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Accurate consumer data drives effective marketing

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.
 

Emailvision buys SmartFocus for $40M

June 14, 2011

Email services provider Emailvision said June 14 that it has acquired customer intelligence software company SmartFocus for $40 million.
 

Make the switch to the cloud and get better data quality

Joshua Evans, VP of product development, Lorton Data March 01, 2011

Consider how Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications can be leveraged for data quality.
 

Salesforce.com makes Chatter free, purchases two Super Bowl spots

February 01, 2011

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.
 

Four steps to a behavior triggered e-mail program

November 01, 2010

A number of organizations have found that behavioral triggered e-mails help build customer loyalty, boost ROI and streamline marketing tasks.
 

Software providers suffer from overreliance on M&A

Grant Johnson, CMO, Pegasystems October 27, 2010

Consolidation among leading software companies has created a real crisis in innovation.
 

ROI is fool's gold for social marketers

Joe Chernov, director of content, Eloqua 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.
 

IMarketing acquires SaaS firm TrackingSoft

May 03, 2010

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.
 

Nutrisystem working with e-mail AOR Responsys to improve campaigns

November 20, 2009

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.
 

SearchForce releases multichannel analytics tool

November 16, 2009

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.
 

SaaS isn't a softer sell

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 talks with David Kimrey of TicketsNow.com

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
 

Conference Call: The Benefits Companies and Sage Software discuss CRM

August 07, 2009

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.
 

Marketers look to network in SaaS boom

Jeff Wilkins, Chairman, Entiera Inc. 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.
 

Harte-Hanks adds IT data to Demandbase platform

July 14, 2009

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.