May 14, 2013
Marketers aiming to increase retention must embrace a customer-success philosophy.
January 01, 2013
Using data to align marketers' perceptions with the actual customer experience.
October 01, 2012
Jaguar Land Rover is leveraging cutting-edge technologies to retain customers in an after-sales environment.
July 05, 2012
IC Places, a media company that produces entertainment content for websites and television, has chosen to work with ApFormance to optimize its website's loading speed.
June 01, 2012
By treating every budget center, customer or prospect opportunity the same, marketing heads are wasting money.
December 19, 2011
PayPal said to visit its Shopping Showcase for a big-picture look at its mobile payment plans.
More marketers plan to increase their spending on email marketing in 2012 than any other channel, according to a survey conducted by email service provider StrongMail, which will be officially released on Dec. 7. Of the 939 executives who participated in the survey, 60% said they expect to raise their email marketing budgets.
August 01, 2011
B-to-b marketers are finding innovative ways to convert business not just to customers, but long-term partners.
August 01, 2011
Outdoor goods retailer Moosejaw Mountaineering faced the predicament of keeping consumers informed about promotions and events via email while not bombarding them to the point that they would unsubscribe.
July 01, 2011
The daily deals sector has garnered plenty of headlines in the marketing press recently, including in this publication. That's no surprise given its size (pegged at $1.25 billion by BIA/Kelsey) and judging by the players who've launched daily deals services — Google, Facebook, Amazon.com and AT&T — to compete with the likes of Groupon and LivingSocial.
June 01, 2011
While the mobile marketer crowd is abuzz about the latest location-based marketing tools, "old-fashioned" location-based event promotions are hitting the road and helping marketers effectively build their in-house databases.
June 01, 2011
I have heard many marketers complain about the escalating cost of acquiring customers in our fragmented, distracted media environment.
Digital marketing firm Efficient Frontier announced it has acquired social marketing company Context Optional. Both companies will operate as separate entities with no planned structural changes; the acquisition is expected to close "within the coming weeks," said David Karnstedt, president and CEO of Efficient Frontier. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
May 01, 2011
When you are in the midst of executing an email or social marketing campaign — rushing to meet deadlines, pulling together creative, copy and getting approvals — it is easy to lose sight of your campaign objectives.
April 01, 2011
There are more than 30,000 fitness centers in the US, double the number from just 10 years ago, according to a study by business research firm IBISWorld. Two fitness franchises, Town Sports and 24 Hour Fitness, are trying to maintain an edge in this growing sector, though they vary in size and approach.
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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.
