Gene BeHage has over three decades of turning marketing and advertising creativity into profit.
He started his direct marketing career with the Ladies Home Journal mail order division where he
developed and marketed million dollar media advertising campaigns and specialty needlework and
gift catalogs.
From there he was recruited to The Spencer Gifts direct mail division as the director of
specialty catalogs and media advertising. In 1980 General Nutrition Centers hired Gene as their
director of catalogs where he created highly successful media campaigns, external package insert
programs and responsive catalogs that boosted sales. Sales of the catalog division doubled in four years.
In 1992 he became Vice President of the retail division responsible for all marketing and advertising
for GNC nationwide. During this time Gene took GNC into the area of TV advertising, writing and
producing over 100 responsive TV commercials, plus launching the highly successful GoldCard
Frequent Buyer Program nationally.
After 15 years at General Nutrition Centers he was offered a unique opportunity to help a small herbal
supplement company grow the business. In 1997 he left the corporate world and joined Indiana
Botanic Gardens, where he created highly successful catalogs, direct mail flyers, external package insert
programs and name generating mass media advertising. Within 2 years sales had doubled.
After making millions for other companies Gene opened his own successful direct marketing
consultation business. Helping other direct marketers increase response and R.O.I. by utilizing his in
depth knowledge. He is a hands on direct marketing specialist who pays maniacal attention to the
details of the business. The results of his bottom line impact (without the fluff) speak for themselves:
- Increase sales of a direct marketing catalog company by 54% in two years
- Increased the buyer file by 66% for a major nutritional direct marketer
- Created, merchandised, and launched a responsive package insert program, for a direct marketer that went from zero to 700,000 inserts per month
- Created and produced over 100 responsive TV commercials for a major health retail chain
- Created a mass media product ad for a major gift catalog/retail chain that generated 5 million in sales
- Created over 25 new direct mail flyers and 8 new catalogs for a herb/vitamin mailer
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