Beth Negus Viveiros, Author at Chief Marketer

Holiday Email Watch: Gymboree Builds Synergy, But Fisher-Price is Slow

My home’s halls haven’t quite been decked yet, but it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in my email inbox. Here’s a quick look at some of the offers that have come my way this week. While none are particularly naughty, some are a lot nicer than …

Technology

Keeping Marketing Assets Secure in the Cloud

After all, if your marketing and sales materials are managed and distributed via a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution on the Internet, rather than housed on your company’s own servers, aren’t they more prone to being viewed by unauthorized users? The answer may actually be no, according to some industry analysts.

Data & Analytics

Reminder Emails Boost 1-800-Flowers Sales

1-800-Flowers is making heavy use of email reminders to encourage blooms as gifts for every occasion.

Direct Marketing | Print

Effects of Email List Overabundance

Welcome to Broker Roundtable, where each week we ask list brokers to give their opinions on issues that matter to the marketing community. This week’s question: What effect is the overabundance of email lists having on the market?

Data & Analytics

Best Practices for Using Cooperative Databases

Cooperative databases account for at least 80% of all consumer prospecting. Names selected from a co-op are super multiple buyers who respond well to any number of different offers. These buyers have been modeled from actual buyer files and are therefore they are highly qualified names. What’s more, they represent a good value for the money renting for $70 per thousand or less.

Direct Marketing | Print

Black Friday Round-Up: More DMers Connect With Shoppers via Mobile, Social

Midnight store openings may get the most press, but direct marketers claimed their share of Black Friday dollars, thanks in large part to mobile and social initiatives.

Data & Analytics

Marketers Increase Email Use On Black Friday

Black Friday saw many brick and mortar retailers promoting themselves primarily through email, although pure-play online marketers weren’t shy about using email to cash in on consumers’ post-Thanksgiving shopping urges, either.

Data & Analytics

New Database Helps Las Vegas Sands Focus on Profitability

The Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s new data system places a stronger focus on the full spectrum of visitors’ activity, and therefore their total profitability.

Traditionally, casino patrons are ranked and marketed to based on what they spend, either during a single trip or in aggregate. But this doesn’t allow for subtleties such as their rate of play, how the value of comped rooms mitigates their worth to the property, or other activities which might change how they are valued.

Data & Analytics

The Right Way to Grow Your Email Subscriber Base

Many marketers wrestle with how to best grow their email subscriber lists. There are plenty of options, but they all have different pros and cons—and sometimes even legal consequences. From worst to better, here’s a quick rundown on some of these tactics and the pluses and pitfalls of each.

Email

The Importance of Monitoring Email Inbox Placement

The inbox placement metric takes deliverability one step further by looking at actual inbox activity. Did your message go into the spam or junk folder? Was it delivered in a timely manner? This information is crucial for many brands…