Live from NEMOA: Using Multichannel Forensics to Analyze Your Customer Database

| Tim Parry

Kevin Hillstrom, president of Seattle-based consultancy Mine That Data said he uses a process called multichannel forensics to make better sense of how customers interact with products, brands, and channels. There are two components of the analytical study that the marketer must understand; annual repurchase rates and migration patterns.

Reviewing Best Practices to Cope with the Rate Hike

| Tim Parry

At the New England Mail Order Association (NEMOA) spring conference last week in Cambridge, MA, the biggest out-of-session discussion was how to mitigate the effect of the U.S. Postal Service’s upcoming rate increase.

Can You Trust Your Test Results?

| Jude Hoffner

Direct marketing is all about the numbers. Whether it is response rate, lifetime value, square-inch analysis, or any other metric you can dream of calculating, we all rely on measurability to give our businesses the advantage they need to succeed.