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 […]
In this brief overview of the EU GDPR, Hugh Jones will suggest the ‘Ten-step Prep” – ten areas on which any organisation can focus, in order to prepare for the challenges of the new Regulation. It is the first in a series of events in which the IDMA will work with its members and […]
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) […]
Working with email data in the Irish Market for over 5 years we have seen allot of campaigns come through the system and as a result have developed a process to optimise open rates and get Irish consumers engaged with your offer. This includes such tools as: – Resend to non openers within 48 hours […]
I will cut to the chase as a board member of the IDMA we are hosting our flagship event on the 1st October titled ‘Show Me The Love’. Its not all about value its about engaging with the consumer to show you really care about them. Three reasons You should attend besides the fact we […]
I have worked in the Direct Marketing industry in Ireland now for just over 20 years and regardless of this length of time, which I can’t believe goes so quickly, one fundamental ethos of DM remains to this day – We work in DM to get a response to a brand proposition. This response is […]
This is not a sales pitch it is simple a short list of tick box questions that you need to ask yourself before testing or indeed buying telephone data anywhere in the world. 1. Is the data compliant with all current Data Protection Regulations and Legislation within the country of origin the data was collected. […]
In Ireland and like allot of countries throughout the world we have encountered 7 years of pain, challenges, recession, tight budgets, departments stripped of really good people but deemed too expensive by the finance guys to retain them but that is what has happened to us all. We have seen own brand purchases surge from […]
