How effective is SMS Marketing in Ireland? These stats show just how useful it can be when used in the marketing mix. 1.) SMS has an average open rate of 98%. 2.) 95% of SMS are read within 3 minutes (Source: Forbes). 3.) 75% of people would like to have offers sent to them via […]
You might say it is an easy statement to make, that Consumer and Business Data in Ireland converts but let’s back this up with the WHY? Irish Consumers receive far less unsolicited marketing contact than most European countries, so open rates to emails for example are higher on average 15% plus, response to outbound telemarketing and […]
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 […]
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 can hear the Digital heads going What?? but a number of companies in the UK have garnered the cookie data that is traditionally used for targeted display advertising then matched the cookie to an actual address and triggered a digitally printed, highly relevant, perfectly timed Direct Mail pack to a user who has dropped […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
