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What Response Rate Should I Expect From My Campaign?

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On Focus.com , Adam asks: ““What percentage success rate do people (expect from) direct mail campaigns? We (get) 7% response rate when marketing to existing customers and 2% to new customers.”. A survey invitation generates much higher response rates compared to say, a free trial offer.

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Does Renting Email Lists Make Sense Any More?

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Most of that resurgence is due to the benefits of using direct mail on its own merits, but there’s another factor: the greatly diminished effectiveness of rented email lists. And here’s the shocker: even while response rates have plummeted, the price of those lists (as I also commented recently ) is the same as it was 15 years ago.

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B2B Marketers Fate Rests in the Hands of a Few

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Related posts: 10 BtoB Marketers Predictions for 2010 Around this time last year I wrote about some Predictions. Inbound Interaction Management (IIM) It’s no surprise that Direct Marketing response rates have dropped. Customer Service is the New Marketing Zappos was founded in 1999 and sold to Amazon for.

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Marketing is changing--are you?

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Perhaps the most important skill marketers need is the one that has its roots in marketing itself—direct marketing. Direct marketers are really in the sales business, using metrics such as the response rate of everyone sent a catalog or other marketing message. More metrics.

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Customers don’t care about Channels

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Related posts: Using Content to Build Trust in B2B Marketing In the recent Edelman Trust Barometer report they detail out. Inbound Interaction Management (IIM) It’s no surprise that Direct Marketing response rates have dropped. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

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B2B Email Segmentation – Your Comprehensive Handbook

Binary Demand

According to the Direct Marketing Association (D.M.A.), To encourage high response rates, it may be necessary to provide an incentive for completing the survey, such as entering participants into a drawing for a prize. email segmentation can result in a 760% increase in revenue.

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WiseGuys Gives Small Firms Powerful List Selection Software

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WiseGuys from Desktop Marketing Solutions, Inc. It is basically a system to help direct marketers select names for catalog mailings and email. But while simple query engines rely on the marketer to know whom to pick, WiseGuys provides substantial help with that decision. DMSI) is a good example of the breed.