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HULKamotions
If only Bruce Banner would get glad instead of getting mad, he might not turn into a scary green monster, but into a proper spokesperson for The Glad
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B-to-B List Brawl
The bitter divorce between Chad Slater and MeritDirect got a little uglier in February when MeritDirect took its former vice president to court. MeritDirect
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Out-Branding the Spammers
Here’s some food for thought: The etymology of spam really is Spam. The notion of spam comes from an old Monty Python routine in which a couple visits
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Two Young Men Grow Up
After 29 years and an estimated $2 billion in sales, The Wall Street Journal’s two young men mailing piece has been brought into the 21st century. In
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Walk like a Winner
In January, the Promotional Products Association International, Irving TX, hosted its 45th annual PPAI Golden Pyramid Awards ceremony at PPAI EXPO in
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Helping Customers Help Themselves
Self-service: The very term suggests downsized call-center staffs and vast savings as customers move their inquiries to the Web. But self-service can
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letters to the editor
SUBS(TITUTE) OFFER Herschell Gordon Lewis’ Bonfire of the Vanity (Curmudgeon-at-Large, March 1) really hit home. After many years as a single-copy reader,
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Personal Press
Direct marketers are using digital and online-based techniques to target their audiences more precisely and affordably than before. But many are opting
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DIRECT listline
NEW LISTS Vita Life This list identifies 104,000 last-one-month hotline buyers. Customers bought a 30-, 60- or 180-day supply of the multivitamin Vita
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Swiss Clinique More Terrifique Than It Appears
OK, Maven, I can hear my readers saying, When are you going to give us a short-copy makeover? The answer is, somedaybut not yet. When I see an advertiser