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  • THE NET PROWLER

    CLICKING UPSTREAM In the June issue we covered Narrative Communications Corp. (www.narrative.com) of Waltham, MA and its Enliven banner-ad technology,

  • RECRUIT THE A-TEAM

    IT’S GENERALLY believed that after a certain amount of time spent working the phones, telephone representatives burn out. I maintain that reps are more

  • People

    Time Life Inc., Alexandria, VA, named Amy Golden vice president, new product development, for its book unit.Epsilon, Burlington, MA, tapped Michael Iaccarino

  • Directnewsline

    USPS Unveils Holiday Mail Plans THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, with the aid of major mailers, has developed fall and holiday mailing plans that it hopes will

  • Spare Parts Central

    HYUNDAI Motor America hopes to sell spare parts and build its $150-million-a-year North American business through an extranet system for dealers.The Korean

  • Long-Term Fix

    WHAT IT COST to keep a customer, and what’s it worth over the long haul? These are two of the most important questions DMers can ask themselves these

  • Customers for Life: Applying Relationship Marketing

    THIS IS THE FINAL PART of an excerpt on relationship marketing from the upcoming third edition of David Shepard Associates’ “The New Direct Marketing”

  • Electronic Promotions Threaten DM Couponing

    WHILE DIRECT MAIL remained a favored method of receiving samples or coupons, ranking second only behind free-standing inserts in newspapers, its popularity

  • Measuring the Loyalty Effect

    ONE OF THE best books I’ve ever read on the subject of customer retention is “The Loyalty Effect” by Frederick F. Reichheld (Harvard Business School Press).Many

  • No Two Alike

    PRINT TECHNOLOGY has allowed direct marketers to edge closer to the ideal of one-to-one marketing. Leading the charge is on-demand printing, which enables