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NOT AGAIN: Direct mailers are staggered by the proposed postal rate hike
Reaction ranged from disgust to outrage in January when the U.S. Postal Service said it would seek up to double-digit hikes for some commercial mail starting
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The End of the World as We Know It?
YEAH, YEAH, sure, sure. Jan. 1, 2000 has come and gone, and Y2K turned out to be the most over-hyped dud since the “Seinfeld” finale. Our computers still
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What you don’t know can hurt you
Call Center Sales Metrics 101: What are your reports really telling you?When it comes to using the telephone as a sales and marketing tool, a couple of
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No Bull: HotData helps firm pick prime prospects
Undeliverable rates of 50% to 60% are bad under any circumstances, but when a direct mail package costs upward of $15 they can drain a marketer’s budget.Such
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DIRECT MAIL: Environmental Moo-vement
A DIRECT MAIL PACKAGE we recently received urges us to preserve “key wildlife habitat” by eating its denizens.An enclosed catalog, from Lander, WY-based
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ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES: Winner Takes All
When Alisa Mills heard that she was the winner of a use-it-or-lose-it $25,000 online holiday sweepstakes promotion her first reaction was disbelief.”I
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Great Adventures: Exotic travel sites serve a growing online market
It’s hard enough booking a trip to Chicago, let alone a mountain-climbing expedition or a trek through a tropical jungle. People need help doing it.So
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CURIOUS AUCTIONS: Radical Gas
HISTORICALLY, AMERICANS have always found ways to make a buck, no matter what. If anything, the Internet has heightened that drive.Case in point: A week
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Looming Rate Hike Angers U.K. DMers
PORPOSED postal rate increases in the United Kingdom have sparked criticism by the direct marketing industry as well as calls for their immediate withdrawal.