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Want Service? It’ll Cost You
I hate the Lexus lanes the toll strips more and more states are transforming their under-used carpool lanes into. For a premium price, solo motorists
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Metrics? DMers Don’t Get ‘Em
Most marketing execs pay lip service to accountability. But a staggering 84% say their firms’ capacity to measure Web marketing is limited at best. More
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No Value Added
Not long ago, the U.S. Postal Service created quite a fury in the business mailing community by proposing to charge marketers a premium if they wanted
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Two-Way Effort for Four-Way Trucks
Atlet Inc., a distributor of material-handling equipment such as forklifts, has begun an e-mail and postcard effort to promote two product lines. The
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Judge Strikes Down California Fax Law
A FEDERAL COURT HAS thrown out parts of California’s Fax Ban Law, those prohibiting the sending of commercial faxes interstate, because they’re pre-empted
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A Friend of the Truth
Jerrold Ballinger, who covered everything from espionage to direct marketing during a long and distinguished reporting career, died Feb. 28 of cancer
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Three Paths to Purification
Sometimes I am 99% certain that my makeovers will produce a better return on investment than the original ads. But not always. Occasionally what I have blocked out is merely a creative hypothesis that deserves to be tested.
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Good News and Sad News
Coverage from New Orleans and two special friends have departed from the scene.
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Customers Have a Right to Expect More
IF THE EXPERIENCE MOST OF US have had is any indication, there’s something terribly wrong with most customer service in this country. If you live and