Topic

Direct Mail

  • Mortgage Rates In Mail Solicitations Drop: Study

    The Federal Reserve System’s rate cuts are having an effect – on direct mail solicitations for mortgages. According to a new study, the average rate offered for fixed-rate mortgages during the first quarter of 2008 was 6.22%, a drop from the 7.14% average seen during fourth-quarter 2008.

  • Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

    The current HP Café catalog’s theme is “The Curiosity Issue”, and centers around Mike Rowe, host of the Discovery Channel show “Dirty Jobs”. How doest this tie into computers? Well, they heighten users’ ability to be curious… The Cousteau Society, which aims to satisfy curiosity about the deepest recesses of oceans and seas, is inviting people to become members

  • Meet the Broker: David Dotson

    This week Meet the Broker features David Dotson, who recommends statistical modeling as an antidote to list fatigue. He discusses about how models can benefit mailers and list owners who might be reluctant to release data

  • Meet the Broker: Pat Leone

    Today we meet Pat Leone, senior account executive at Leon Henry Inc. She’s been doing brokerage work for 30 years for a diverse array of clients, so she knows how certain lists perform like the back of her hand

  • Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

    The summer catalog from Jeffers Pet features a genetic testing product among its 144 pages. While primarily canine- and feline-focused, it does offer items for other pets, as well as the opportunity to donate to the Morris Animal Foundation. Verena Knitting

  • The Father of Political DM

    Richard Viguerie became the father of political direct marketing because he hated asking people for money. In 1961 the then green Texan, as he describes

  • Something to Build On

    Fringe Benefit Group, an insurance company that covers less-than-full-time employees, is sending agents and brokers a branding/lead-generation mailing

  • They May Have Already Won

    When a channel that provides 20% of an industry’s buyers has been weakened, there are three options: It can fold, limp along or innovate. This is what

  • Meet the Broker: Diane Widerstrom

    Today we meet Diane Widerstrom, vice president of integrated services at Response Media. Widerstrom is a 50/50 broker. Half her work involves Internet media and half is traditional postal list brokerage