November 01, 2012
The agency shuts down five telemarketers in an escalation of its war on robocalling.
November 01, 2012
Automation improves many things in life, but for consumers, automated outbound marketing calls usually aren't one of them.
May 01, 2012
Should personalization be used everywhere? Consider my recent experiences and you decide.
A US District Court judge in Chicago has temporarily frozen the assets and stopped consumer-facing calls from SBN Peripherals. The Federal Trade Commission, which requested the action, says the company and associated organizations placed more than 370 million calls to US consumers in the past year.
Multichannel retailer Talbots has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $112,000 to settle the agency's claim that it failed to provide consumers with a proper opt-out option in some of its telemarketing calls.
The Federal Communications Commission will soon propose revisions to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act that it says will empower consumers to avoid unwanted phone solicitations, commonly known as "robocalls." The agency's goal is to bring its rules in line with those of Federal Trade Commission.
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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.
