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  • Shop Talk

    Mark Snyder can empathize with Barack Obama, another leader who has taken over in a really tough time. Except Obama didn’t have to worry about Black Friday.

  • Avoiding Scams in E-Mail List Deals

    So you’re sitting at work one day doing whatever it is you do and an e-mail arrives from someone you’ve never met claiming

  • Use Your Data to Know Your Customers

    Marketers are bombarded with solutions, plans and tips to increase campaign response rates, especially during trying economic times. But they can’t employ

  • Tip Sheet/E-Mail April/May 2009

    Helpful HintsE-MAIL LIST HYGIENE 101 Clean Those Files Deleting inactive addresses from a house file may be the last thing most traditional direct marketers

  • Rewards Make a Difference

    It pays to keep loyalty program members happy, and the rewards can make all the difference. Program participants are 70% more likely to recommend a product, service or brand than the general population, a new study has found

  • Web Video: State Farm is There

    U.S. Net visitors watched 13.1 billion online videos in Feb. 2009

  • Tip Sheet/Events April/May 2009

    Tips/NEW RULES FOR THE ROAD Tips for optimizing and economizing those high-cost vehicle tours It’s time to step on the gas. Brand-tour marketing may be

  • In-Market Timing

    Retailers often allocate a healthy chunk of their promotional efforts and budgets to customers who made the most recent transactions. But these efforts

  • Quick Tips: E-Mail Opt-Outs

    TIP 1: Don’t make a customer work to find your opt-out information

  • Drummer Pulls Off Best Net Marketing Promo Ever

    Journeyman session drummer Josh Freese has just finished what was arguably the most creative promotion of online content in Internet history