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  • Basket Case

    After running small business and online operations for Hewlett-Packard and AOL, Dave Deasy wanted to make his own run at being an entrepreneur. He’s the

  • LISTLINE

    NEW LISTS Time Life Books Time Life recently reintroduced a direct mail-sold list of continuity book buyers which had been off the market. The file names

  • The Future’s in the Mail

    IF THERE’S ONE CONSISTENT aspect of direct mail strategy you can count on, it’s this: Everything changes. As consumer and donor tastes shift

  • And the Winner Is

    In previous years I started saving up my holiday catalogs in midsummer. I’d sometimes even log the date they arrived. Then, when holiday shopping time

  • The Skinny on Blacklists

    The Spamhaus Project made international headlines recently because of an ongoing legal dustup with Chicago-based direct marketer e360 Insight. As a result, the spotlight is once again on the self-appointed — some say vigilante — anti-spam cops that run blacklists.

  • Rewind

    So much for glacially paced evolution. Promotion marketing took defined strides this past year.

  • Correction:

    In the November issue, the agency for the Dukes of Hazzard Institute campaign, named a PRO Award finalist in the Most Innovative Communications Strategy

  • Judge Won’t Overturn Spamhaus Ruling

    A FEDERAL JUDGE IN Illinois recently denied anti-spam blacklisting group The Spamhaus Project’s motions to dismiss an $11.7 million default judgment against

  • More for Less

    Direct marketing is cyclical. In boom times DMers attempt to change their fortunes through prospecting; in slower periods they focus on nurturing existing

  • GOP Tops Dems In Lists, at Least

    One thing the Republicans can’t blame their November losses on is a lack of names. There are nearly 600 lists of Republicans, or lists used by Republicans