1 - January 12, 2006 7:45 am

Headline:

Direct Mail Poised For Growth

Link:

http://www.gammag.com/NewsBriefs/news.php?p=mmore&id=01_06_2006_167

Article:

Postal rate increases set to go into effect Sunday will have little effect on direct mall growth, says Universal McCann's Robert Coen, senior VP, director of forecasting. In his latest Insider's Report, Coen expects direct mail to increase 7.5% in 2006, despite higher postal rates and higher paper, printing and handling costs.

In the first half of calendar year 2005, the number of pieces of mail sent at the regular Standard Mail rate, used for most advertising, increased nearly 5%. On an annualized basis, nearly 10 billion more pieces of mail ads were sent in 2005 compared to the year 2000, according to the report.

2 - January 4, 2006 2:17 pm

Headline:

California Ban on Unsolicited Advertising Faxes

Link:

http://www.naw.org/content/contentgroups/government_relations1/californiaba n.htm

Article:

The ban on unsolicited advertising faxes which was signed into law in California this fall is scheduled to take effect on January 1st. Actions are being taken to prevent this statute from taking effect with respect to interstate faxes, but it is not certain that any of these measures will succeed before the January 1, 2006 effective date of the new law. Please note that even if these actions are successful, the California law will still apply to faxes sent within California.

3 - January 4, 2006 2:15 pm

Headline:

The Majority of Job-Seekers Still Use Newspapers Over the Internet

Link:

http://www.gonpta.com/report/articles/article.cfm?ArticleID=1033

Article:

Despite the proliferation of online job boards, three out of four job-seekers still use newspapers to look for employment, according to a report released today by The Conference Board, the global research and business membership organization. The Internet was not far behind, with three out of five job-seekers using the Internet. The report is based on a nationally representative sample of 5000 households surveyed monthly for The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index and was conducted on behalf of The Conference Board by TNS.

4 - December 22, 2005 6:40 am

Headline:

Effective Business Communication

Link:

http://www.bartongoldsmith.com/articles/bizcomm.htm

Article:

To understand how to effectively communication in the workplace, you have to first understand some basic psychological truths about how we, as people, tend to communicate. If we communicate to a person in the way they understand best, that communication will be accepted and the team member will respond faster and with more motivation. There are three types of communicators...

5 - December 22, 2005 6:39 am

Headline:

WhatTheyThink.Com Reviews a Tumultuous Year in the Life of the Printing Industry

Link:

http://members.whattheythink.com/home/051219.cfm

Article:

Frank Romano touched an industry nerve by speculating about the eventual (hypothetical) merger of the National Association for Printing Leadership and PrintImage International. "In a time of declining membership among all trade associations," said Romano, "we must question the need for duplicated organizations and events." Many WTT readers agreed and some were provoked, but the last word came in the form of a thoughtful essay from Ronnie Davis, chief economist, PIA/GATF. Find out more...