Direct Hit - Direct Marketing With A Winning Edge: Winning Direct Marketing Campaigns (Marketing Series)

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This is the common image of direct marketing, but is it fair? Is that all there is to it?
Not if you know what you are doing. Direct Marketing is an essential part of marketing. Any company that ignores direct marketing does so at its peril.
It enables you to communicate with your customers to: let them know you are there, ensure that your products fulfil their needs, receive valuable feedback, build up a database and develop long term loyalty.
This book is a no-nonsense practical tool kit which will enable you to launch a successful direct marketing campaign. It gives advice on: planning an effective campaign, monitoring effectiveness and efficiency, improving your response rate, and integrating campaigns.

Merlin Stone lectures at Kingston and Surrey Universities.