Well, is there actually a ‘best time’ to post content on social media? Author and expert Luan Wise continues her series looking into social specifics and says that, through trial and measurement, you will find that certain days of the week and times of day provide more engagement than others.
A year and a month or so away from the date of this article is when the data privacy laws of the EU and the UK will change – dramatically. And the effects (and repercussions) on marketers will be enormous. So said data expert and speaker Rosemary Smith at the MINT Global event in Amsterdam this week.
There’s huge potential for email to drive lead generation and engagement among this demographic, but key differences that marketers should be aware of in order to successfully target millennials – including ideal email content and device of choice.
Will the new wave of data sets and predictive analytics revive B2B outbound telemarketing to the point where it can become a real driver of sales acceleration? Robert Howells has some answers.
Laws surrounding data privacy and customer consent are changing in just over a year – get it wrong, and you will pay hefty fines. Time to test your permission statements and check your strategy is flawless.
Email research shows that marketing channel is thriving, but senders must be more relevant and provide more interesting content to meet consumer demands.
Do you have clear permission to contact your customers, a ‘golden ticket’ of consent? And can your customers easily opt-out and withdraw that consent? Scrutinise your data protection and ePrivacy strategy now, as new regulations come into force next year – and millions of pounds in fines will doubtless be levied on companies that have failed to prepare and follow the guidelines.
Does the arrival of a new regulation from the UK’s watchdog Ofcom today mean the end for predictive dialling and answer machine detection, currently used extensively for outbound calling? It all depends how responsible your strategy is, says Danny Singer.
The average consumer receives 500+ marketing messages every month, but fewer than 7 per cent are actually opened. External factors can significantly influence the impact of email marketing campaigns and there are a number of ways to optimise a business’s chances of emails landing safely in a consumer’s inbox and catching their attention.
Despite timely advice, recent research shows that 32% of UK organisations are as yet unprepared for next year’s changes to data protection regulations (GDPR). But will this potentially costly failure to prepare be further compounded by a complementary and co-inciding law change – the EU ePrivacy law? The implications for the data driven marketing industry are far-reaching, in terms of how businesses can approach customers, collect and process data.