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Singing a National Anthem
AFTER AN ENCOURAGING test launch in California and the Pacific Northwest, cataloger Moon Song went national last month with a 100,000-piece mailing.Owner
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B-to-B Catalogs’ Online Customer Service Disappoints
Business-to-business catalogers have failed to integrate their fulfillment and customer service operations with their online marketing efforts.That’s
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Wild Card Kingdom
HERE’S ANOTHER example-although somewhat tenuous-of how e-mail marketing is working better than banner ads.In May National Geographic Interactive, Washington,
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Customer-Targeted Marketing Communications
THIS IS PART three of an excerpt from a chapter on relationship marketing, from the upcoming third edition of David Shepard Associates’ “The New Direct
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Premium Blend
SONY PLAYSTATION UNDERGROUND has been anything but subterranean when it comes to reaching its audience.The subscription-driven club-for video gamers who
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The Issue of Imagery
IN “On Moral Fiction,” author John Gardner claimed that there were two ways to establish your creativity: You could do something better-give it a twist
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Web Site Redux
COMPUTER direct marketer Insight has been through a lot of changes over the past few years. Now those changes are coming together at its Web site (www.insight.com).The
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Adding the U.K. to the Data Pool
THE STEADY TAKEOVER of the U.K. DM industry by America continues-but it’s not just about dollars flooding in to buy upBritish suppliers. The U.K. market
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The USPS Should Take the Lead
THESE HAVE GOT to be frustrating times over at the U.S. Postal Service.First, they demand that you operate more like a business. When you try, they clobber