I am not going to bore you with a dialogue of what the GDPR means for your business or the potential fines or provide our views on what you need to do to prepare. This information is all available FREE online via various chat forums such as the Data Privacy Network on Linkedin or other specific channels […]
This is the theme of my speaking slot at the National Sales and Marketing summit to be held in the RDS Dublin next Wednesday 31st May. I intend to bring people through a simple user journey from the first point of contact with a digital ad, optimising conversion from click to data, nurturing the data […]
Legacy Data What happens to the data you have collected under existing laws when GDPR is enforced? Many commentators believed there may be leniency, but I wouldn’t count on it. The Regulation is clear that where consent has been given under the Data Protection Directive, it will only be valid if it also meets the […]
I buy one newspaper every week but that was not always the case. Given my socialist tendencies, I viewed this paper as a representation of the establishment, spouting out articles to support the upper echelons of our society and sneered at the fact people felt they looked good with one under their arm, walking the […]
The not for profit sector let’s face it, has been through a number of challenging years both In Ireland and the UK and through a combination of increased industry regulation around fundraising best practise and considerable work by the key stakeholders around building donor recruitment credibility the industry is in allot better shape than it […]
Everyone talks about the economic and migratory issues around Brexit but what could it mean for Direct and Digital Marketers in Ireland and the UK. We contacted a number of members in the IDMA to understand a collective view of what Brexit would mean for the industry and here is a summary of that feedback. […]
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 […]
It’s a frightening statistic but one which has been upheld in a recent study carried out by Ricoh. They found that nearly a third of consumers (32 per cent) say they have taken their custom elsewhere after being spammed by irrelevant material from brands and service providers. Furthermore, 68 per cent of consumers have admitted they […]
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 […]
