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Generic Online Catalogs




Promowear Magazine, May/June 2004.

Generic catalogs were always a favorite of mine. I could put my logo and contact information on them and pass them out to leads and customers as if I had them custom printed my self. As decorators and distributors began to promote their products and services online over the years, many vendors and suppliers took their generic catalog programs to that level as well.

While that may sound like the perfect plug and play e-commerce solution for your web site, there are many details to consider before tossing out other methods of selling successfully online. I took some time to browse these generic catalogs both from a retail customer's perspective, and an online marketer's perspective and found some interesting results to share in this months column.

The Can-Spam Act




Printwear Magazine, May 2004.

On December 16, 2003 President Bush signed the CAN-SPAM act, which became official legislation January 1st. CAN-SPAM - The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act - requires unsolicited commercial e-mail messages to be labeled, to include working opt-out features and instructions as well as the sender's physical address. It prohibits common spam practices such as deceptive subject lines, false headers and invalid "reply to" email addresses.

Great news for getting rid of all that spam email right? Not necessarily. Check out this months Printwear Magazine where I have shared the nitty gritty.