Opinion: Digital won't kill the direct mail industry
28 Aug 2008 | by Chris Evans
The credit crunch has got some marketers running scared, with many considering moving budgets towards digital to ease their concerns.
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You know when you ring up a brand and you get the typical recorded message: "Your call may be recorded for quality purposes?" What are they actually used for? Does anyone ever listen to my dulcet northern tones and use them to instigate a positive change?
The credit crunch has got some marketers running scared, with many considering moving budgets towards digital to ease their concerns.
Yahoo marketer Seth Godin first coined the phrase "permission marketing'" in his 1999 book. To direct marketers, the principle of passing control to the consumer was both brave and frightening.
The explosion of digital as a marketing channel has sent the volume of customer data available soaring, and with the wealth of information, the depth to which we can understand the behaviour of customers online is unprecedented.
In September, organisations including Age Concern and Ofcom are holding a series of internet taster sessions called Itea and Biscuits Week aimed at bringing older people up to speed with the vast world of opportunity that awaits them online.
Permanently listed in the Top 10 of client gripes with agencies is "The team that pitches is not the team we end up working with", worthy of a discussion maybe, but it does prompt another thought.
Following on from the Glasgow East by-election, Gordon Brown has had a shocking summer. He had to spurn his beloved Cape Cod, and holiday British-style.
There have been many things written about Gordon Brown and his leadership and the need for a 'fight-back','re-launch' and 'more effective communication'.
LONDON - Martin Smith, Head of planning at Saatchi & Saatchi, reviews the Sainsbury's commercial, which had the highest recall with the public in the weekly Adwatch ranking for 27 August.