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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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From Boring to Bravo: How to Revamp Your Employee Newsletter and Keep Your Team Interested

HR Digest

According to a study by the Direct Marketing Association, email newsletters have an average ROI of $38 for every $1 spent. According to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management, regular internal communication is one of the top drivers of employee engagement.

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Recruit Better Data Analysts

Harvard Business Review

At one top retailer, the analytics team was looking to fill a direct marketing measurement position but was not satisfied with the direct marketing experience in the CVs the recruiting team was sharing with them. But there are a range of tactics companies of any size can use to improve their analyst recruiting.

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What Really is The Big Picture of Business

Strategy Driven

It may be: human resources, organizational development, training, technology, sales, marketing, advertising, public relations, coaching or financial management. Advertising is a process, part of marketing and a cousin of sales. The term Big Picture is often used but rarely applied correctly. You cannot be a Lone Ranger.

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The Big Picture of Business: Institutional Reviews Help Public Companies to Learn from the Downturn and Move Forward

Strategy Driven

Human resource administration, employee testing, behavioral research, executive search, talent pools, reorganizations, downsizing, executive outplacement, labor issues and negotiating. Branch 4: Training for diversity, team building, professional education and development, motivational and executive development-mentoring.

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How Vineyard Vines Uses Analytics to Win Over Customers

Harvard Business Review

This means that they simply do not have the human resources to perform the onerous data analysis and behavioral segmentation needed to inform true one-to-one marketing. Like many competitors in the apparel industry, Vineyard Vines has kept their operations lean in order to preserve operating margins.

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