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Marketing and customer services should get together, says BT boss

Marketing and customer services should get together, says BT boss

by Mail Media Centre, 03-Feb-2012

Colleagues in marketing and customer service departments should ‘have a love affair’, BT’s managing director of customer service has told conference delegates.

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Expert Opinion: Why direct mail still works in a social media world

Expert Opinion: Why direct mail still works in a social media world

by Debra Ellis, Wilson & Ellis Consulting, 03-Feb-2012

Many purveyors of social media have declared that traditional marketing is dead. In their minds, direct mail was the first casualty in the battle between viral and old school sales tools. Their rally cry of  'Stop marketing and start engaging' is gaining traction as companies seek new ways to generate revenue without increasing costs.

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Cravendale milk impresses with video mail in PR drive

Cravendale milk impresses with video mail in PR drive

by Mail Media Centre, 03-Feb-2012

Cravendale milk has used innovative state-of-the-art video mail technology in a bid to impress journalists and encourage media coverage of a new advertising campaign.

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Transport for London asks public to ‘Get ahead of the Games’

Transport for London asks public to ‘Get ahead of the Games’

by Mail Media Centre, 01-Feb-2012

Transport for London (TfL) has launched an integrated campaign – including a direct mail element - to raise awareness of travel behaviour during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Kid’s letter prompts Sainsbury’s to rebrand tiger bread

Kid’s letter prompts Sainsbury’s to rebrand tiger bread

by Mail Media Centre, 01-Feb-2012

Sainsbury’s is renaming its tiger bread after a letter from a three-year-old girl to the supermarket, saying that the pattern of the crust looked more like a giraffe, went viral.

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Royal Mail set to deliver record Valentine postbag

Royal Mail set to deliver record Valentine postbag

by Mail Media Centre, 31-Jan-2012

Royal Mail is predicting a bumper Valentine’s Day with a record-breaking 11.34 million cards expected to be posted this month.

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