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Do-not-call scam circulating through e-mail

Cellphone providers are warning against a scam circulating via e-mail regarding the CRTC's recently implemented do-not-call telemarketing list.

California's Newer Small Businesses Leverage Social Media to Expand Globally

VerticalResponse, Inc. , the leading provider of on-demand email marketing and direct mail solutions , today releases the results of a survey comparing how startups fare in adoption of social media and online ...

Rogers Disappointed that CRTC will not block unsolicited SMS through Do Not C...

Rogers Wireless, Canada's leading wireless carrier, is calling on the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission to permit Canadian wireless customers to block unsolicited, unwanted text ...

7 Telemarketing Companies Settle With State

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says seven companies have settled with the state for making prerecorded telemarketing calls.

Downsized? Fired? Here are the new rules of finding a job

Company lost its funding. Outsourced. Caught in a merger. Downsized. Fired. It seems like every day I learn of another person who is on the job market.

DMA: Focus on ad ethics, self-regulation

Direct marketers must work together to head off regulatory restrictions, developing cohesive solutions to advertising ethics and direct mail-delivery issues.

Iowa suit aims to clamp down on deceptive charity marketing practices

An Arizona fundraising company used ex-felons to solicit donations on behalf of Iowa narcotics officers and families of missing children, then misled donors to believe the money would go to the organizations, a ...

Transcontinental announces appointment of Brian Reid as President of its Prin...

Transcontinental Inc. today announced the appointment of Brian Reid as President of its Printing Sector, effective immediately.

Get creative to cut direct mail costs

Today's marketers want to stay competitive in an uncertain economy, but direct mail can be expensive.

Consider these mailing trends to avoid postal angst

Direct mail doesn't have to be a shot in the dark. There are number of steps that direct mailers can take to make their marketing efforts easier and more effective.

Fight Back Against Telemarketers

Nearly three of every four Americans register their phones with the national "Do Not Call Registry." But the concept comes with many loop holes and exemptions.

PC Mall to Present at Investor Conference

TORRANCE, Calif. - PC Mall, Inc. today announced that it is scheduled to participate in the following upcoming investor conference: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Speakers: You can access the webcast by visiting PC ...

Valassis cuts 100 jobs, '08 forecast

Shares of Valassis Communications Inc. fell to a record low Monday, as the Livonia-based direct marketing firm cut 100 jobs and reduced its profit forecast after posting a third-quarter loss of $5.2 million ...

Do Not Mail is going too far

I am not joining the Do Not Mail campaign, and neither should you. First, we had the opt-in and opt-out clauses in our e-mails, then we needed a double approval to get our e-mail messages past all of the ...

Public Service Commission Cracks Down On No-Call List Violators

Telemarketers who make unwanted phone calls to Mississippi residents or fail to pay a $1,000 annual fee for the state's no-call list could soon find themselves on the other end of an unpleasant conversation ...

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