Not What the Voters Can Do For You."

Posted March 3, 2008 | 05:09 PM (EST)


Dear Hillary, Barack, John, Mike, and now Ralph,

The year was 1974. The month was June. And it was the first and last time I met John Kerry who was applying for a job at my firm, Epsilon, a pioneer in building marketing and constituency databases and very sophisticated personalized...

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