Article: Direct mail: the workhorse of direct marketing.(Cover Story)

How to make the largest advertising medium work for you - from rules for successful envelopes to cocktail napkin arithmetic

What is the current buzzword? "Interactive." Where are millions in research being spent? "Interactive."

What is your bread and butter? Direct mail.

Direct mail is the largest advertising medium - bigger than TV, bigger than space, bigger than telemarketing. Every business in America uses direct mail - including mom and pop businesses that send out a bill or write to say thank you for an order.

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In its zeal to move into the 21st century, the Direct Marketing Association seems to be abandoning mail as a ...

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