Royal Mail backs 'Rings' promo with email

The email campaign is being run by Interactive Prospect Targeting, and is one of several the company is running for Royal Mail in the run-up to Christmas. The campaign will be run through IPT's Emailbureau, its low-cost email broadcasting division.

Emailbureau will also run email campaigns following up Royal Mail's direct mail activity to promote its Special Delivery service, by sending emails to everyone who did not respond to the original campaign. A third campaign will inform consumers of the final dates for posting items before Christmas.

Matt Robinson, new-media project manager, said: "Email marketing is an essential part of our communications mix and provides us with a cost-effective way of connecting with our customers, both business and consumer.

"Emailbureau offers us a great value service and provides us with the complex reporting tools we need to continually improve our return on investment."

Royal Mail is spending £7m on its 'Lord of the Rings' campaign, offering prizes of up to £1m when consumers buy books of 12 first-class Christmas stamps. Up to 14m gamecards will be issued by 55,000 retail outlets, offering the public the chance to "Find the One Ring and win £1m" in a promotion devised by Claydon Heely Jones Mason.

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