June 01, 2013
When the USPS announced in February a plan to eliminate mail delivery on Saturday, mailers approved.
June 01, 2013
Marketing is changing. Fifteen top agency leaders share how the role of the agency is changing along with it.
May 01, 2013
Concerning the future of the USPS, one thing is abundantly clear: It is going to change, sooner rather than later, and in significant fashion.
April 26, 2013
The term Big Data is everywhere these days, and marketers are frequently promised transformative results through its utilization.
January 07, 2013
In lean economic times marketing can harness technology to streamline costs and improve results.
December 07, 2012
Marketers in the Asia-Pacific Region seek to expand their digital budgets and expertise
November 29, 2012
How to cut through the complexities and maximize searching marketing spend.
November 20, 2012
How the wrong marketing campaign can suck the life out of a company.
September 13, 2012
Moosejaw's VP of technology Michael Moore on the CIO/CMO relationship. It's like a marriage.
August 01, 2012
Stop gambling with next year's marketing budget and play your cards right with Content, Cadence, and Closure.
April 01, 2012
It is not uncommon that the retail side of a business doesn't know what the Web side is doing.
Marketers plan to spend slightly more on digital marketing this year than they did in 2011, and are moving some of their spending away from traditional advertising, according to a new report from the Society of Digital Agencies.
February 01, 2012
Avoiding common email marketing mistakes will ultimately drive better campaign ROI.
February 01, 2012
Healthcare reform and signs of economic recovery have insurance marketers retooling their direct marketing efforts to drive relevant messaging to consumers and prospects.
Short-form direct response TV spending increased 12.5% during the third quarter of 2011 compared with the same period last year, according to data released by Kantar Media on Dec. 19. Total ad spend for the third quarter increased 0.4% compared to the same period last year.
Nearly 15% of marketers cut expenditures during the third quarter of 2011 and the same number plan to cut expenditures during Q4, according to the Direct Marketing Association's (DMA) Nov. 17 "Quarterly Business Review."
US direct response short-form TV advertising spending decreased 5.8% year-over-year to $4.5 billion in 2010, according to a March 17 Kantar Media report. Conversely, industry-wide US advertising expenditures increased 6.5% in 2010, compared with the prior year, to $131.1 billion, according to the New York-based media measurement firm.
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What's in our mailbox this month: fitness postcards from Retro Fitness, American Woman Fitness Centers, Union's United Taekwondo Academy, and Bally Total Fitness. (We're totally pumped.)
Social data can improve a brand's bottom line and customer relationships. Just ask brands Infiniti and Diamond Nexus.
Here are three must-have data sets that every marketer should include in his or her email strategy.
