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  • Basic Places Practices Update: How do you claim an owner-verified listing? May 17, 2012
    A common issue that arises in the forums is the business owner that is unable to change or enhance their listing because they no longer have access to the account that it is in, perhaps because they lost the password , the employee that had claimed the listing is no longer employed or they had [...] No related posts. […]
    Mike Blumenthal

RSS Direct Creative

  • The Importance of Being Trivial May 2, 2012
    Do you like the title of this article? I stole it from chapter 3 of The Art of Readable Writing by Rudolf Flesch. Back in the 40s and 50s, Flesch was hailed as the guru of clear, direct writing. His advice remains powerful and relevant today. When Flesch recommended being “trivial,” he meant you should […]
    Dean Rieck

Email Marketing

Email Marketing: Content Tone

April 11, 2011
By
Heather Malloy of Sir Speedy Printing Addison

Email marketing can be a great tool. It’s easy to use, it’s inexpensive, it’s interactive, it’s data driven, and time sensitive. There is a 40, 40, 20 rule of database marketing that basically means 40% of your success is dependant on data, 40% on your content, and 20% on the creative. Your email marketing...
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Email Marketing: Deliverability

April 4, 2011
By
Heather Malloy of Sir Speedy Printing Addison

A great way to make sure that your message will be easily delivered is to ask your subscriber to add you to their email address book. You should pay very close attention to your conversion rate so that you will know what needs to change in your message. If emailing forms or surveys be...
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Email Marketing: Segmentation II

March 29, 2011
By
Heather Malloy of Sir Speedy Printing Addison

It is recommended that you segment your list according to best group, almost best and new constituents. This is the group that purchases the most in set categories and needs the least incentive to purchase again. This group may already be at the max of what they are willing to give but by identifying...
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Email Marketing: Segmentation

March 22, 2011
By
Heather Malloy of Sir Speedy Printing Addison

Basic segmentation refers to separating your database into groups with similar and desired characteristics. These can be used to market in a relevant manner. The smaller you can make these segments, the more likely you are to deliver a relevant message. Segmenting allows us to avoid the batch and blast method. There are three...
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