December 01, 2012
A self-proclaimed media agnostic, InterMedia Advertising's president and CEO, Robert Yallen, says there's one channel he discourages marketers from integrating into their DRTV spots: social media.
December 01, 2012
Companies with social marketing plans are placing increased emphasis on the importance of brand advocates.
November 01, 2012
Digital marketing has opened the door for politicians to build communities, grow their followers, and mobilize potential voters—particularly through social media.
November 01, 2012
Real-time data is what marketers want; old-time analytics is what they've got.
November 01, 2012
Automation improves many things in life, but for consumers, automated outbound marketing calls usually aren't one of them.
October 01, 2012
OgilvyOne Worldwide chairman and CEO Brian Fetherstonhaugh explains why global marketing required relevant local campaigns.
October 01, 2012
Just as aspiring Olympians begin their training years in advance, the marketing departments of global Olympic partners are already planning campaigns for next year's games.
September 01, 2012
Jordan Bitterman, Digitas' SVP and social marketing practice lead, spoke with Direct Marketing News about the increasing number of social media request for proposals (RFPs) that agencies are receiving.
September 01, 2012
Skepticism remains about the overall efficacy of the Google Trusted Stores program for e-commerce storefronts.
August 01, 2012
In today's integrated marketing world, clients expect agencies to be versed in all media and channels.
August 01, 2012
While growth in ad exchanges makes serving ads across the Internet in real time cheaper and easier, brands have a dilemma.
August 01, 2012
Twitter sent tweeters aflutter, offering "expanded Tweet" options to exclusive partner websites—with a wider rollout to follow.
July 01, 2012
Forward-thinking marketers use Big Data to create personalized customer experiences.
July 01, 2012
It's becoming ever more important for marketers to embrace social media for their own self-promotion.
July 01, 2012
Experts put the pathetic premiere into perspective, and as for final judgment on whether the Facebook IPO is a hit or miss, the jury is still out.
July 01, 2012
Former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is reportedly renting out his list of donors for up to $26,000.
May 01, 2012
With the increase of customer touchpoints, brands are seeking to implement seamless cross-channel marketing strategies.
May 01, 2012
Creative teams at today's agencies are adding technologists to the mix.
May 01, 2012
Most experts see Facebook's billion dollar acquisition of Instagram in April as defensive and overpriced.
May 01, 2012
USPS chief Patrick Donahoe set out his vision for the agency at the National Postal Forum in April.
March 01, 2012
Google's privacy policy changes, which go into effect on March 1, unify its terms of service across its major Web products — including YouTube, Gmail and search — allowing for greater sharing of user information with advertisers.
March 01, 2012
While consolidation has been a growth and hang-on strategy for some in the printing industry, the space is undergoing such a seismic shift in its expanding arrays of services that the old metrics and measures no longer apply.
March 01, 2012
As tablets and smartphones evolve into the de facto "remote control" of our lives, the kinds of services that clients are demanding from their agencies is also changing.
January 01, 2012
This year's Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend proved a big one for e-commerce — and mobile commerce in particular. Thanks to a combination of generous deals and increasingly savvy and mobile-focused consumers, the biggest shopping weekend of the year was bigger than ever for online retailers.
January 01, 2012
For a peek at the future of holding company Publicis Groupe's VivaKi unit, one need only look to its launch of CRM agency CRM365. Not only did it launch without a single client, but managing director Alec Bokman pointed out that CRM365 isn't even really an agency, but rather a software-as-a-service company.
January 01, 2012
Direct Marketing News spoke with Nick Moore, chief creative officer and EVP of Wunderman, about the trends he sees on the horizon for agencies as they move into the new year.
December 01, 2011
Location-based advertising has become an integral component of overall communications strategies. This month, several major brands introduced programs that leverage geo-local information to offer consumers more relevant content.
December 01, 2011
AOL, Apple and Yahoo each reportedly charge up to six figures for brands to run interactive ads for tablet devices. While ad rates equivalent to home prices may seem obscene, industry experts say tablet advertising can be worthwhile for luxury brands targeting the tablet market's affluent owner base.
