By Bill Nussey, on December 18th, 2009
Everyone in marketing vehemently agrees that data-driven targeting has the potential to change the world of marketing in the future. Well, a company called Next Jump appears to be doing it today. The firm, which serves as a technology engine to a sizeable network of retailers, analyzes data to draw inferences about what a person [...]
By Bill Nussey, on December 15th, 2009
In the never-ending fight to block spam, ISPs first created content filters. Then came the “spam” button. And now, the gatekeepers of deliverability are looking at a new way to factor whether your email makes it to the inbox: [...]
By Bill Nussey, on December 9th, 2009
Silverpop just released its analysis of early holiday email marketing campaigns, and the results make for some quick and meaty reading. Our research team looked at the email marketing programs of 70 retail and consumer product companies, comparing last year’s campaigns with those sent last month. Among the findings:
Marketers sent 25 percent more emails in [...]
By Bill Nussey, on December 8th, 2009
Nearly one in four email messages sent on Cyber Monday failed to reach the inbox, according to a ClickZ article citing findings by deliverability services firm Pivotal Veracity.
According to Pivotal Veracity, only 76.2 percent of the emails sent out on what has become one of the busiest e-commerce days of the year were actually delivered, [...]