Email conversion rates have become the most pressing concern for the UK email marketing sector, research published by the UK Direct Marketing Association (DMA) reveals. 
According to the findings of the DMA Email Marketing Council’s fifth annual National Client Email Report, sponsored by Alchemy Worx, 48 per cent of email marketers say conversion rates are now [...]

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Conversational marketing technology provider Neolane has announced Ikano Bank as its latest financial services customer in Europe. 
Ikano Bank will implement the Neolane platform to help it boost effectiveness of its marketing communications through building closer, more personalised relationships with its Nordic customers and enabling it to manage cross-channel marketing campaigns. To help define campaign processes, [...]

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The winners of the World Mail Awards 2012 were announced last night at a gala dinner in Geneva, Switzerland.
Organised by global mail and express industry services provider Triangle Management Services, the event was attended by more than 200 senior executives from the postal industry. 
Now in their 13th year, the mail awards have established themselves as [...]

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Online marketing list supplier, MarketingFile, has signed up to receive consumer prospect data from Callcredit Information Group.
The company, which provides business and consumer direct marketing data through its website, will aim to sell Callcredit’s universe of marketing contacts, tagged with a range of demographic, lifestyle and affluence indicators, to its 40,000 online customers. 
Callcredit Information Group [...]

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Adam Stewart (pictured) charts how commerce has changed in just a few months and discusses ways to reach a borderless 24/7 shopping community.
Over the last 18 months, the e-commerce sector has seen phenomenal growth and, despite tough conditions on the high street, sales online remain buoyant. In fact, research from Forrester has predicted that online retail [...]

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Poor data management and too much contact with supporters is affecting charitable donations. 
That’s the finding of a study for data asset management specialist The REaD Group, which was looking for ways for charities to increase their fundraising. 
Consumer perception of how charities market their services and the way they use and manage supporter data has changed [...]

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Estonia Post reports that its direct mail sales have grown 19 per cent compared to 2010 – and consumer survey shows that a third of Estonians now make a purchase decision based on direct mailers.
The Estonian advertising market as a whole grew by 9.4 per cent last year.
Toomas Türk, head of the Infologistics Division, said: [...]

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Russell Loarridge (pictured) tells how to bridge your website and the social networks to power a modern marketing strategy.
Incorporating social media into marketing strategy is becoming standard practice, but many organisations still struggle with how to make the most of opportunities created by these platforms and tools. 
As social media evolves, so too should the corporate [...]

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Kara Trivunovic (pictured) tells how good use of email can drive profits
Email as a marketing tool is quite possibly the most powerful one in the box, and used properly can generate a substantial increase in business.
Marketers do not need an Oxbridge study to tell them that driving incremental sales from a current customer costs a [...]

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Americans and French ‘are more imaginative’, study shows.
When it comes to creativity, Americans and French people take pride in developing creative concepts, while Brits complain they don’t have time.
In fact, there’s a big difference between nationalities when it comes to being creative and willing to be involved in creative tasks – as online international consumer [...]

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