DAVID BAKER
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  • Where Do We Draw The Line?
    David Baker offers more perspectives on the controversial subject of unsolicited e-ma ...
  • Did I Give You Permission To SPAM Me?
    Now that's a paradoxical question. Permission means I give you authorization ...
  • How Do You Segment Your Customers?
    Traditional rules say that we need to identify the right customers, t ...
  • Pet Peeves
    It's the Monday after Thanksgiving, which means you are probably still catchi ...
  • A Thanksgiving Story
    The end of the year is a great time to assess wh ...
  • Never Send An E-mail On Saturday ... And Other Rules To Break
    E-mail marketers have tested and retested a multitude of timing scenarios ...
  • Database Hygiene: Clean Is Good
    These e-mail addresses are wrong: Dogman@hotmial.com. asdf@asdf.com. Do you see the mistake ...
  • Good Grief, You Haven't Got A Brief?!
    Do you write creative briefs for your e-mail campaigns? Your initial respon ...
  • The View From The DMA Floor
    The annual Direct Marketing Association (DMA) conference is always an interesting eve ...
  • How To Evaluate E-Mail Vendors
    Every six months I go through a process I call the "Ostri ...
  • Five Value States of CRM
    Although views of Customer Relationship Management have evolved over the years, the ...
  • Sorry We Missed You
    So you've tried just about every attention-getting gimmick, tactic and approach ...
  • Forgotten Statistics
    There is only so much you can track relative to an e-ma ...
  • B-to-B Deliverability
    Remember the grand vision of developing one-to-one business-to-business communications, and leveraging e-ma ...
  • Are All Clicks Created Equal?
    We live and die by metrics. We measure the success of o ...
  • The Perfect 10
    WHAT IS A PERFECT E-MAIL? It depends on who you are a ...
  • The Care and Upkeep of E-Mail Marketers
    What's the most important asset in your organization? How many of y ...
  • Did I Get You at "Hello"?
    There is much conjecture about what makes a good subject line a ...
  • Now Read This
    In any formal communication, the opening statement sets the direction and conte ...
  • A Good Idea Doesn't Care Who Has It
    In every crowd there is someone who professes to know something abo ...
  • The End of the Never Ending ROI Story
    We've finally reached the end of our story. I've compiled two specif ...
  • The Never Ending ROI Story, Part IV
    In the last few weeks I've discussed how ROI stories must inclu ...
  • The Never Ending ROI Story, Part III
    Last week, I talked about Financial Returns and their pla ...
  • The Never Ending ROI Story, Part II
    In last week's article, I discussed the importance of taking a broad ...
  • The Never Ending ROI Story, Part I
    You might be saying to yourself, "Not another return on investment (RO ...
  • Program Perception vs. Reality
    I have this quote that pops into my head quite often: " ...
  • The Customer Experience Dream
    I often wonder if managing a truly effective customer experience - fr ...
  • Changing With the Times
    At last week's Campaign Digital Conference in London, I started thinking abo ...
  • Debating In-House E-mail Marketing
    If you're considering bringing e-mail marketing systems in-house, read on. If you' ...
  • Finding New Customers Using E-mail
    E-mail marketers are often asked, "Should I use e-mail to find n ...