Channel | Data & Analytics

The daily deal leader looks to deepen connections with customers and merchants while fending off attacks from rivals.

Younger marketers’ use of e-mail, social and mobile channels is no surprise to anyone. But a channel use survey from Pitney Bowes did uncover another channel preference that was unexpected: Marketers under 35 are also more likely than other age groups to use direct mail in their marketing mix.

In today’s challenging economic environment, not following up on tradeshow lead data is really inexcusable. It is expensive—really expensive—to be an exhibitor at a show. And whether your tradeshow exhibitor investment will net a profit or a loss all depends on how the lead data is capture and used.

Chief Marketer recently talked with John Coe, president of Sales & Marketing Institute, and Jim Wheaton, co-founder of Wheaton Group, about why it is essential for B-to-B marketers to have both a CRM system and a proper marketing database.

Business-to-business communications are fundamentally different from business-to-consumer. With B-to-B, there is usually a long sales cycle. Your goal is to engage, to establish your company as a valuable source of information. You want to get your messages opened and read often, making you the authority buyers turn to when they are deciding where to purchase.…

Faced with tighter schedules, more information than ever to manage and greater expectations from upper management, many marketers are turning to automated data-marketing systems.

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: As the U.S. gets more ethnically diverse, what are some tips to help marketers target various demographic segments?

When it comes to motivating users to become active in check-in services, discounts and deals are still uncharted territory. A recent survey of U.S.

Citi has been actively innovating credit card rewards programs to make sure its cards are the ones consumers reach for when they make a purchase. The issuer has taken a multi-track approach, piloting new ways to customize point rewards but also testing some distinctly different ways to redeem those points.

Time Warner Cable has launched a massive direct response television and print campaign promoting various services to Hispanic people.