Study: E-mail Addresses Need Validation

| MCM staff

The increased use of e-mail communications as a channel serving information as well as for increasing sales means that capturing valid, deliverable e-mail addresses early in the relationship is critical for most online businesses.

New Products

| MCM staff

Chicago-based marketing software provider Alterian has released a new version of its Data Discovery and Visualization (DDV) application, DDV 3.0, which the company says make Alterian

Gift Recipients and Ship-tos Provide January Sales Opportunity

| Michelle Farabaugh

The holiday season is here and holiday orders are starting to flow in. Gift orders will continue to increase over the next three or four weeks as we approach the shipping cutoff for Christmas. It is important to make sure ship-tos and gift recipients are tracked and added to the marketing plan for January/February to leverage the potential new customer.

Business As Usual For Rubin Response Services

| Tim Parry

A week after list firm Rubin Response Services was purchased by Omaha-based conglomerate infoUSA and folded into its Walter Karl subsidiary, it was business as usual for the newly-purchased firm.

Applying New Marketing Fundamentals in the Internet Era

| Guy Maser

Achieving results is the core mandate of any business-to-business marketing strategy. Your goals are nothing less than gaining maximum, efficient exposure among your target audience, generating as many qualified leads as possible, and turning those leads into customers.

Survey: Inaccurate Data Lead to Mail Waste

| MCM staff

The average business could be wasting more than $180,000 a year by sending out direct mail that is not relevant or does not reach the intended recipient due to inaccurate data, according to research commissioned by QAS, a Boston-based address management solutions provider.