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Articles, essays, presentations and speeches written by our principals on their area of expertise: customer relationship marketing.

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Case Studies

Channel Integration

Cultivating Loyalty

Customer Communications

Customer Segmentation

Database Marketing
Home Equity

Maximizing CRM

Measurement

Other

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Case Studies
B2B
BPAA: Who Wants to Go Bowling?
Hibernia National Bank: Looking Out for the Little Guy
IBM: Timing is Everything
SouthTrust: Direct Mail + B2B = A Winning Formula

B2C
BB&T Bank: Teaching Old Cardholders a New Trick
Charming Shoppes: Show, Don’t Tell
Countrywide Financial: E-News Gets the Clicks, Keeps the Customers
Einstein Bros Bagels: Customer Research Goes Great with Bagels
Express: Keeping Up with the Gen Xers
Macy’s Elects New Presidents
MGMA A Customer Attrition Model That Works
Mellon: Conservative Bank, Soft Side
Nordstrom: Where Customers Expect More
PacifiCare of Colorado: Required Reading
Pier 1 Imports: Revitalization
Regional Dept. Store: 125-year-old Gets a Makeover
Universal Studios Florida: Universal Goes Universal
Wachovia Bank Card Services: Hey, Direct Mail Works



Channel Integration
Relationship Marketing In Cyberspace: Part 1
Relationship Marketing In Cyberspace: Part 2
Those Who Integrate Dominate

Cultivating Loyalty
The Art of Brand Translation
Avoid the Breakup
Build Attraction
Caution: Merging Schools of Thought
Does your company have a soul?
Loyalty Worries Grocers, Too
Pull Together
Putting a face on Mr. & Ms. X
Rx: Loyalty for Life
Sing with One Voice
Topple the Resistance Barrier
The Unfulfilled Promise: One to One Marketing
Walking the Privacy Tightrope



Customer Communications
3 products. 3 mailings. 1 day.
11 Easy Steps to Effective Customer Communications
Better Direct mail
Communication is Interactive
Funnel Vision
Head of the Class
Keep Out of My Inbox
Magazines: Editorially Speaking…
Newsletters: Why, How, When and Where
Target: Who’s Best?
The Art of Brand Translation
Using Research to Refine Your DM Strategy

Customer Segmentation
Breaking the Spell
Customer Segmentation: Finding the Right Tool
Cutting the Fat from Canadian Data
Database Marketing vs. Relationship Marketing
Does creative get it?
From Data Storehouse to Profit Powerhouse
Psychographics circa 2004
Same Demographic, Different Approach



Database Marketing
360° – From Every Angle
Data Gets Personal
Double Take
Getting Closer to Data
Looking for That Perfect Match
Make Your Data Do New Tricks
The Match Game
Paired for Impact
The Perfect Fit
Relevance at Work
Squeaky Clean
Timing Is Everything
Well Oiled
When Data Warehousing Isn’t in the Budget

Home Equity
Adding to Home Equity Success
Home Equity Still HOT
Serving Up Cake

Maximizing CRM
Adventures in CRM
Back in the Driver’s Seat
Discover the Magic
Ducks in a Row
Excuses, Excuses: Why You Should Do Focus Groups
Keep Your CRM Strategies in Check
Never Stay Static
The New Retail Reality
Results THIS Year
Solving the Puzzle of Customer Profitability
Stepping up to Customer Centric
Trim Your CRM Budget, Get Better Results



Measurement
Customer Lifetime Value
Dissecting Customer Value
Mine Your Own Metrics
The Magnificent Seven
Where Measurement Begins

Other
Loyalty Marketing, "The New Relationship"
Setting It Up to Sell It Up
Stuck on Red?

White Papers
Building the Case for CRM
Selecting a Marketing Database Solution



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StrateScapes
The journal dedicated to the art and science of relationship marketing.

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Site Scapes Issue Volume 11, Number 1

Mapping the Keys to CRM Program Success
How (and why) to put your CRM journey to the test.

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HIGHLIGHTS
Top 10 Essential E-newsletter Ingredients
The recipe for churning out top ROI.

Turning Economic Downturn Into Market Gain
Tips for tough times.


Site Scapes Issue Volume 10, Number 3

Get Schooled
Five key CRM lessons.

Bonus: 30-Year CRM Timeline

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HIGHLIGHTS
Online Social Networking
Hone those CRM social skills.

Navigate the CRM River of Change
Learn to flow with the current and profit.


v10no2 Volume 10, Number 2

Alive and Kickin’
Direct mail is still king.

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HIGHLIGHTS
Battle Consumer Plastic Fatigue
Win the war for wallet space.

Going to the Source
Increase performance with multiple data sources.


v10no1 Volume 10, Number 1

Your Customers Have Control Issues
Build customer trust.

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HIGHLIGHTS
Nail Down Profits
Pick the right analytical tool.

All Together Now
A beautiful friendship: data and creative.