March 18, 2013
Couples Resorts' integrated digital strategies gives the hotel chain the confidence to know what's working, what's not working, and the ability to make on-the-fly adjustments to correct any marketing missteps.
November 09, 2012
Epsilon, the marketing services division of Alliance Data Systems, has agreed to acquire Hyper Marketing for approximately $460 million.
October 17, 2012
A new online display ad service for B2B marketers uses a list of 1.5 billion corporate IP addresses to aim targeted messages directly at specific prospects.
October 02, 2012
Marketing services company Infogroup announced today the sale of its OneSource division to platform company Cannondale Investments.
September 04, 2012
Marketing services firm Epsilon launched its Email Response Network (ERN) on September 4, a combination of three email products powered by database intelligence.
July 01, 2012
Former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is reportedly renting out his list of donors for up to $26,000.
July 01, 2012
One would think the larger a b-to-b target prospect database is, the more qualified leads there will be for the field sales team.
June 01, 2012
If marketers realized precisely how much money they were leaving on the table — or, to be more specific, in the abandoned shopping cart — they'd be horrified.
May 22, 2012
VivaKi Nerve Center and BlueKai have launched Audience Insights, a software that is designed to allow marketers to collect customer data online without tagging.
May 07, 2012
Alloy Direct Marketing and youth marketing data provider American Student List (ASL) announced May 7 the two companies will merge, the result of a joint venture between their respective parent companies: Alloy Media + Marketing and Euro RSCG Discovery. The resulting company will be known as Alloy ASL, said Andrew Belth, president of Alloy ASL and the former SVP of Alloy Direct Marketing.
April 18, 2012
Marketo has acquired Crowd Factory, a provider of a social campaign management platform, said Jon Miller, Marketo's VP of marketing. The acquisition, the terms of which Miller declined to disclose, will enable Marketo to deploy social campaigns on top of its hosted marketing automation platform, thereby expanding the reach of each campaign.
April 10, 2012
The Container Store has selected Alliance Data subsidiary Epsilon as the company's database provider, said Don Lucchetti, VP and GM at Epsilon in an email.
April 10, 2012
Ricoh Production Print Solutions LLC, a digital output marketing company, launched a customer marketing suite for utility companies April 10, said Mike Bryant, worldwide practice leader of strategy and marketing analytics at Ricoh.
April 01, 2012
Unlike a traditional ad campaign, a well-executed database marketing campaign never ends.
VerifyEmailAddress.org has launched BulkEmailVerifier.com, a dedicated product that allows businesses to verify emails in bulk, said Matthew Dixon, chief project officer at Germany-based media solutions provider Paul Internet, which owns VerifyEmailAddress. The BulkEmailVerifier tool was designed for companies with email databases of customer information.
March 01, 2012
Martha Stewart Living was so pleased with the results from the Ultimate Fan Sweepstakes that the brand ran two more successful sweepstakes using SnapApp after Ultimate Fan closed.
February 01, 2012
While privacy concerns are understandable, what most people care about at the end of the day is the price-value equation. They're willing to give up personal information about themselves if it helps a marketer target them more effectively and efficiently. If you can use past behaviors and stated preferences to deliver a better experience and waste less time, go for it.
February 01, 2012
Avoiding common email marketing mistakes will ultimately drive better campaign ROI.
January 11, 2012
Donna Hamilton, VP of audience targeting at Alliant, a marketing data company, discusses the company's recent Lotame integration and the future of digital targeting.
January 01, 2012
When Pei Wei Asian Diner introduced the Caramel Chicken entrée, the Chinese food chain took advantage of the occasion to beef up its email database. Pei Wei, which is owned by P.F. Chang's China Bistro, worked with email provider ExactTarget to create a multichannel campaign centered on email to help spread the word.
January 01, 2012
Active Ride Shop, a Mira Loma, Calif.-based skateboarding outfitter, has a passionate customer base that enthusiastically turns out for skating competitions, fashion shows and other brand events.
December 15, 2011
Infogroup president and CEO Clare Hart has been replaced by Michael Iaccarino. Hart, who joined Infogroup in July 2010, is leaving the company to pursue new opportunities, Infogroup said in a Dec. 15 statement.
December 14, 2011
Diane Berry, SVP of Coveo, a customer intelligence company, discusses how brands can align customer service, sales and marketing and how best to drive customer loyalty.
December 07, 2011
Barry Parshall, SVP of product management at Web analytics company iJento discusses channel integration and the benefits of online catalogs.
November 22, 2011
List company Database101.com filed a countersuit against data giant Infogroup alleging it used unethical business practices to sabotage the 14-month-old company. The countersuit is in response to a September lawsuit filed by Infogroup, accusing Database101.com founder Vinod Gupta of stealing confidential Infogroup information and using it to develop Database101.com's client base. Gupta also founded Infogroup.
November 16, 2011
Alterian will close its Chicago office as part of a restructuring plan that began in September, said Adrian Duffield, partner at College Hill, Alterian's financial PR agency. Alterian employees were notified on Nov. 6 that the shuttering process would begin immediately, he said.
George Hu was promoted to COO of CRM company Salesforce.com effective Nov. 7, the company said in a statement. Hu previously served as EVP of platform, marketing and operations and will continue to report to chairman and CEO Marc Benioff in the newly-created role.
Harte-Hanks' third-quarter direct marketing revenue increased 0.6% to $151.9 million compared with Q3 2010, while direct marketing operating income declined 10.8% year-over-year to $20.5 million. The San Antonio, Texas-based company reported a decline in overall revenue in the quarter, decreasing 1.8% to $212.8 million compared with Q3 2010.
October 26, 2011
Rod Ford, president and CEO of Merkle subsidiary CognitiveData, a marketing services company, explains why digital will never be a standalone media and why marketing cadence is just as important as segmentation.
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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.
