Integration: The Multichannel Marketer’s Byword

| Sherry Chiger

“No man is an island,” as the saying goes–and for marketing professionals it goes double. Such was the underlying theme of Monday’s Multichannel Marketing Day event, sponsored by MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT, sister publication “Direct,” and marketing services provider Experian.

Four Tips for Optimizing Your House File

| MCM staff

By now you know that optimizing your house file is a proven way to improve profitability. But you may not know exactly how to go about honing the file. Jim Coogan, president of Sante Fe, NM-based Catalog Marketing Economics, offers four suggestions:

Identifying Options and Priorities for Database Marketing Efforts

| MCM staff

As discussed in the last article (Taking Inventory of Database Marketing Capabilities, May 16), the first step in shifting to a more strategic approach to database marketing is to take a careful inventory of your current capabilities compared with current established best practices.

Sizing Up Fall Circ

| MCM staff

Strong spring sales, the absence of a presidential election, and the looming postal hike for early 2006 are encouraging catalogers to increase their fall