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  • Oh, Oprah

    Sometimes our mail just makes us laugh. Take a recent mailing we received from O magazine. What’s the first thing we read on the letter? Market Development

  • Divide and Conquer

    When I talk to my Southern friends, my voices changes. I speak slower. I tone down my New York accent. I ditch the East Coast sarcasm. When I talk to

  • Casting Call

    When it comes to making pancakes, Latino moms begin from scratch: milk, eggs and flour. So when Quaker Oats targeted Hispanics for its Aunt Jemima Pancake

  • E-mail Opt-outs: An Uneasy Balance

    Most direct marketers seriously mishandle opt-outs from their e-mail files, two recent studies show.

  • Get to KnowDMAA

    WHAT Direct Marketing Association of Atlanta MEMBERSHIP Some 100 marketers and DM industry vendors WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN The group recently became an independent

  • Churn Away

    All industries suffer from voluntary churn — the loss of customers to some other company. But some get hit worse than others.

  • Spreads Easily

    Philadelphia Cream Cheese is 128 years old. And that’s a problem. Yes, people are used to the venerable brand. But they may not be interested in a variation

  • Success? It’s in the Mail

    Success magazine is hoping to see at least a 3% response from a subscription-building mailing tied to its relaunch this month.

  • What’s Working, What’s Not

    With all the hype surrounding Web 2.0, skeptics might be quick to write it off. But I’m glad to report that some of these applications are already delivering real value for B-to-B marketers.

  • What’s the Message?

    A big part of the pleasure of reading the latest New Yorker magazine each week has always been its great cartoons. And more often than not there’s at