Melissa Comments on Its Flagship Data Quality Tool Used in the Arizona Ballot Review

Melissa Team | 2021, Address Correction, Customer Identities, Fraud Prevention, Identity Verification, NCOA, Personator, Press Release, USPS | , , ,

Melissa’s Personator is proven and widely adopted in smart data quality strategies for federal, state, and county agencies

Rancho Santa Margarita, CALIF – September 30, 2021 – Melissa, a leading provider of global data quality and address management solutions, today commented on its Personator data quality tool being utilized in the Maricopa County ballot review effort.

For more than 35 years, we have supported the mission of cleaner, more accurate data, working with election boards and motor vehicle departments nationwide to help them clean, verify, and update voter rolls.

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Melissa Stresses Increased Importance of Up-to-date Address Data in Light of New Work-from-home Realities

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Move data provides insight into shifting patterns – influenced by the pandemic – that impact marketing tactics and business priorities

Rancho Santa Margarita, CALIF – June 30, 2021 – Melissa, a leading provider of global data quality and address management solutions, today advised increased focus on move updates to customer data, noting nearly 36 million address changes were processed by the USPS in 2020 alone.… Read More

What is Date of Death Data & Why Is It Useful?

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Death-related data obtained from Social Security records, obituaries and other sources can be used for many purposes. When it comes to direct marketing, verifying death dates and removing deceased individuals from your mailing lists can benefit your business in several ways.

Protect Your Brand Image & Maintain Customer Respect

No matter how up-to-date your database is, there’s a good chance at least a few contacts on your mailing list are deceased.… Read More

There’s a Big Elephant in Your Business – Name it and Tame it!

Cassidy Littleton | Address Correction, Address Quality, Address Verification, Article, Geocoding, Global Address Verification, Identity Resolution, Personator

There is an elephant in every business – and it’s trampling company profits, scaring away customers and blocking valuable insights. What’s your company’s elephant? Is it returned mail? Fraudulent transactions? Bad business decisions? Beware, these problems all stem from one big beast – bad address data.

It’s time to address the elephant. Effective communications, predictive analytics, fraud prevention and ultimately, your bottom line, all depend on how well you name and tame your beast.… Read More

Huawei Ban, U.S. Sanctions – What this Means for American Ecommerce

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The Trump Administration has brought U.S. economic sanctions back into the public spotlight. Since placing Huawei, the world’s second largest smartphone maker, on the U.S. entity list, the Trump Administration has threatened more economic sanctions to countries and organizations throughout the world. The White House continues to tighten sanctions on Iran, threatens Turkey and warns European organization, Instex, with new sanctions.… Read More