Category: E-Mail

4 Holiday Shoppers Marketers Need to Meet

Hate to break the news so soon – but holiday shopping is nearly upon us! Are you ready to boost your marketing game to prepare for the four Google-defined holiday shoppers? Melissa has the tools give you a jumpstart with direct mail and email lists and below we’ve shared the best strategies to capture each…

By Melissa Team September 12, 2019 0

What is an Email Blacklist? – Why You Need Email Verification

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Let’s answer the title question, “What is an Email Blacklist?” Blacklisting occurs when an email address, domain or ISP is flagged for spam and blocked from sending messages to certain users. Internet and email service providers maintain a list of blacklisted addresses and will block any emails sent from these addresses from reaching the users…

By Melissa Team April 24, 2019 Off

Email Append 101: A Quick and Easy Guide to Grow Your List

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E-mail marketing is generally less expensive than traditional mail or telemarketing initiatives, often yielding a high response rate and a solid return on investment (ROI). Proven as direct and trackable, e-mail adds value by bolstering customer participation and retention rates, maximizing response and enabling personalized communication. Historically, this higher tech method of outreach is optimized…

By Melissa Team April 5, 2019 Off

Tying together direct marketing channels

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Direct mail complemented by email and social can benefit immensely from modern prospect list technologies. Direct marketing is undergoing tremendous changes. It’s being used these days as much for managing customer relationships as it is as a campaign. Companies are shifting much of their work toward analytics that drive trigger-based communications, and the technology has…

By Melissa Team March 20, 2019 Off

Direct Mail and Email Marketing Can and Should Join Forces

A common false dichotomy in today’s marketing world: marketers must choose between sending direct mail campaigns and sending email campaigns to communicate with customers and prospects. Many believe direct mail is dead, recalling the junk mail of yesterday and praising our tech-centric culture of today. While others argue consumers are now trained to tune out…

By Melissa Team March 16, 2019 Off

Melissa Offers Insight on How a Healthy Data Lifecycle Supports Smart Business Decisions

New Resource Touts the Importance of Full Spectrum Protection to Combat Data Pitfalls Rancho Santa Margarita, CALIF – March 6, 2019 – Melissa, a leading provider of global contact data quality and identity verification solutions, today announced availability of the 2019 Melissa Solutions Catalog, a new resource that shares a wealth of information on the…

By Melissa Team March 6, 2019 Off

Spooktacular Marketing: 5 Ideas so Good they’re Scary

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Forget Freddy Krueger movies, ghost stories by flashlight, scream masks and haunted houses – the true horror lies in wasted efforts, lost customers, low response and a ruined reputation. Don’t worry, we’ve got 5 spooktacular marketing tips – no tricks – to grow your business, cut costs and position yourself as an industry leader. They’re…

By Melissa Team October 22, 2018 Off

Become a Jedi Master of Email Marketing: 10 Tips & Tricks for Clicks

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91% of people actually like receiving promotional emails – an optimistic statistic if you’re an email marketer. So why is it, most email campaigns yield extremely low open rates, click through rates (CTR) and conversions? As a marketer myself, I’m constantly perplexed. Even after tireless research on new email trends and trying every ‘how to’…

By Melissa Team February 26, 2018 Off

Don’t Get Blacklisted: Best Practices to Protect Your Reputation

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Email Marketing is an important tool for any business but it should be implemented with care and caution. Once you’re blacklisted, you not only have a huge headache to deal with, but you risk tarnishing your company’s reputation or brand. The frightening idea – it’s easy to get flagged as a spammer regardless of…

By Derrick Wang February 9, 2018 0