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Category Archives: Direct Response
Who Pulled the Names?
Every time I get a wacky, mis-targeted email, in-stream ad, or direct mail, one thought goes through my mind… Continue reading
Posted in Direct Response, Marketing, Media, planning
Tagged direct marketing, merge/purge, Operations, tactics
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First Mile Problems
I was recently interviewed by Tim Furey, CEO of MarketBridge, on The Last Mile Podcast. Among our discussion of SAC, CAC, LTV, ROI, other three-letter acronyms, we also spent time on “first mile” marketing problems. As a practicing performance/direct response … Continue reading
Posted in Direct Response, Marketing, Media, Philosophy, Rants, Strategy, Tactics
Tagged Market-Bridge, marketing strategy, Podcast, tactics
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Ads on blogs
I just had a chance to check my blog. Here’s the type of quality ad that gets served on blogs like mine. Do you know if the creative is automatically generated by some brilliant AI? Or have you ever really … Continue reading
Posted in digital marketing, Direct Response, Marketing, Media, Tactics
Tagged adtech, advertising, digital marketing, digital media, martech, programmatic, social media, targeting
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The Forgotten Boolean NOT
I spent last week in Glasgow and London, with a UK SIM card temporarily in my phone. As part of my daily routine of checking Twitter, I learned that many social media advertisers and agencies have forgotten how to use … Continue reading
Posted in Data, digital marketing, Direct Response, Media, Social Media Marketing, Tactics
Tagged audiences, Boolean, BT Sport, logic, merge/purge, Nescafe, reach, Santander
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Media Whitewash
The ever thought-provoking Don Marti wrote something in “This is why we can’t have nice brands” on February 17th that reminded me of a standard direct mail practice: “Twitter has a solution that keeps its ads saleable: just don’t show … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, digital marketing, Direct Response, fraud, Media, Social Media Marketing, Strategy
Tagged digital advertising, Don Marti, Twitter
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Continuity Marketing: Profit or Scale?
I had an interesting discussion on continuity acquisition strategy yesterday, which boiled down to two questions: Do we spend profitability, at break-even, or to penetrate (i.e. at a loss) at the margin? By profit, do we mean gross margin, marketing … Continue reading
Posted in Direct Response, Marketing, Philosophy, Strategy, Tactics
Tagged churn, continuity, modeling, profitability, Retention, subscription
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2 LLCs and an SFDU: A Merge/Purge Fail
A couple of days ago, I was reminiscing about a great piece of direct mail I received last year. Yesterday, I received the opposite. This falls under the category of a merge/purge fail. As you can see here, there are … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Direct Response, Marketing
Tagged AmEx, credit cards, direct mail, merge/purge, service bureau, testing
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Re-Seal the Deal: Category Repurchase
Three years ago today, I wrote about a great piece of direct mail I received from a local driveway sealer company. The piece had everything needed to make a purchase decision: a great offer, strong call to action, and perfect … Continue reading
Posted in Direct Response, Marketing, Strategy, Tactics
Tagged category, direct mail, repurchase, segmentation, targeting
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