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Mail Proving Useful in Electronic World

|  by Larry Riggs

Every day, or so it seems, you hear how direct mail is dying and that eventually everything might be electronic.But what happens when the two are melded together? More and more, marketer s are finding that things like personalized URLs (PURLs) and ...

USPS Goes Digital?

|  by Jim Tierney

What should the U.S. Postal Service look like in the digital age? Well, check out this report from the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General Risk Analysis Research ...

Don’t Create Your Own Facebook Clutter

|  by Tim Parry

I couldn't figure out why my Facebook fields were ignoring my request for donations to walk in an upcoming event for charity (well, I mean I KNOW why - I'm quick to "like" people's baby pics, quick to ignore donation requests). I was surprised that I ...

DMA Letter Addresses Data Security — But Not Ep—on

|  by Richard H. Levey

The Direct Marketing Association is about to break what sure feels like an uncomfortable proactive silence on the Epsilon data breach. Without mentioning the company by name, on Thursday April 14 the DMA is scheduled to send a letter to its members from ...

Here’s Your New – And Obsolete – Flip

|  by Tim Parry

No Flippin' Way! My wife bought me a HD Flip when our son was born less than seven months ago. Now it's about to become as obsolete as Kodak Disc film (and Kodak Disc cameras!). Cisco announced yesterday it was pulling the plug on Flip, the mini ...