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Australia Lifestyle Survey vanishes from website

October 6, 2011 | Posted by Leon Spencer

Australian direct marketing list brokers were left high-and-dry last week after Australia Post suddenly pulled its flagship data list, the Australian Lifestyle Survey, from its First Direct Solutions website. read more »

Down & dirty with good data – Direct magazine article

September 29, 2011 | Posted by DIRECT

There is no doubt direct marketing yields a great return, despite a significant investment, but nothing is worse than marketing to the wrong data, diluting your investment and costs. Kurt Reiter explains how you can get your clients and prospects to ‘scrub up’ and clean their own data for you. read more »

ZAAZ puts zip into Wunderman’s step

September 22, 2011 | Posted by Leon Spencer

In a bid to keep up with the marketing industry’s increasing requirements for data analytics and optimisation, global marketing group Wunderman has launched digital marketing agency, ZAAZ, in the Asia Pacific region. read more »

Making sense of billions of social media conversations

September 1, 2011 | Posted by Leon Spencer

The massive body of social media chatter across blogs, forums, social networks and message boards almost defies analysis. Now market research giant Nielsen and business consultancy group McKinsey, have launched NM Incite to deliver what they term social media intelligence. read more »

Ask and you shall receive – data gathering at Marketing Week, Adelaide

September 1, 2011 | Posted by Leon Spencer

When the glut of information drawn from online consumer activity becomes too confusing or unwieldy to use intelligently, it is best to take a step back and simply ask people directly what they want. read more »

Ten-fold growth for social

August 26, 2011 | Posted by Leon Spencer

The number of direct marketing campaigns carried out in Australia incorporating social media elements increased by 1,000 per cent in only one year, according to a report by digital messaging firm, Responsys. read more »

Don’t get creepy with data

August 26, 2011 | Posted by Leon Spencer

Marketers using vast quantities of data to create email messaging that is overly personalised to individuals run the risk of becoming ‘creepy’ to consumers, according to Exact Target’s Lee Hawksley. read more »

PMP staying on message

August 19, 2011 | Posted by Leon Spencer

Message consistency through every channel is vital to making the most out multi-channel marketing, says PMP executive GM, Graham Plant. read more »

Data mining at ADMA Forum

August 11, 2011 | Posted by Leon Spencer

Diminishing marketing budgets are to blame for the rise of ROI and the industry’s shift to a reliance on digital and data analytics, according to ADMA events GM, Matthew Dean. read more »

Which bank plays games with customer’s property – Video story

August 4, 2011 | Posted by Emma Brown

Australian bank uses game bait to lure home buyers in. read more »