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Multichannel Integration and Optimization: The Direct Marketer’s To-Do List that’s NEVER Done
I’m sure you’re right there with me…there’s nothing more satisfying than crossing-off action items on my to-do lists – whether it’s in the office, at home and those places where both worlds blend. But as marketers, that satisfaction is forever elusive when it comes to Web site optimization and making sure you’re being strategic across [...]
The Importance of Developing Handraisers for your Business
So few companies fully understand and leverage the power of developing “handraisers”. In our world, this is someone who is interested in your company’s product, but not ready to purchase your products or services at this time. It applies to just about every business segment and industry. I am sure you can relate this to your every day shopping [...]
Rethinking the Mature Market
I was reading an interesting study yesterday from Pew Research. The title of it was “Generations Online in 2009″. The interesting note that I picked-up from the study was the growth in Internet usage in the mature segment of the population: The biggest increase in Internet use since 2005 can be seen in the 70-75 [...]
Volume down as prices go up for USPS. What does it mean for Marketers?
May 11th is the date targeted for postage rates to go up across the board. The average rate increase is about 3.8% and does vary by segment. Of course, the behind the scenes story contributing to the increase is the decline in recent mail volume … with a 9.5 billion piece decline in mail for 2008. According [...]
Build your email mix with sweepstakes!
I was visiting with a client the other day who was doing an excellent job of acquiring their customers’ email addresses. They are very experienced marketers who focus the majority of their marketing efforts on cross-sell activities. They were leveraging enticing promotional sweepstakes as a way to drive email activation from customers who had not previously provided [...]