May 22, 2013
This Kraft brand is one hot dog when it comes to creating seamless customer experiences
April 15, 2013
Clear.md, a mobile and web application that lets healthcare providers send quick videos to patients, has found that video drives better engagement than email.
April 08, 2013
Zihla Salinas, CMO and chief development officer at RAPP, talks about her laser-focus on strategy.
March 06, 2013
What are the undeniable truths that have been around since the dawn of data-driven scientific marketing? Larry Kimmel, executive director of hawkeye, explains in part one of this three-part video series.
March 06, 2013
What about marketing is in the process of changing today? Hawkeye Executive Director Larry Kimmel explains in part two of this three-part video series.
March 06, 2013
What does the future of marketing hold? Hawkeye's Executive Director Larry Kimmel explains in the final installment of this three-part video series.
February 27, 2013
Jim Parkinson, chief digital officer and EVP of digital media at Valassis, talks QR codes, augmented reality, and cool print campaigns.
February 13, 2013
Outdoor garment and equipment retailer Marmot brings the in-store experience online.
January 17, 2013
Hurricane Sandy forces the Red Cross to change the course of its holiday-giving campaign.
December 01, 2012
The brand reputations of oil giants BP and Shell are frequently haunted by past controversies—but which brand strikes oil with its marketing?
November 21, 2012
Kenshoo CMO and Direct Marketing News 40 under 40 winner Aaron Goldman (a.k.a. The Lyrical G) lays down a rap.
November 19, 2012
Consumers adapt to technology much faster than enterprises, which makes it difficult for marketers to predict the nature of the landscape in which they'll be working.
November 14, 2012
Integrated is where it's at, says Rob Rasmussen, winner of the 2012 Irving Wunderman Award, an honor presented annually at Caples.
November 08, 2012
It's a burning question: If you were a cheese, what kind of cheese would you be?
November 06, 2012
Most everyone can think back to one moment that sticks out for them on their career path so far. The Direct Marketing News 40 under 40 share theirs.
November 02, 2012
The 2012 Direct Marketing News 40 Under 40 on how their mentors impacted their careers.
November 01, 2012
The 2012 Direct Marketing News 40 Under 40 on the best compliments they've ever received from customers and clients.
October 01, 2012
Behind every successful athlete is a dedicated coach—a point the U.K. arm of Gillette aimed to emphasize with its "Great Start" Olympics campaign.
September 19, 2012
How can marketers can use video to help their sales and customer service colleagues recreate the personal attention customers crave? Read on.
August 30, 2012
SnailWorks president Dave Lewis chats about the SnailWorks platform for integrating email, landing pages, and other online channels with traditional media to get the most bang for your direct marketing buck.
August 07, 2012
IBM's John Kennedy chats with Direct Marketing News web editor Allison Schiff about the company's recent State of Marketing 2012 survey.
August 01, 2012
A boutique hotel used an email campaign featuring a video of its event space to garner a 20% open rate.
June 01, 2012
Sharethrough launched Sharethrough.tv, a free public search engine site designed to connect creative agencies directly to a number of branded videos.
May 01, 2012
There's not a bag big enough to dispose of the Glad Products Company's recent social venture.
April 27, 2012
Hiscox, an insurance provider for small businesses, launched an integrated ad campaign to promote its range of online insurance products, said Philip Thorn, head of marketing US direct, Hiscox USA. Tribal DDB, its agency of record, developed video, direct response, online and search elements for the campaign.
April 17, 2012
Online television network Hulu will charge advertisers only when a video stream is fully delivered, said Jason Kilar, Hulu's CEO, during his keynote at the Ad Age Digital Conference in New York City.
An online poll conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of marketing agency Digitas found that video content can be an important tool to drive brand engagement, said Stephanie Sarofian, managing director of Digitas brand content unit The Third Act.
February 15, 2012
Richard April, VP of marketing at AG Salesworks, and Melissa Hoffmann, news editor at Direct Marketing News discuss the ins and outs of customer targeting
February 08, 2012
Michele Fitzpatrick, SVP, strategy and insight, The Agency Inside Harte-Hanks, discusses consumer targeting with Direct Marketing News
February 01, 2012
Karen Quintos, SVP and CMO, Dell, on how the brand is striving to better target its customers
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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.
