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Business Definition for: Mailing House

  • an organization that specializes in planning, creating, and implementing direct mail campaigns for clients

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Are You Enjoying The Profits Hidden In Your Own House Mailing List?
The three most cost-effective sources of business are always the same - regardless of the type of business. They are existing customers, referrals and the business's own "house mailing list". These sources may not produce you largest block of business. However, they always produce you most profitable block of business....
Tags: Business, Mailing List
White papers 2003-01-01
When size matters: industry consolidation forces sale of small mail service. (acquisition of Quality Mailing & Fulfillment Services Inc. by Lason Inc.)
The mail services industry delivered a painful message to Linda and Joseph Erlich: Grow or get out. The owners of Detroit-based Quality Mailing & Fulfillment Services Inc. faced a choice: They could put their house on the line for collateral and rThe mail services industry delivered...
Tags: company, acquisition
Research articles 1998-06-22
Natural Health Trends Subsidiary Receives Commitment From Publishers Clearing House for Natural Relief 1222; Product to be Featured in National October 1998 Mailing
PORTLAND, Maine--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 17, 1998--Natural Health Trends Corp. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: NHTC) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Health Alternatives GHA, has received a commitment from Publishers Clearing House to market GHA's flagship product, Natural Relief 1222TM "Arthritis Relief" in a nationwide mailing in October. Publishers Clearing House is...
Tags: Publishers Clearing House
Research articles 1998-09-17
Quick pick
Creating a direct-mail campaign doesn't have to involve hiring a graphic designer, a printer and a mailing house. The U.S. Postal Service now offers Netpost Mailing Online (www.usps.com/directmail), a one-stop direct-mail creation center. Simply log on to the site and select a format (letters, postcards, fliers, self-mailers or newsletters), a...
Tags: HARDWARE, MARKETING, postcard, Pricing, Printers, U.S. Postal Service
Research articles 2003-11-01
MailersClub Offers Free Public Action Mailing Lists For Quick Direct Mailings To Our Leaders
MailersClub announced today that it was making several popular mailing lists available for free as one of the benefits to their members. The lists include all the members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Also, organizations can customize their own political or other action lists...
Tags: Action Mailing Corp.
Research articles 1970-01-01
E-mailing White House not easy
Do you want to send an e-mail message to the White House? Good luck. In the past, to tell President Bush -- or at least those assigned to read his mail -- what was on your mind it was only necessary to sit down at a...
Tags: E-mail, INTERNET, White House
Research articles 2003-07-18
THE WHITE HOUSE: Social Security Administration bebegins annual mailings of individualized Statements.
M2 PRESSWIRE-4 October 1999-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Social Security Administration begins annual mailings of individualized Social Security Statements to millions of working Americans C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:011099 Today, President Clinton Will Announce that the Social...
Tags: benefit, FINANCE, Government, Social Security Administration, White House, worker
Research articles 1999-10-04
Attorney General Chandler Sues Publishers Clearing House
Attorney General Ben Chandler today announced that he has filed a lawsuit in Franklin Circuit Court against Publishers Clearing House PCH of Port Washington, New York, for illegal sweepstakes promotions. suit alleges that PCH has violated Kentucky's Consumer Protection Act by mailing thousands of ...
Tags: AARP, Kentucky
Research articles 1970-01-01
Publishers Clearing House Reaches Settlement, to Alter Sales Gimmicks.
By Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 27--In a settlement reached Tuesday with 26 states, Publishers Clearing House agreed to pay $34 million in customer refunds and not to use these sales tactics: Making any...
Tags: Publishers Clearing House
Research articles 2001-06-27
NCOA has now become NCOALink with new requirement.
On October 1, 2004, the United States Postal Service launched its new replacement for NCOA National Change of Address to NOCALink. USPS requires a new 6-digit field that must be entered in the "List Owner" area called "NAISC/SIC." Refer to the NAISC/SIC document listing...
Tags: Fax, PRODUCTIVITY, U.S. Postal Service
Research articles 2004-10-31
Obama's new BlackBerry: The NSA's secure PDA?
