Data Mining Helps Oberweis Dairy Boost Retention

Data analysis conducted by Oberweis Dairy revealed the secret to retaining new home-delivery customers: Give no more or less upfront in a new prospecting promotion than had been previously offered, but package it differently

Why the Postal Service Must Survive

The USPS is a massive enterprise. They will probably lose $9 billion in 2011, and that rate of loss cannot be sustained. Something must be done.

Walgreens -2, Consumers -1, CVS +10

You must be either a paid consultant, or a person fishing for business to think that a company the size of Walgreens told 47% of their customers to go elsewhere as part of their strategy

U.S. Mobile Search Ad Spending Surged 269% in Q4 2011

According to IgnitionOne's "Global Advertising Report: Q4 2011," mobile search ad spending in the U.S. saw a huge year-over-year increase in the fourth quarter. The report also found that the holiday season was kind to U.S. search advertising as a whole.

18.3% of Email Marketers Include Sharing Links in Their Emails

An infographic from GetResponse offers some interesting insights into how social sharing has seeped into email marketing. "Email Marketing + Social Media: When 1+1 Equals More Than 2" shows that emails including social sharing buttons saw click-through rates (CTR) substantially higher than those...

SOPA and PIPA – The Internet’s Biggest Fight to Date?

SOPA and PIPA. The first looks like a typo of "soap," and the latter seems like an enthusiastic fan of the Duchess of Cambridge's sister Pipa Middleton. Neither look or sound like bills which could fundamentally disrupt how we use the...

5 Ways to Market on Facebook

If you're not promoting your offers on Facebook - or your brand in a general sense - you're really missing out. Facebook continues to have the world's largest user database, and with Facebook apps as a must-have on just about every smart phone model, you could be accessing new customers constantly.