DMNews' E-Mail Weekly: E.L.F. expands relationshi with eWay to include social capabilities

September 2, 2009 Check out DMNews on your smartphone Advertisement 6 Fixes to Dramatically Boost Email Marketing Results Everybody makes mistakes; smart marketers learn from them. Silverpop's new white paper shows you how to correct common missteps and help engage subscribers, reduce list churn, build customer dialogues and increase revenues and ROI. Download your copy from Silverpop today! News E.L.F. expands relationship with eWay to include social capabilities Nathan Golia E.L.F. Cosmetics has tapped eWayDirect, already its e-mail vendor, to power its upcoming e.l.f. Beauty Network social initiative, which will launch later this year. The site is built on EWayDirect's Direct/Connect 4.0 social media platform.   Restaurant.com debuts B-to-B incentive packages Dianna Dilworth Restaurant.com has created a new "Dinner & Movie" promotional package, a business-to-business effort to get businesses to buy promo packages that can be passed on to consumers.   Merkle appoints chief strategy officer for healthcare Chantal Todé Database marketing agency Merkle has appointed VP Pete Mehr, Ph.D., chief strategy officer for its healthcare marketing practice, which launched earlier this year. Mehr's responsibilities will include developing and overseeing the execution of physician relationship and consumer/patient relationship marketing programs.   Opinions Inbox Insider: Consumer e-mail marketing can learn from the relationship building in b-to-b Dianna Dilworth E-mail is an important channel for b-to-b marketers looking to build prospective leads. B-to-b marketing is all about building leads and turning those leads into clients. According to a new study by e-mail services firm Silverpop, 24% of b-to-b marketers said that they are using e-mail to ensure "qualified leads are converting into appropriate sales opportunities," and 22% are "nurturing and converting initial inquires into qualified leads."   Watch that unsub rate: Reduce irrelevancy and avoid unsubscribes Sean Hurley, marketing analyst, Customer Portfolios In a time where the pressure to "blast the list" continues to mount, direct marketers must remember that if they are going to be speaking to their audience more frequently they'll need to make sure that what they're saying is more relevant if they want to say anything at all in the future.   From the 2008 DMNews Essential Guide to E-mail Marketing DMNews seeking Essential Guide to E-mail columns DMNews is seeking submissions for the 2009 Essential Guide to E-Mail Marketing, which will be published on October 26. Experts from all areas of the direct marketing world are invited to share their knowledge, case studies, trends, tips, best practices and forecasts with DMNews' readership. We will accept submissions at various levels of expertise and understanding.   How to ensure that e-mails get delivered to rented lists Sarah Barber, SVP of sales and marketing at Walter Karl Inc. Deliverability remains a hot topic in the e-mail realm. Every other e-mail whitepaper I see these days has deliverability as the theme. But what to do when you're not in control of the delivery? How do you send a stand-alone e-mail to a rented list and guarantee your message to new prospects gets delivered? Here are a few "must-do's" to get the best results for your next prospecting e-mail campaign.   Lists and Databases US Grant Search Customers New list — US Grant Search Customers — List Services Corp. — This file contains consumers who have sought information for govermment grants online. They have paid $69.95 to access a site. The file is 60% male.   CLICK HERE to learn the Top 10 Tips to Win a Caples Award.   Caples Community Hear from British Airways and Agency.com how BA is doing its part to jumpstart international business travel with its "Face-to-face" effort Agency Business Report Click below to view all agency profiles DMNews Data Management Survey

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