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  • Loyalty Has Its Privileges

    A college friend once ran for student government president on the sole campaign promise he would shake the hand of every student on campus.Marla Isackson,

  • 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

  • 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

  • After Delays, E-centives Emerge on the Web

    HERE’S A NICE little tale about the importance of keeping on your toes when doing Web marketing.Bethesda, MD-based Emaginet (www.emaginet.com), founded

  • 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

  • SHOW AND TELL

    THE CONCEPT OF giving consumers “access” to their personal data-allowing them to see, and if necessary correct, information marketers possess about them-seems

  • Hey, What Ya Wanna Know?

    THE PRIVACY PUNDITS are whining about direct marketers in general-and database marketers in particular-having too much of the public’s personal information

  • DRTV-Blocking V-Chip Zapped

    THE DRTV and advertising industries applauded the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association’s (CEMA’s) decision to drop plans to endorse V-chips