July 01, 2011
Direct marketers are able to personalize consumer experiences across multiple touchpoints with the advent of digital marketing and new software packages. Customers who visit a website, for example, experience a personalized encounter that assembles the Web page relevant to the customer's relationship.
Email services provider Emailvision said June 14 that it has acquired customer intelligence software company SmartFocus for $40 million.
March 01, 2011
Consider how Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications can be leveraged for data quality.
When CRM company Salesforce.com does something, it typically does it bigger than everybody else. For example: after industry rival SAP got Al Gore to keynote its 2010 SapphireNow event, Salesforce.com got Mr. William Jefferson Clinton to keynote its 2010 DreamForce event.
A number of organizations have found that behavioral triggered e-mails help build customer loyalty, boost ROI and streamline marketing tasks.
October 27, 2010
Consolidation among leading software companies has created a real crisis in innovation.
October 18, 2010
With any rise in spend comes a corresponding lift in expectations. Today, that double-edged sword is tucked tightly in the hands of social marketing professionals.
Web-focused agency iMarketing has acquired software-as-a-service company TrackingSoft. IMarketing did not disclose financial terms of the deal, which closed last week.
E-mail marketing firm Responsys is aiding weight-loss program Nutrisystem with various e-mail programs, as well as developing cross-channel customer-experience initiatives. The company is using Responsys' Interact Campaign, the company's software as a service (SaaS) campaign-management platform.
Bid management software-maker SearchForce has launched its "Cross-Channel Marketing Tracker" platform, a tool that agencies and brands can use to monitor online campaigns and conversions across numerous media. Search marketing agency Prime Visibility has signed on to use the tool.
August 31, 2009
David Kimrey, senior manager of business intelligence at TicketsNow.com, discusses the company's use of pre- dictive modeling to customize its marketing messages
August 31, 2009
Marketers of software-as-a-service platforms bring consumer tactics to b-to-b when looking to highlight the advantages of their offerings
DMNews chats with The Benefit Companies and its CRM provider Sage Software about CRM. On the line is Larry Ritter, SVP of global product management and product marketing, Sage; Bill Sells, manager of IT, The Benefit Companies; and Justin Andaloro, marketing manager, The Benefit Companies.
July 30, 2009
Since the '90s, the sofware-as-a-service (SaaS) model has been applied to many categories of software, including customer relationship management and marketing automation tools. But applications are just part of the story for a new "network-empowered" direct marketing industry. Beyond software, marketing data and lists can also be delivered using an on-demand model.
Demandbase, a SaaS database marketing platform, has added Harte-Hanks' Market Intelligence Technology Database to its offering. Harte-Hanks' data, which includes IT professionals and business decision makers from about 600,000 companies, is collected and verified through telephone and Web-based interviews. Including 325,000 names from the Harte-Hanks data, Demandbase is adding 3 million new business contacts to its database.
Company of the week Fairfield Marketing Group, Inc.Concerned about growth? With over 25 years experience in the industry, the list experts at Fairfield Marketing Group possess the know-how to help immediately improve any domestic or international direct marketing effort. |
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.
