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Agencies

  • How to Get There From Here

    At this point, everyone has seen a lot of “CRM.” We can implement CRM, purchase CRM systems and even provide CRM to our customers. But how can we transform

  • TECHNOLOGY: Shape Up

    Perhaps we’re a bit traditional, but we sort of expect CD-ROMs to be round. Disc-shaped, in fact.So we were surprised recently by a CD-ROM in the size

  • Beat the Press

    Why does the media use DM as a scapegoat?And what can we do to improve our image?The Direct Marketing Association’s Connie LaMotta was once asked to appear

  • In Relationship Building, Save Formalities for the Wedding

    Futurist Aldous Huxley once commented, “Words form the thread on which we string our experiences.” How right he was! Ultimately, all relationships are

  • Tektronix Hides Its Color Laser Under a Bushel

    The company puts out a sensational line of color printers – but you’d never guess from its latest advertisingThere’s still a school of wise-guy advertising

  • The Message You Can’t Miss

    Consultants who work for systems integration firm DataLan Corp. spend virtually all their time on the road, and that used to create problems.If a customer

  • Toronto Live

    As Groucho Marx once sang, “It’s better to live in Toronto than to live in a place you don’t want to.”We bring this up not only because we’re old Groucho

  • British Readers High on Custom

    Custom publications stick out in the reader’s mind – even more than catalogs or direct mail.That’s the word from a new survey of British consumers by

  • Once in a Lifetime

    Like the Talking Heads, as the DM industry counts down to the year 2000, you may indeed be wondering how we got here. But while “What have we done?” is

  • >From the Web to the Desk

    double-digit click-through and response rates are leading Boise Cascade Office Products Corp. to increase its investment in e-mail marketing.Itasca, IL-based