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  • DMers Losing Interest in AOL Addresses

    If AOL wants legitimate marketers to avoid contacting its subscribers, the plan is starting to work. E-mailers are preparing for a serious drop in performance

  • Ready for More

    DIRECT TALKED recently with consultant Kurt Medina, who specializes in the 50-plus market. He shared his thoughts about targeting boomers and seniors.

  • All I Really Need to Know About CRM I Learned in Kindergarten

    Robert Fulghum was right: Life’s essential lessons can be gleaned from truths learned in kindergarten. The next few decades of academia are commentary

  • Revised Curriculum

    The folks at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management must be auditing direct marketing classes at their parent school. For starters, they’ve

  • LISTLINE

    NEW LISTS Chief Financial Officers This 32,840-name file is derived from multiple sources, including government registrations, trade and business groups,

  • Full Disclosure

    The U.S. Postal Service has a problem: It needs to improve customer relations. But that’s a tall order given the uncertainty of postal reform legislation passage, the new rate case and the promise of large annual increases because of the escrow account issue.

  • Balancing Act

    A 13-year-old Connecticut boy suffered second- and third-degree burns in 2001 after he set himself on fire by imitating a stunt on MTV’s show Jackass.

  • Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

    The Home Marketplace Welcomes Summer As summer gets into full swing and Americans take their celebrations outdoors to enjoy the warm weather, the latest catalog from The Home Marketplace arms shoppers with handy products for backyard gatherings. …