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Keeping in Touch in the Off-Season
Let’s say that the vast majority of your sales come in the third and fourth quarters of the year. Maybe as much as 80% of your business is done in the
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Sony Pictures and Best Buy Offer Movie Glimpse
In an effort to attract a broader audience, Sony Pictures and Best Buy joined forces to give away free preview DVDs of the not-yet-released movie Hellboy.
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Live From the Gartner CRM Summit: Auto Group Tunes Up Its Engine
Talk about silos. Only a few years ago, California State Automobile Association had separate departments and IT systems for every service it offered —membership,
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Live from the Gartner CRM Summit: Blue Cross of Rhode Island Makes Upfront Investment
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island has achieved a negative ROI of 45% with a new CRM system. And it is pleased with the results. Huh? Yes, it’s true:
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Congress: Say No to Just Say No
The Just say no approach to drug abuse during the Reagan years would seem to aptly characterize the course some have taken in the postal reform debate.
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One-Week New Mover Co-op Debuts
A co-op mailing program for people who have just moved is hitting the market this month and the owner is giving away a lot of services to help attract
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Customized E-mail Clicks for CNET
CNET Networks sends half a million e-mails each week customized to the specific interests of visitors to its digital sites. These e-mails pay off with
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To Do or Not to Do
Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should do something. I was reminded of this truism recently by a news story about how Johnny Cash’s
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World’s Largest Focus Group
Sara Holoubek is chief strategy officer at New York search-engine marketing firm icrossing. She discussed search’s impact on how DMers serve customers