Comments on: Great Subscription Offer

By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:14:49 +0000

National Geographic has always been one of those “quality first” and “do the right thing” kind of companies. It’s baked into the values and the company lives them. It’s great to see it in action.
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By: --Deb

--Deb — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:57:58 +0000

@Melissa–Thanks! I’ve never gotten so much pleasure out of junk mail…
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By: Melissa Donovan

Melissa Donovan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:48:30 +0000

You’re a great consumer advocate! When I read these posts about the marketing materials you’ve received, I always nod along. I wonder how many people out there feel the same way but don’t say anything?

Thanks Deb. Especially for your Kindle review, which was especially helpful.
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By: --Deb

--Deb — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:59:07 +0000

@George–Good Housekeeping has been around forever, too, but I thought their mailing a couple weeks ago was pretty dreadful. Good magazine, but that particular offer was lousy.
–Deb´s last blog ..Kindle Revisited

By: George Angus

George Angus — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:56:22 +0000

Deb

Yuppers, NG does it right. Near as I can remember they always have. It’s why their still around and so popular. My daughter loves their stuff. The kids magazines, the regular mags, the videos. Makes me pretty happy, it does.

George
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By: --Deb

--Deb — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:55:40 +0000

Well, true about the return address labels. Those aren’t something I usually bother to shred, though. I figure I through random bits of junk mail and such out with my address on it, a few return address labels don’t really worry me. I hadn’t thought about the privacy issues, though … I just liked that they sent something with the offer that you could use immediately, no obligation.
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By: Kelvin Kao

Kelvin Kao — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:31:57 +0000

Cool. It’s good to just be straight instead of misleading (or confusing). This sounds like they are doing everything right.

The only comment I have is about the return address labels, though. Some people actually hate those. They don’t mail things often, and they don’t want to just throw away things with their addresses on them due to privacy concerns. So these people hate the return address labels because those things are more things to shred. Personally I am ambivalent about them though.
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