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This week, I heard from Mike and Nate at Junk Mail Galaxy. The duo publish regular video podcasts, which focus on direct mail. Based in South Jersey (in the US, not my home island in the Channel Islands), they have 30 years of experience in direct mail between them.
In their regular podcasts, Mike and Nate explore the world of direct mail, looking at DM news, sharing their views and squeezing in a few jokes along the way. They only launched their Web site in January this year, but are quickly building up a library of podcasts. Each podcast episode features a supporting blog entry, so you can read what's in the episode before playing it, which is a good idea as each m4v file is around 50MB (which takes forever to download on my cheap-o broadband service). Yes, the videos aren't for faint hearted broadband connections, but if you're on a shoestring Australian broadband connection like mine, then look out for the 'embedable player' link, which takes you to a smaller, online streaming version.
I'm enjoying working my way through past episodes, these guys obviously know what they're talking about. Don't get too mislead by the title, they're really talking about direct mail. I'm not a great fan of the term 'junk mail', as it attaches a negative stigma to direct mail and largely refers to unaddressed mail (in Australia at least, where anyone can stuff your mailbox with whatever they like). But I think I'll save that discussion for another time. In the meantime, I look forward to following Mike and Nate on their journey through the DM galaxy!
Posted on Friday, 11 April 2008 at 6:04 AM | TrackBack: http://www.veedeepee.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/117
Umm ... I think the slow download speeds are on their end. Even on our university campus internet access (200MB's+), it's pretty darn slow.
Posted by Shalom Pennington on Friday, 11 April 2008 at 9:02 AM
I have to admit, I am hooked on Junk Mail Galaxy. I'm thrilled to see you have added their link to this forum.
For those having issues with downloading speeds, you can easily view JMG podcasts from their myspace link: myspace.com/junkmailgalaxy.
I think JMG's deliverance -- providing informative industry tips through such an entertaining format -- is brilliant.
Posted by Misty in Ohio on Friday, 11 April 2008 at 2:01 PM
Thanks/toda, Shalom. I'd tend to agree with you, there are faster snails in my garden. However, Mike and Nate aren't totally to blame, I note that their content is hosted on the free podbean.com service—and as you probably know, there's really no such thing as "free". However, the long downloads are definitely worth the wait.
Posted by Eliot Harper on Friday, 11 April 2008 at 7:49 PM