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  • A Ringing Endorsement

    Nonprofits groups, like for-profit direct marketers, are running to the phone -but they’re doing it selectively. Telemarketing for donations can be expensive,

  • Short Cuts

    Current Checks, Colorado Springs, CO, a provider of direct-to-consumer checks, has changed its name to Direct Checks Unlimited and will market to consumers

  • InfoUSA Offers Suppression Feature to Customer List Service

    InfoUSA Inc., Omaha, NE, has introduced a system that will allow customers to access and download business and consumer information directly to their

  • Join the Club

    Hoping to offset sagging catalog sales, Damark International Inc. is investing more resources in membership clubs sold primarily by inbound telemarketing.In

  • Improve Your QA, ASAP

    Business has been booming in the telemarketing industry. Telesales is becoming a marketing vehicle of choice at many companies due to its interactive

  • Dialing for Dictators

    Supporters of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet are using telemarketing to raise money to pay for his legal fees and other expenses he has accrued

  • Beyond Rip & Read

    Rip-and-read is an old broadcast journalism term that stems from the days when news stories were ripped right from news tickers and read by anchors. The

  • Signature Group Plans Mexico Test

    The Signature Group, Schaumburg, IL, is about to test its first loyalty reward program in Mexico, using a U.S. teleservices agency to handle inbound calls.The

  • Diplomat Direct Marketing Announces E-Commerce Plans

    Diplomat Direct Marketing Corp., Stony Point, NY, will create shopping and community Web sites for its Lew Magram and Brownstone Studio brands. The company