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  • E-maelstrom

    LET’S AGREE on a one-word definition for about half the commercial e-mails we get. How about: Panic. Frenzy. Falsehood. Tarradiddle. Weakness. Stupidity.

  • We’re Moving!

    On Aug. 31, DIRECT’s New York editorial staff moved across town to scenic Chelsea. What follows are our new address, telephone and fax numbers. Also,

  • Back to the Drawing Board

    PINNING DOWN all those new rules about sweepstakes marketing is like trying to wrestle with an octopus. Just ask Reader’s Digest. After settling with

  • I Got Your Issues Right Here, Pal

    This is a time for DMers especially those versed in old-school, back-to-basics, ROI-based marketing to trumpet what they can accomplish, and then set

  • letters to the editor

    Rx for Fundraisers Herschell Gordon Lewis’ column, We Need Help. You Certainly Do (Curmudgeon-at-Large, DIRECT, August), hit me on top of three of the

  • Gospel Mail

    The cash went to the bourne from which no traveler returns. Imagine being a small-town preacher in 1855, and receiving this letter from New York: Brother

  • Homestead Grays

    Last year, 28% of the 55+ population was online, according to eMarketer Del Webb Corp. isn’t increasing its $3 million ad budget, but it will be getting

  • Why Your Phone Campaign Faltered

    It’s complacency and inattention, not huge disasters, that sink most phone operations THE TELEPHONE ENVIRONMENT is completely fluid and always changing,

  • Hitting the Stands

    Infinity Resources Inc., publisher of the Critics’ Choice movie video catalog, will distribute copies of a magalog this month through an unusual mail