I heard Gary Halbert and Dan Kennedy both say that you are normally much better off taking 1-4 of your best sellers from a catalog and sending a direct mail piece just on them.
You save the cost of the whole catalog and only having a few choices usually brings in more sales because you aren't confusing them with too many choices.
I've only tested this on a small scale but it seems to work.
Ron
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