Chief Marketer Staff
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Agencies
Former NH Direct Mail Printer Pleads Guilty To Tax Charge
A former owner of a New Hampshire printing company specializing in direct mail advertisements has agreed to plead guilty to a charge relating to his role in a tax conspiracy,
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Agencies
Meet the Broker: Gabriella Sayers
Today we meet Gabriella Sayers, director of list management at Stanford Direct, Ramsey, NJ.
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Turning Data into Dollars: Using the right metrics to improve e-mail and online marketing results
Let’s face it: in today’s challenging economy, online marketers don’t have the time or resources to waste on programs that don’t deliver results. Performance expectations are higher than ever. But the most commonly used marketing metrics aren’t enough to create a roadmap for improvement
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Agencies
Merkle Names Craig Dempster First CMO
Customer relationship marketing agency Merkle has promoted Craig Dempster to the newly formed role of executive vice president and chief marketing officer.
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Consumer E-mail List Prices Show Biggest Decline: Worldata
Permission-based consumer e-mail lists suffered the largest price declines between winter 2009 and winter 2010, according to the most recent Worldata List Price Index.
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Nearly Half Of DM Firms Plan Staff Increases: Bernhart
The first quarter of 2010 will see the job market for direct marketers loosen. Nearly half (46%) of them plan to add staff, compared with 30% last quarter.
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Greco Out As DMA CEO, President
John A. Greco has resigned as president and CEO of the Direct Marketing Association as of Monday, January 18. The organization has not named a replacement.
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Email
Stupid Idea Watch: The Sarcasm Punctuation Mark
Great, just what we need: a punctuation mark denoting sarcasm.
Everyone reading this by now knows that e-mail
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Email
Strange Idea Watch: What the … ?
Arguably the strangest idea in the short history of e-mail marketing comes in the form of the Web site BottleOnBeach.com.
Touted as an innovative answer to the spam problem, BottleOnBeach allows marketers to craft a text message and upload a list of e-mail addresses for which the message is intended.