31 Jul 2002
| by Ian Valentine,
LONDON - Businesses would be better off using email for viral marketing purposes rather than untargeted campaigns, a new survey has found.
31 Jul 2002
| by Ian Valentine,
LONDON - Unsolicited emails or 'spam' is causing havoc in US businesses and will soon begin clogging up the email networks of UK businesses, according to a survey by email security company MessageLabs.
31 Jul 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Internet portal Lycos has appointed New York-based database marketing firm MKTG Services to handle the multimillion-pound task of managing and marketing its permission-based email and postal database worldwide.
31 Jul 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Marketing support services company Prolog has launched a dedicated call centre division called Prolog Connect.
30 Jul 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The Institute of Direct Marketing is launching a video mail campaign to 1,500 marketing executives to attract entries to its 'Stars in Their Eyes'-themed charity ball in aid of Nabs in October.
30 Jul 2002
| by Ian Valentine,
LONDON - Dutch postal service TPG, owner of TNT and the Royal Dutch Post Office, has applied for an interim licence to provide bulk mail and consolidation services in the UK.
30 Jul 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - UK wireless marketing agency Aerodeon has appointed Nick Wiggin from media-planning and buying agency OMD as planning director to raise the profile of planning in mobile marketing within the agency and among its clients.
29 Jul 2002
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - The Wales Tourist Board is searching for an agency to handle a £1m advertising campaign to encourage visitors from continental Europe.
29 Jul 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Budget Insurance Services is using a direct response TV campaign as part of a £10m through-the-line push to unveil its new corporate identity, Smart People Budget, and grow its 700,000-strong customer base.
29 Jul 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Postwatch, the regulator which looks after the interests of Royal Mail customers, has hit out at the postal group for continuing with plans to charge businesses £14 a week to have their mail delivered by 9am.