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The Importance of Testing in an E-marketing Campaign

Women on Business

How does their e-marketing supplement their traditional marketing? Create a Benchmark Traditional direct marketing always uses a control piece as the benchmark, generally with an A/B split test. The same idea works for e-marketing. Are they using email blasts, social networking, relationships with key bloggers?

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AARP – The Last Membership Card You Will Ever Need!

CO2

I remember when I was at the beginning of my career and calling on AARP as a direct marketer to do their work. My wife, Chris , thought it would be quite amusing to put the direct mail on my desk, yes, including the membership card. Where has time gone. You know the work of calling on Senior Citizens.

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Craft a Remarkable Personal Brand Statement! 29 Steps & Examples

Miles Anthony Smith

But it must be memorable to stand out in this cluttered media world. While Sheryl Sandberg argues that there is no such thing as a personal brand but only business brands , it's hard to square that with how many unknown people have gained national or international celebrity status though the power of digital media.

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The Brand Benefits of Places Like the Guinness Storehouse

Harvard Business Review

Since a major update in 2011, Guinness Storehouse attendance has increased 35 percent, retail sales per capita have gone up 26 percent, food and beverage spend has increased 47 percent, and overall net profit has increased 240 percent. Unlike interruptive marketing, people choose to visit and pay to experience a brand home.

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The Big Picture of Business: Corporate Communications – Correctly Positioning Your Company

Strategy Driven

Guidelines on working with the media. Pointers on training staff and volunteers as media spokespersons. Marketing Program. Direct marketing. Indirect marketing. Industry and professional marketing. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Benchmarks for measurement. Policies and Procedures.