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Always Right: Five Risks You Must Take With Your Customers

YoungUpstarts

You’d be much better served to use what you know about your customers to create highly targeted and personalized direct marketing campaigns. And good news: This tailored approach is vastly more effective than general media campaigns, too! Risk stepping out from behind technology.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

It is a platform to help brands building viral marketing campaigns. They focus on trying to drive engagbranded social media marketing campaigns (e.g. Clients include Pepsi, Sony, CNN, Universal, AT&T, Victoria’s Secret and Facebook, which has used the service for multiple campaigns. Enter ShoeDazzle.

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Microtargeting Tips for Startup Business Success

The Startup Magazine

It was not that long ago that marketing was a blunt instrument. Millions of direct marketing messages flooded mailboxes from coast to coast, with most of them destined for the trash. Develop Microtargeting Campaigns Based on Shared Interests. Things did not improve much for a long time.

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4 Effective Direct Mail Marketing Tips

YoungUpstarts

Direct-mail marketing is usually expensive, but keep in mind that an effective campaign could easily and quickly offset your costs and increase business profits. It is why most companies take full advantage of direct-mail marketing to engage customers. Personalize your Campaign. Use a Data-Driven Approach.

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[ADV] Neil Billock On Rebuilding Puerto Rico: A Viable Market For SMBs To Penetrate

YoungUpstarts

To enliven Puerto Rico´s market, Neil Billock has recently moved his direct marketing business and entrepreneurship to the country. Billock´s decision to move his direct marketing expertise to Puerto Rico is intended to rejuvenate the country’s economy by helping local businesses grow.

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10 Startup Prospects That Multiply If You Look Ahead

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing. Without predictive targeting, a retention campaign may cost more than it gains. Political campaigning with voter persuasion modeling. New one-time customers may be incented to return. Movie recommendations.

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Why Small Businesses Should Adopt A Geofencing Marketing Strategy

YoungUpstarts

In other words, this direct marketing strategy uses a smartphone’s (or other mobile device’s) location to alert the person who owns the device about an offer from a nearby business. Most importantly, you implement this geofencing campaign during the time that brides tend to take tours of wedding venues in the area.