President-elect Barack Obama checks his BlackBerry while riding on his campaign bus in Pennsylvania last March.(Credit: Pete Souza/ Rapport Press )Bill Clinton sent only two e-mail messages as president and has yet to pick up the habit. George W. Bush ceased using e-mail in January 2001 but has said he's...
News items 2009-08-07
Understanding Mail-Order Sales
Mail-order sales continue to flourish, in part because companies can attract customers without incurring overhead costs such as retail space and related expenses. Specialty catalogers — particularly those that sell niche items like hand-made apparel, kitchen equipment, luxury items, and organic foods — have enjoyed considerable success. This article looks...
Tags: Mail-order, Product, Customer, Business, Mail-order Business, Direct Selling Association, Sales Channel, Internet, Advantage, Direct Mail, Sales, BNET Editorial
Articles 2007-11-09
Time Inc. And Pch Test Combo Offers
While its trademark $10 million sweeps remains front and center, the renewal offer included in a Publishers Clearing House March mailing is a departure from the norm. Instead of promoting dozens of subs on a lengthy stampsheet, the new mailing, whose multiple components (the largest of which is 6" x...
Tags: Time Inc.
Research articles 2002-07-01
Secret Service investigated ricin quietly
WASHINGTON -- Hardly a day goes by without someone phoning or mailing a threat against the president to the White House. But the public seldom finds out. The Secret Service investigates quietly. Threats rarely become public unless an arrest is made or public safety is endangered. Federal officials...
Tags: HEALTHCARE, U.S. Secret Service, White House
Research articles 2004-02-05
Capital Briefs
* NRCC CHEERS IMMIGRATION BILL DEFEAT: As the Bush Administration and Senate Republican leaders such as GOPWhip Trent Lott (R.-Miss.) voiced disappointment over the failure of the comprehensive immigration package to come to a vote in the Senate last week, the top campaign arm for House Republicans tried to take...
Tags: amnesty, FINANCE, Government, HEALTHCARE, immigration, Republican, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-07-02
Sweeps Bill Headed for Passage - sweepstakes law
At press time, passage of federal legislation aimed at deceptive mailing practices appeared imminent. The Honesty in Sweepstakes Bill (H.R. 170), introduced by Congressman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), was approved by voice vote in the House in early November, and passed onto the Senate shortly thereafter. The bill is expected to...
Tags: FINANCE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, U.S. Senate
Research articles 1999-12-01
Long Island Real Estate Briefs: December 6, 2002
Publishers Clearing House, the nation's largest magazine subscription agency, has signed a lease for 87,050 square feet at 6901 Jericho Tpke. in Syosset. PCH, which is based in Port Washington, will consolidate operations, including its consumer products and sweepstakes divisions, at the Syosset facility. The company had...
Tags: Dolphin Ltd., Publishers Clearing House
Research articles 2002-12-06
State Budgets "May Already Be A Winner."
Publishers Clearing House will pay 26 states a total of $34 million for stuffing mailboxes with letters that told millions of people they were winners. The settlement ends a lawsuit initiated by Wisconsin last year. Perhaps more significant than the monetary aspect of the settlement is that Publishers Clearing House...
Tags: Publishers Clearing House
Research articles 2001-08-01
DST Systems Q2 2009 Earnings Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions. And that first one will come from the line of James Kissane from Bank of America. Please go ahead. James Kissane - BAS-ML Thanks. Tom can you give us a sense of the revenue potential on the poor client wins in the Output...
Tags: Revenue, Margin, DST Systems, Telephony, Operational Accounting, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-07-23
Lower Your Taxes: 10 Moves to Make Now
Don?t wait until December to look for ways to trim your 2009 taxes. That will be too late to take advantage of some key tax breaks that require a little time to implement. So start making these moves now ? before it?s too late to claim the write-offs on your...
Tags: Income, Deduction, Point, MoneyWatch, Schlesinger, Julian Block, Taxes, Personal Finance, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, Miscellaneous Deductions, Sales Taxes, Unreimbursed Expenses, Points, Refinancing, Income Splitting, Tax Losses, Rental Income, Write-offs
Articles 2009-11-02