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CRM Plays Vital Role in Private Sector Too

We've already written a little bit previously about how CRM is helping to improve customer service levels in public sector call centres, but now some new information has come to light showing the impo...

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Reduce Basket Abandonment On Your Ecommerce Site

Your efforts to provide an enjoyable, problem-free transactional experience for your on-line customers could all be going to waste, a recent study has shown, if you aren't backing it up with an adequa...

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Inefficient Marketers Aren't Making the Most out of Email ROI

Email marketing has become well-known for its robust Return On Investment (ROI) in recent months but it shouldn't be taken for granted: more goes into ROI than a low-cost per send. Recent figures hav...

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Consumers Not Getting What They Want from Ecommerce

The customer's experience and perception of a business is affected by everything, from the aesthetic (presentation, brand image) to the substance (effectiveness of customer support, quality of goods a...

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New Landing Page Check-list Available from EEC

For those of you who've had trouble creating conversion-driving landing pages in the past, the Email Experience Council (EEC) has come to the rescue with an informative and educational 'Landing Page' ...

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Public Sector Lagging Behind in Process Planning

A recent report from the Professional Planning Forum has shown the public sector is making great strides towards improving efficiency in its call centres but that there's still a lot of work to be do...

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New Ecommerce Growth Indicator Launched

The increasing importance of on-line retail's contribution to the economy is becoming harder to ignore. Last month, fashion retailers As Seen On Screen (or ASOS as they're more commonly known) reporte...

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Google and WPP Invest in Digital Marketing Research

Search engine kingpins, Google have teamed up with the WPP's Marketing Research Awards Program to promote research into on-line media, and how it influences today's consumer behaviours, attitudes and ...

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