Topic

CRM

  • Why Your E-Zine May Be More Important Than Your Web Site

    Many marketers see e-mail as a means of driving traffic to their Web sites. But that’s wrong, says Maria Veloso, the author of “Web Copy that Sells” (Amacom).

  • Best Buy Uses Data to Place Products

    FOOD STAPLES SUCH AS BREAD and milk often are placed at opposite ends of a supermarket. This requires customers to walk across the store past a wide range

  • Panasonic Offers Product Info Online

    Confused about contrast ratio, or the difference between Plasma and LCD? Panasonic’s automated interactive agent has the answers for you.

  • Louisiana Telecom Pursues Post-Katrina Marketing

    Some marketing activities are more onerous than others. Take those of East Ascension Telephone Co. (Eatel), which had been pitching customers various service offers on its billing statements.

  • How to Deliver CRM Software On Demand

    We’ve all heard about On Demand Software Delivery. It occurs when software is delivered to the customer via a network (like the Internet) as a service.

  • The CRM Cynic: Lazy Columnist Syndrome

    Financial Times has come out with another rant about faulty customer data.
    Simon London whined earlier this month that “most of the direct mail I receive is based on information that is inaccurate (I am not, and never have been, a supporter of the Oakland Raiders), out of date (my Honda Accord was written off more than a year ago) or incomplete (since when did British citizenship imply an interest in faux-royal carpet slippers?)”

  • Data Debris

    Professional and personal e-mail activities are beginning to merge and users are showing a declining concern with spam, according to the sixth annual DoubleClick Consumer E-Mail study.

  • The Autobytel Success Story

    Looking for a new car? Interested in reviews and pricing? Chances are your needs will be met by one of Autobytel Inc.’s e-zines. The auto marketing giant has three consumer and three business-to-business e-zines.

  • Kansas City School District Goes from Print go E-mail

    The Kansas City School District has graduated—from paper, that is. It has converted its 36 year-old employee newsletter into an e-zine. This has made the job easier, while generating greater reader involvement.

  • Why Readers Opt Out—After the First Issue

    If you’re one of those frustrated marketers who enjoy high sign-up rates only to see a spike in unsubscribe requests following the first issue sent, you’re going to need to figure out how to plug this hole to keep your list numbers from sinking.