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  • Mail Delivers

    THOSE WHO OVERSEE THE DIRECT mail industry’s welfare dread the beginning of every new legislative year. I’m undecided whether this should be characterized

  • This Owl Brays Like a Donkey

    AdFreeBlog.org asks bloggers to swear off corporate advertising.

  • HANDLE WITH CARE

    DATA WHERE TO GET it and how to maintain it was the topic of Direct’s 2006 business-to-business roundtable. With the help of our columnist Ruth P. Stevens,

  • Limited-Time Offer

    Direct response TV marketing depends on two things: An inventory of inexpensive airtime and an audience capable of being surprised to find that yes, they

  • Dinner and a Show

    A compelling story line. A favorite actor. Nothing to do on a rainy Saturday afternoon. A love of hot buttered popcorn. The grandparents want to baby-sit.

  • Pop Go the Points

    Occasionally marketers hit on an idea that makes so much sense that even consumers wonder, Why didn’t anyone ever think of this before? This was certainly

  • PROMO Xtra

    2/16 JCPenney is set to open a virtual store in New York City where customers can purchase the company’s products at interactive kiosks in a spectacular

  • LISTLINE

    NEW LISTS Disney Movie Club Some 501,345 customers from the last 12 months are named on this enhanced master file. These continuity club members bought

  • iPod Nation

    Desperate housewives, bikini-clad babes, jungle-stranded hunksand favorite chicken recipes. All are migrating to the small screen, primarily via the iPod.

  • Pitch Sisters

    Pitch teams from Seismicom and Edelman kept running into each other in client hallways during reviews, so they decided to make it formal. The two agencies