Anyone working in marketing today knows that personalized communication leads to better response rates. But many marketers face a challenge: how to create personalized marketing campaigns when all you have to work with is a database of addresses? We picked some of our favorite geomarketing projects of the last few months to show you what’s…
The German marketing magazine One to One recently published an article about the importance of postal addresses and their relevance for some industries. The magazine interviewed several address providers to gain insights into the industries their customers come from and how they use direct mail marketing. All interviewees agree that address data is the important…
The IPC, a leading postal organization, has published a guide to direct marketing that addresses three topical industry issues: GDPR, programmatic direct mail and geomarketing. The International Post Corporation is an association of 24 postal operators in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Some will be well-known to our blog readers: USPS, Deutsche Post DHL,…
Many businesses turn to their print and marketing service providers when it comes to campaign data management. For print service providers there’s an easy and effective opportunity to get one step ahead of the competition by processing address data to implement a new range of services for their customers! Geodata is hidden in every single…
Most buying journeys still end offline. This insight leaves marketers with the challenge to help customers find the store they are promoting. “In a typical month, 69% of US internet users bought something in a brick-and-mortar store, while 22% purchased online and 9% bought something online for in-store pickup.” (eMarketer Retail) As a result, 78%…
On May 25th the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect – changing the methodology and marketing approach of many marketers not only in the European Union but across the world. GDPR is designed to enable individuals to better control their personal data. Data controllers and processors must comply with a defined set of…
Tradeshows and user conferences are both great ways to acquire the knowledge you need to amplify your marketing efforts. So far 2018 has been an inspiring and successful trade show year for locr —with events both in the US and the UK. MarTech East is the latest trade show where locr will be exhibiting. At…
As consumers receive a wave of re-opt-in emails—marketers are facing massive declines in email marketing results. A recent study shows that email response rates plummeted by over 55%. On May 25th the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect—changing the methodology and marketing approach of many marketers not only in the European Union…
It’s summer—the best time to spend some quality time with friends and families and discover new places, near and far. The locr team is spread around the world. So its members (and their location maps) can tell quite different summer vacation stories. Randy for instance, loves a good fishing trip with his buddies. Montauk, NY…
Everything is possible in Print. This was the theme and key message of an event in London this month at which I was fortunate to be asked to contribute a 10-minute ‘inspiration’ to an audience of 150 brand marketers, printers and their suppliers. As one of the keynote speakers, Simon Biltcliffe, the self-confessed “Marxist/Capitalist” CEO…