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.

The 10 Days of Christmas: Maximizing Holiday Sales Dec. 15-25

| MCM staff

By now, the holidays are in full swing, and so are seasonal sales on your Web site. But this is no time to sit back and watch the revenues accumulate. With the holidays representing 20 percent of annual online sales, it’s crucial to capitalize on every opportunity to maximize conversions and revenues.

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.