Along with the day job at Dataxcel I also act as a board member of the IDMA which unlike allot of other European regulatory bodies is a voluntary run organisation by a group of people that give their time because they are passionate about the Direct Marketing Industry in Ireland. The IDMA’s primary focus is […]
Well one possible reason is the fact that Google and Facebook control nearly 50% of all online inventory and are slowly eating their way into every digital touchpoint from traditional banners, mobile, lead gen,instant messaging,video and so on which is pushing out smaller publishers and leaving medium to larger publishers facing challenging times ahead. Smaller […]
Thanks to DataIQ for another great and timely press release keeping us Data Passionate people in Ireland up to date. The new EU Data Protection final text otherwise known as the GDPR, ‘General Data Protection Regulation’, has been finally approved by the EU Parliament and Council last week. In simple terms it means that the […]
Ok you can open your eyes now, no seriously the image reflects the first tip in my four tip plan. 1. Offer or emotive led direct mail works it’s as simply as that and will get a 78% plus open rate. I know it has all been discussed before but it’s true and given an […]
Here is another great piece from the ‘Global Marketing Alliance’ I really love their in depth and relevant stories” ”The digital marketing industry may already be facing a headache over ad-blockers, viewability and effectiveness, but the rise of ad fraud is likely to turn that into a head-splitting migraine which will cost brand-owners $7.2bn (£5.1bn) […]
I attended and briefly spoke in the not for profit section of the National Data Protection conference today on behalf of the IDMA. The Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon provided some great insights in the main conference room into what is coming down the track in 2016. Here is a summary. 1.The ODPC intend to […]
Cyber criminals have many different ways to steal personal information and money, but email scams are still among the most prevalent. These fraudulent e-mails appear to come from legitimate companies or sources and may include real company logos, content and even look like they are from a company manager, director or senior staff member’s email […]
You guessed it we collect email data in Ireland but did you know each email has a postal address and each postal address has a telephone number so we analysed the various consumer touch points to our data for 2015 to establish who is responding, why are they responding and when are they responding? It’s […]
Compliance oh compliance oh compliance it is often perceived by marketers as a fear factor preventing us from doing what we really want to do but believe me this is just a perception. Let’s look at it in its true context. Data Protection Compliance is there to ensure that the consumer’s data, which you have […]
I am a firm believer in keeping things simple and maybe its me but I am a hardent supporter of going back to Direct Marketing basics find the consumer’s trigger point, engage the way they want you too and convert. With the Pre – Christmas mailings about to get into full swing we want […]
