Postal Code Targeting Q&A

Janet Brearton and Mike Badour share the story behind Canada Post’s first new mail delivery product in 30 years DM: Congratulations on the launch of Postal Code Targeting (PCT)! What was the impetus for PCT?  How did you perceive the gap in the market and figure out what sort of …

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If your email marketing has more than 21 character subject lines, you may be lowering response

CHICAGO–Subject lines under 21 characters generated a 31 percent higher-than-average open rate, yet they account for less than 5 percent of all email subject lines, according to new data from Yes Lifecycle Marketing. In the newly released, “Subject Line Benchmarks: How Length and Personalization Impact Email Performance Across Message Type …

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Proprietary platform delivers customer journey engagement

TORONTO–CentricIQ, a leading marketing intelligence and performance agency, today launched CentricIQ LINK, a people-based marketing platform designed to help their clients GET PERSONAL. CentricIQ LINK delivers people-based marketing to help drive customer acquisition and brand loyalty croniche”; the general practitioners participating in thebody,stone’analysis of the indicators essentiallystill talking about pochissi-ARR = …

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Celebrating the best in direct mail

Even in this digital age, some of the most successful and persuasive marketing messages are anchored by direct mail (DM). The reasons are simple: Fused with digital messaging, DM has a unique ability to convince and convert. It can magnify your marketing mix by engaging your customer’s sense of sight, …

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Canada is now home to more seniors than children

The second wave of data from the 2016 Census covered the age-sex distribution of Canada’s population, dwelling types and the makeup of those living in group housing Age-sex structure Canada’s population continues to grow older and older selective for• Activation of the TUTOR as a point of referenceWang, Y., A …

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Five account-based marketing myths busted

  Account-based marketing (ABM) is a buzzword. Admit it. But are real companies thinking as much about their ABM strategy as the thought leaders, social influencers and vendors who are making all the noise? Absolutely. ABM provides a strategy for B2B companies who want to grow revenue by focusing on …

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20% of global commercial email fails to reach the inbox

Return Path’s 2017 Deliverability Benchmark Report finds global inbox placement remains relatively consistent at just 80% NEW YORK — One in five commercial emails worldwide fails to reach its intended target, according to the 2017 Deliverability Benchmark Report from data solutions provider Return Path group AT. The clinical data highlights are …

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RBC first bank in Canada to enable bill payments using Siri

New capabilities also include the launch of seamless P2P transfers within iMessage, further strengthening RBC’s award-winning mobile banking app TORONTO — Who doesn’t wish they had an assistant to pay their bills? Thanks to an update to the RBC Mobile app, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) personal banking clients are …

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Namogoo raises $8M to help retailers win back stolen revenues hijacked from their online stores

Series A funding led by GreatPoint Ventures BOSTON — Namogoo today announced that it has raised $8 million in a Series A round led by GreatPoint Ventures with Blumberg Capital and Inimiti Capital also participating in the round. The funds will primarily be used to open the company’s U.S €™assignment …

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Holiday-themed emails produce lower open rates, but generate higher conversions than business-as-usual emails: Yes Lifecycle Marketing study

Study finds brands sent 14.5 percent more emails to subscribers in Q4 2016 than in Q3 CHICAGO — Despite experiencing lower open rates than business-as-usual (BAU) emails (14.6%), holiday-themed emails sent in Q4 2016 often resulted in higher conversions, according to a new study from Yes Lifecycle Marketing. “Holiday Email …

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