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Direct-mail firms prepare to update mailing lists more frequently (BizJournals)
Keith Lawson has been preparing his business and his clients for months. While it may not garner the same national attention as an increase in the price of stamps, upcoming changes at the U.S. Postal Service will have a big impact on direct-mail marketers nationwide. Direct mail biggest charity complaint (Mad.co.uk)
Complaints about direct mail made up a third of all complaints received by the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) last year, its new report shows. San Jacinto College warns about ads offering help to find financial aid (North Channel Sentinel)
San Jacinto College's financial aid office has received several reports of direct mail marketing aimed at San Jacinto College students, which mentions San Jacinto College without permission. Council reaches deal with Verizon (Portland Tribune)
After a lengthy discussion, the Gresham City Council unanimously approved a franchise agreement with Verizon to provide its fiber-optic cable television service to city residents. The city's agreement Tuesday, Nov. 18, paves the way for direct competition to Comcast, East County's ... CEO of VerticalResponse, Inc. Janine Popick Wins Stevie(R) Award for Best Entrepreneur of the Year (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
VerticalResponse, Inc., the leading provider of self-service email marketing, direct mail solutions and survey tools, took home the Award for "Best Entrepreneur of the Year" from the Stevie Awards for Women in Business on Friday, November 14. Presented by Infiniti, the 2008 Stevie Awards for Women in Business is an international competition recognizing the accomplishments of outstanding women ... Let's 'CHAT': Thumbplay's Unparalleled Customer Service Bolstered; Targets '24-7' Generation (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
of-its-kind Live Mobile Chat and New Spanish Language Services Round Out Thumbplay's Extensive Customer Service Offerings Wondering If AOL Is About To Kill Your Favorite Service? We Can Tell You (AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance)
AOL is about to shut down its Uncut/AOL Video Upload service, a move that caused a small stir over the weekend. But the move wasn't actually news: Uncut has been on AOL's hit list for quite some time. Funeral service Saturday for Hartland firefighter who died of a heart attack (Bangor Daily News)
HARTLAND, Maine - As firefighters and community members struggled with the loss of Hartland firefighter Michael Snowman, 49, who died of a heart attack suffered at a house fire in Detroit Monday, plans were being made for his funeral. You2Gov offers services to partner Web sites (CNET)
Company to start offering its "Direct Democracy 3.0" tools to organizations and businesses that want to add social-networking features to their Web sites. Honeymoon all planned, but wait! No plane tickets (Pioneer Press)
Cell-phone companies often get static for their complicated service plans and unexpected rate increases. But for ruining a honeymoon? That's the complaint of Nicole and Chris Rice of Roseville.
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