How Dell Uses DAM

| Shayn Ferriolo

With annual sales of $31.89 billion, Dell Computer Corp. is the country’s top-selling cataloger, according to the Catalog Age 100. So you’d think that

HOW DOES YOUR CALL CENTER GROW?

| MCM staff

The rows of tomatoes you plant as seedlings in your back yard or the flowers you lay out every spring in geometric patterns to impress your neighbors

Working Gear

| Thomas G. Dolan

Having a conversation with your computer may be possible after all. Industry buzz around this topic has been rampant in recent years, but actual products

SPLIT PERSONALITY

| MCM staff

An automated e-mail response costs about 25 cents per incident, compared to $1 for knowledge-based self-service, $6 for interactive voice response, $8

SHORT TAKES: Snake Oil

| David Pluviose

A software vendor tells you he has a CRM package that will double your customer base and quadruple your profits in 90 days. Don’t buy it! According to

Short Takes

| MCM staff

Hard landing for retailers; e-tail rouge; some noir; pay more for phone services