Topic

Agencies

  • New Lists

    PennWell This database lists the e-mail addresses of some 400,000 subscribers to PennWell publications who registered on the company’s Web site. They

  • California Dreaming

    CALIFORNIA, the most ferocious of all states on the privacy issue, is about to top even the federal government. A harsh new opt-in measure was approved

  • Dry Humor

    Some readers may think the following item is a clever example of market research on the part of the cartoon South Park. Others may think it’s all wet.

  • Swept Away

    FORGET THE OLD MYTH that sweeps mailings always pull better than non-sweeps. After switching its direct mail strategy away from sweepstakes earlier this

  • Musicians

    INCOME-EARNING OPPORTUNITIES are expanding for musicians employed by religious organizations, playing Christian rock or making recordings in the rap/hip-hop

  • Staying Alive in List Brokerage

    To maintain a list brokerage, one must handle much paperwork and be adept at list recommendation and rental SRDS’ Direct Marketing List Source directory

  • Where Has All the Data Gone?

    WITH THE ENACTMENT of the Shelby amendment, big compilers like Experian and R.L. Polk & Co. have developed surrogates to fill the loss of Department of

  • The Slow Road

    CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT has been one of the ripest areas for corporate investment in recent memory Of course, CRM is not a new phenomenon. CRM

  • Expand Your Focus

    The conservative business cases are often strong enough to justify your proposal while giving management a wider margin for error A database’s ability

  • Enough is Enough

    A friend of DIRECT shared an embarrassing story with us. Amy (whose last name will remain secret for reasons that will be obvious in a moment) ordered