December 01, 2011
Global agency Draftfcb has for two years struggled under the burden of a handful of major client defections, including the Homewood Suites' by Hilton hotel business, State Farm's TV creative, and several Kraft Food brands, most recently Gevalia at the end of October.
November 01, 2011
Moses couldn't part the sea of data threatening to drown today's marketers, many of whom claim they simply can't analyze and react to the glut of information. The onslaught of digital and social media signals have saturated brands' data collection processes to the point that many are struggling to wade through what's essentially become white noise.
November 01, 2011
While social media is a key part of almost every agency's offerings, a number of agencies are now launching separately branded and operated social media entities to offer more focus and expertise in this quickly evolving space.
November 01, 2011
Several technology vendors introduced products in October that put fresh twists on display advertising, videos and Web analytics that help marketers use new digital tools to enhance traditional marketing.
October 01, 2011
Although the headlines about the US Postal Service staring into a financial abyss are disturbing, many marketers who use the mail are relatively unperturbed.
October 01, 2011
The future of the daily deals industry grew cloudier in August, as tech-sector players Facebook and Yelp cut back on their own platforms and experts openly doubted the business model of sector heavyweight Groupon. Yet marketers say they are not yet ready to dismiss daily deals as a fad.
October 01, 2011
Creative agencies are investing more resources in Brazil as the world's fifth-largest economy transitions from burgeoning market to one shaping others around the globe.
October 01, 2011
North American marketers are preparing for Canada's anti-spam law, known as CASL, which could go into effect as early as the fourth quarter of this year. However, industry experts say most legitimate American marketers are ready for the law.
September 01, 2011
The job of agency CMO is not a new one, but it is a role that is becoming more prominent as agencies aim to put themselves — as they do their clients — in the best possible light.
September 01, 2011
JCPenney, Macy's and General Mills are among the brands that launched back-to-school marketing initiatives this summer tied to youth-oriented social causes. The marketers see the campaigns as opportunities to win consumers' hearts and minds, as well as dollars, during an important shopping season.
Marketers are facing a fire hose of social media data, especially as networks like Google+ expand and Twitter explores monetization strategies.
September 01, 2011
Direct mail and traditional media have long played important roles in getting out the vote. With party caucuses and primaries beginning in early 2012 and campaigns already underway in early voting states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, political marketers are betting that direct mail will still drive voters to the polls, but they are also dabbling in newer interactive technologies.
August 01, 2011
Academic research released last month has prompted more doubt about the effectiveness of online behavioral tracking self-regulatory programs, which lawmakers and consumer privacy advocates had already decried as subpar.
August 01, 2011
E-commerce giants Amazon.com and Overstock.com terminated all advertising contracts with California affiliates early last month, shortly after the State Assembly passed an Internet tax bill extending the Golden State's 7.25% sales tax to online retailers.
August 01, 2011
As social media encompasses a larger share of brands' ad spending budgets, marketers are seeking social media AORs instead of a roster of firms for project work. Working with one agency, instead of many, eases the burden on brands by streamlining the social marketing process, industry experts said.
July 01, 2011
As the online consumer privacy debate takes shape on Capitol Hill, direct marketing agencies are educating their clients on how to actively engage consumers though mobile and social media but stay within legal and ethical bounds.
July 01, 2011
Top brands are introducing digital and social elements to summer road tours and live events to continue interaction with consumers well after the appeal of the in-person experience has worn off.
July 01, 2011
Mergers and acquisitions in the marketing services industry more than doubled year-over-year in both value and volume in May, despite disappointing economic and unemployment numbers for the month.
June 01, 2011
Credit card companies are becoming integrated partners in the marketing process, helping brands deliver targeted offers to consumers by using their customer databases.
June 01, 2011
Direct Marketing News spoke with Jonathan Barnard, ZenithOptimedia's head of forecasting, about the ad industry's progress in recovering from the "Great Recession."
June 01, 2011
Google has led several technology industry giants, including Facebook, Amazon.com and AT&T, into the daily deals sector in recent weeks to challenge Groupon and LivingSocial in the $1.25 billion deals market.
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.
