Personalization

Context Makes Sense

Context Makes Sense By

"Treat your customers like individuals." You hear that all the time. Yes, but, I mean, how?

Data-Driven Marketing Gets Dramatics Results

Data-Driven Marketing Gets Dramatics Results By

Everyman Theatre company incorporated data-driven strategies to optimize its direct mail marketing. Total ROI after one campaign? 552%.

With Email, One Size Does Not Fit All

With Email, One Size Does Not Fit All By

Specialty retailer Destination XL Group says data and personalization are essential to finding the perfect fit.

You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself

You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself

What my mother and my favorite brands should have in common.

5 Ways to Convert Attention to Intention

5 Ways to Convert Attention to Intention By

Marketers need to build one-to-one relationships to cut through the marketing clutter.

Four Steps to Relevant Communications

Four Steps to Relevant Communications

All marketers want to be relevant, but many are confounded by how to do so cost effectively.

You Actually Want Someone to Open Your Email, Right?

You Actually Want Someone to Open Your Email, Right? By

One area marketers should be paying particular attention to when it comes to personalization is email. Email yogi Sundeep Kapur shares some tips in the lead-up to the SES Conference in NYC.

The Path to Personalized Mail

The Path to Personalized Mail By

For resource-strapped businesses, is this a viable path to personalize direct mail?

National Postal Forum: Four Challenges for Direct Mail Marketers

National Postal Forum: Four Challenges for Direct Mail Marketers By

There are four key challenges marketers must "embrace" to ensure the effectiveness of direct mail in a multichannel world.

BIG Data Must Create BIG Experiences

BIG Data Must Create BIG Experiences

For consumers, personalization is the true value of providing personal preference data.

Not Just Content, Dynamic Content

Not Just Content, Dynamic Content

5 ways companies can be more dynamic with their content marketing.

Marketing Is a Contact Sport

Marketing Is a Contact Sport By

To score with customers, marketers need a new game plan.

Selling to Goldfish

Selling to Goldfish

Marketers have mere seconds to capture customers' fleeting attention. Do your communications resonate, motivate, and differentiate?

Big Data is "Emotional" Data

Big Data is "Emotional" Data

Today an individual is more than just a user or buyer of products and services. Empowered by their personal devices, people engage with brands in multiple roles.

Why Great Creative is Essential to Email Lead Generation

Why Great Creative is Essential to Email Lead Generation

Email: It's the one tool that is a must-have in any online marketer's arsenal, but how do you ensure your emails stand out from the crowd?

Customers Want a Personalized Experience. Can Marketers Deliver?

Customers Want a Personalized Experience. Can Marketers Deliver? By

The data is available to create personalized customer experiences. But few marketers are ready to deliver them, says one CMO.

Three Steps for Providing a Personalized Online Experience

Three Steps for Providing a Personalized Online Experience

How can online businesses provide the personalized and dynamic experience that consumers expect? By treating each site visitor like the unique individuals they are.

Infographic: Send a Good Impression

Infographic: Send a Good Impression By By

Most consumers are willing to give a little personal information to receive targeted ads.

How to be human online & connect with customers in the process

How to be human online & connect with customers in the process

Dry, tidy, "professional sounding" articles, videos, and photos don't connect with your customers anymore.

Personalization: the next saga in video marketing

Personalization: the next saga in video marketing By

Video messaging evolves from broadcasted to personalized.

Washington state winery urges women to take a well-deserved minute to relax

Washington state winery urges women to take a well-deserved minute to relax By

R&R can be a scarce commodity among 20- and 30-something moms, which is why Chateau Ste. Michelle, a Washington state-based winery known for its Riesling, turned to Seattle agency Cole & Weber United to uncork an integrated campaign centered on a Facebook application that helps users determine their ideal wine-drinking scenario.

Quit making excuses and start integrating

Quit making excuses and start integrating

An integrated marketing solution can really benefit a business's bottom-line.

8 rules for crafting an email that sells

8 rules for crafting an email that sells

These quick tips and tricks make all the difference between closing the next sale or ending up in the junk folder.

Simplifying complex, personalized print

Simplifying complex, personalized print

You want to strike a chord with your customers and prospects. But as you can imagine, the more complex the personalization, the harder it is to put it together.

Capitalizing on transactional documents

Capitalizing on transactional documents

What happens when messages are sent within a printed business document? You may be surprised to know that they get read.

Hyper-personalization in marketing

Hyper-personalization in marketing

Understanding the role of print and production in achieving hyper-personalization is critical, so consider the following four tips to drive the effectiveness and efficiency of your next direct marketing campaign.

Why customer experience will rule travel this holiday season

Why customer experience will rule travel this holiday season

Customer experience is king when it comes to travel this holiday season.

Thanks for the, uh...Lucite frame with your company logo on it (not)

Thanks for the, uh...Lucite frame with your company logo on it (not) By

Yes, it's the thought that counts when it comes to gifting...but what if the thought was, well, better and personalized?

Wendy's app puts healthy fast food at your fingertips

Wendy's app puts healthy fast food at your fingertips By

Wendy's' nutrition app allows users to customize meals based on desired caloric intake or by selecting items from its menu.

Automotive brands are test-driving new marketing strategies

Automotive brands are test-driving new marketing strategies

Today, auto manufacturers are incorporating elements such as social media contests and outreach to distinguish their respective brands.

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