Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Catalog Choice

someone I know told me about this:

Catalog Choice is an easy, free service that allows you to decline unsolicited catalogs, reducing the number of catalogs in your mailbox and lightening your footprint on the environment.
Join by clicking the link below:
http://www.catalogchoice.org/signup

1. Thanks to you, we've had more than 100,000 people sign up in the first 28 days, opting-out of over 800,000 catalogs. That is simply amazing.

Together, we are going to improve our lives and conserve our planet's natural resources!

2. You asked, we listened. Immediately available is a list of all catalogs, for those that prefer browsing to searching. We hope this makes it easier to find your catalogs.

3. We're working with the merchants to process your opt-out requests. It's too late in the mailing season to reduce the number of holiday catalogs, but you will see a reduction in unwanted catalogs starting in 2008, and continuing thereafter.

4. Catalog Choice has received national attention. The New York Times, Yahoo, Good Morning America, NBC, and have a look at the CNN spot:
http://blog.catalogchoice.org/2007/10/22/live-from-cnn/

5. Spread the word. We need a million users to reach our initial goal of establishing a critical mass on a national level. Here's how you can help:

- Use the "Invite Friends" area on the website. If each of you invite just 10 people, we'll have a million!
- Ask your local media to promote the service (TV, radio,newspapers, etc.)
- Paste a Catalog Choice badge on your website or blog. You can get them here:
http://www.catalogchoice.org/#about