Spending on search engine marketing will increase by 24 per cent to £2.75 billion by the end of this year, new industry forecasts revea...
Read More: Adspend on search marketing set to top £2.75bn
Multiplatform advertising can be a much more effective way of getting marketing messages across than conventional advertising, the Internet ...
Read More: Multiplatform ads more effective says IAB
Marketers need to firstly understand their consumer base in order to decide which direct marketing channel will be most effective in their t...
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Web 2.0 plays a key part in increasing consumer loyalty and integrating direct and brand marketing, new research by the Direct Marketing Ass...
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The best way for marketers to divert internet traffic to their websites is to ensure that they are "doing the basics right", an ex...
Read More: First step to email marketing success is getting "basics right"
The internet now plays a huge role in the way consumers conduct research before making offline purchases, an industry expert has said. Acc...
Read More: Internet plays "huge role" in consumer research
The majority of internet retailers plan to purchase e-commerce applications or services, Internet Retailer's latest survey reveals Accordin...
Read More: Most internet firms plan to buy e-commerce software
Media agency network Carat has revised its growth forecast for global advertising expenditure in 2008 and 2009. The firm now predicts that ...
Read More: Carat revises global ad spend predictions
Business-to-business (B2B) companies tend to have smaller databases for their mailing campaigns than business-to-consumer (B2C) firms, new r...
Read More: B2B's have 'smaller email databases'
Direct mail marketing campaigns are one of the best ways to increase traffic to a company's website and convert them into leads, according t...
Read More: Direct marketing drives traffic to websites
It is crucial for firms to produce exclusive content for their websites, an industry expert has advised. According to Chris Lake, editor-in...
Read More: Producing exclusive website content is "crucial"
Marketing professionals can gain a more comprehensive understanding of their email campaigns by using analytics, an expert has advised. Acc...
Read More: Analytics vital to successful email marketing
An increasing number of B2B marketers plan to raise their international marketing budgets this year, a new survey has found. A poll of 274 ...
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Email marketers should make sure that their websites are doing enough to support their promotional activities, an expert has advised. Davi...
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The majority of business technology purchasers believe that being perceived as environmentally-friendly enhances their brand image, a new st...
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Adverts on local newspaper, magazine and television websites are more likely to have a positive effect on consumers, new research shows. Ac...
Read More: Consumers more responsive to ads on local websites
Some 50 per cent of marketers use their company name in email messages, a new survey has found. According to a study by eROI, around one in...
Read More: Half of marketers use company names in emails
Email marketing is most effective when it demonstrates its power to "transform" consumers' lives, an industry expert has advised. ...
Read More: Email marketing most successful when it "transforms"
Successful marketing relies on a combination of a "long-term strategy with a short-term plan of action for maximum impact", an ind...
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Most companies believe that implementing the right disaster recovery strategy is the number one corporate challenge when it comes to data st...
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Direct mail will always have a role in business' marketing strategies, an expert has suggested. According to Brian Manning, from list manag...
Read More: Direct mail 'always has a place'
Email marketers are beginning to pay closer attention to open, click and conversion rates in a bid to improve email deliverability, new rese...
Read More: Marketers pay closer attention to email deliverability
Postal services regulator Postcomm has suspended the Bulk Mail Compensation scheme, exempting Royal Mail from paying direct marketers compen...
Read More: Postcomm suspends compensation scheme for direct marketers
The rise in popularity of social networking sites is beginning to have an impact on the effectiveness of email marketing, new research by Ju...
Read More: Social networks affect usefulness of email marketing
Direct postal marketing campaigns can be more successful when combined with digital channels, an industry expert has said. According to Mar...
Read More: Postal marketing more successful with digital channels