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Lost in Mis-Fortune City
Somewhere around 1997 or 1998, a bright young guy named Donald Bond put together my Web site www.herschellgordonlewis.com. To both him and to me, it was
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I Can See for Miles (And It Ain’t Pretty)
Nine trillion miles is a very long distance. That’s trillion with a For those who don’t have a ruler handy, that’s more than twice the distance between
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Building a Better Carrot
A year ago, John Howard had a problem. He had earned his nickname The Carrot for his red hair; in fact, when he began selling printer cartridges over
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Catalog Age Becomes Multichannel Merchant
Once upon a time, catalogers sold through catalogs, and retailers sold through stores. But most companies are now channel-agnostic. They realize that
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Pyramid Scheme
Direct marketing is all about capitalizing on opportunities. As we all know, you need to be in the right place, at the right time, with the right offer.
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Adaptation Is Critical
When you consider Europe’s 45 countries and 20 official languages not to mention numerous cultural, legal and taxation issues special care must be given
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Next Rate Case Looms in 2006
The current postal rate case calling for a 5.4% across-the-board increase will likely be settled, predicted Gene Del Polito, president of the Association
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A New Policy
After years of strong gains, the insurance industry is entering a soft market where premium growth in most underwriting sectors is declining or negative.
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A Tale of Two Studies
JupiterResearch set the Web metrics world ringing two months ago with a published report that found Web users deleting Internet cookies in numbers far
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Flatiron Follies
Jason Catlett might disagree, but to me the worst privacy violations are being perpetrated by general advertisers, not direct marketers. DMers aren’t