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An important tool in B2B campaign planning is buyer persona development, backed by real world customer and prospect insights. Understanding and embracing how the target’s habits, behaviors, and preferences intersect with their roles, goals, and pain points in both business and personal life minimizes the chances of wasting valuable mailing list data. Nothing is more … Read more

Business to business direct marketers need to fortify themselves with data that connects with prospective buyers at every stage of the B2B buying cycle, in every way possible. This is true when targeting several decision makers at a particular company, or many prospects across an industry. Conventional wisdom often suggests that the stages of the … Read more

Industries and businesses across the board have one thing in common, and that is change. Organizations are dynamic. People are always on the move. B2B data hygiene must keep pace to be effective. Every 30 minutes, 120 business addresses and 75 phone numbers change, 20 CEOs leave their jobs, and 30 new businesses are formed. … Read more

The Direct Benefits Of Ease And Efficiency Done right, direct marketing is user friendly for both businesses and customers. To achieve that, direct marketers must make it easy for existing or prospective customers to actually consume messages and either explore further or take action. They must also work to make it easy on themselves, directing … Read more

How First, Second, And Third Party Data Work Together First, second, and third party audience data are parts of a whole. Each contributes in its own way to building a high performing marketing database through quality, relevance, completeness, and scale. It is helpful to understand what they are and how they can work together. All … Read more

In an effort to close the gap between revenue and operating costs, a Postal Service rate increase request has been submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission affecting certain rates effective January 24, 2021. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, plus continued declines in the volume of Market Dominant products like First Class Mail have continued … Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed so much about living in what is normally a very social, transactional society. The frustration and even depression brought about by interpersonal and sensory deprivation is widespread. For all the benefits of e-commerce, being forced to shop online has its shortcomings. This is not to suggest that people should defy … Read more

Marketing during a crisis is full of uncertainty. The first thing many marketers think to do is tighten their belts. Dealing with a deadly pandemic like COVID-19 requires serious consideration of any and all options. The effect on marketers thus far has been widespread. The cancellation of events of all sorts has resulted in a … Read more

Medical Professionals are the gatekeepers to the pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and technologies that drive health care. The estimated total of $3.8 Trillion in health care expenditures for 2019 is projected to rise to $6 Trillion by 2027 and 19.4% of GDP. For a wide range of products and service providers, marketing to medical professionals is … Read more