The front room. The lounge. Call it what you will, the majority of the people I know spend time in front of the box on an evening and a weekend. In the digital marketing world, you could argue that we’ve been discouraging investment in...
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The Direct Mail Code of Practice: What you need to know
We’ve waited with bated breath but it’s finally here – the direct marketing industry is getting its first code of practice. The change comes after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) publication of a draft of the new direct...
Homemover data: Targeting purchase-ready consumers
Homemover data is one of the most significant opportunities for brands to win new customers right now. Research suggests that the value homemovers present to the economy is in excess of £10 billion a year, over and above house prices. The...
Sarah Burns becomes Deputy Chair of the DMA Print Council
He said: “I couldn’t think of anyone better to hand over the Deputy Chair position to than Sarah. I’m delighted to be working with her again, she’s proved over the last 6 months since joining us that she’s one of the best print planners...
MarketReach explains how mail can get the best from digital
Mail is often referred to as the ‘snail trail’ media channel, but in fact it can be the perfect complement to digital marketing. That’s what MarketReach wanted to prove in their recent webinar on ‘Using mail to get the best from digital’....
Weekly round-up: 5 top marketing campaigns in the face of COVID-19
Marketing moves fast in lockdown. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, brands keep coming up with ideas to entertain us or help the world at large. Last week we did our first round up of 5 of the best marketing campaigns responding to...
Advancing Altruism: Overcoming Challenges for Non-Profits
Join the Dots and Edit, in conjunction with Microsoft, explore current challenges facing the non-profit sector and look at how charities can increase their revenue and donations in their latest report, Advancing Altruism: Using Data to Help Non-Profits Thrive.
Are offline campaigns effective at driving online action?
Sarah Burns, Join the Dots Head of Media Solutions examines the role print campaigns can play in generating online revenue for brands and non-profits. Are offline campaigns effective at driving online action? With the accuracy of...
How to fail in being customer-centric
Being truly consumer-centric benefits everyone, so why is it so easy to fall short? Consumer centricity is seeing the business from the point of view of the customer and marketing with sensitivity. It can also be known as being: Market...
Is print media making a comeback?
Digital has been eating up print media like Pac-Man for more than two decades now and we’re constantly being told that print is dead. But the popularity of direct mail and successes of certain publications, suggest that print media is...