Posts Tagged ‘data’

How to plan an effective e-newsletter campaign

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

In these days of blogs and twitter, are old-fashioned email newsletters outdated?  Or can you carefully craft a tortoise that will creep in among the hares and build a closer relationship with your customers that results in higher revenues?  (See my other post on How to create a club for your best customers)Well I believe that if you have a quality list and can create great content then email is still worth considering.  It’s also low cost and easy to test.  Here are five tips to help you plan your campaign: (more…)

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Posted in content, marketing

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How to drive value from a digital archive

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Print publishers are often sitting on an unexploited asset - their archive.  If they have been the authority in a particular field for decades, they will have built up a fabulous collection of images, reviews, comment and news that is of interest to enthusiasts and researchers.  But it’s often languishing in boxes due to the imagined high cost of digitising it.  There are now an increasing number of services for putting print or PDFs online in a low cost, and importantly searchable format.  Here are five ideas for how you can monetise your archive to help you justify the investment. (more…)

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Posted in business strategy, consumer, content

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Ideas for collecting emails on a b2b site

Monday, January 19th, 2009

New leads are the lifeblood of a b2b business - for promoting subscriptions, conferences, events and data services.  Here are 5 ideas for providing value to your site visitors in return for their contact details and preferences. (more…)

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Five ideas for collecting email addresses

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

As a media owner, you already know the value of collecting email addresses - for your email newsletter, to cross-promote subscriptions, events, offers.  But these days people are more canny about providing a valid address.  Here are 5 ideas for offering value to visitors to your site that just might tempt them to provide their details… (more…)

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