In Validity’s State of CRM Data Management report, 44% of businesses estimate poor quality data can mean losses of 5% to more than 20% in revenue. A vicious cycle develops, with lack of trust in the data reducing CRM adoption, which in turn drives down productivity. The report also considers positive factors—for businesses managing data […]
Here’s the cold truth: Every day you neglect to clean your email marketing program data is one more day of damage you could be doing to your email sender reputation. I said it was cold! Your email sender reputation is dependent on your following of best practices. Are you only emailing people who consent to
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In our recent “Next Big Thing” webinar we brought together a cross section of Validity’s community—email marketing, data quality, and sales performance— to review the events of 2020 and preview 2021. This made for a fascinating conversation, and one area our expert guests were in full consensus was the rapid rise in email’s use of
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Wow. Somehow, 2021 feels on track to steal 2020’s title of “Wackiest Year on Record.” Now’s the time to prepare for anything that may come our way. We asked six of our email experts from around the globe to join host Guy Hanson on our first State of Email Live webinar of 2021. As usual,
Since time feels like a vacuum right now, this reminder may surprise you: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was enacted over two years ago. Even though many marketers are familiar with the best practices and protections required for compliance, we’re starting to see fines roll in for companies who either are unaware of the
Let’s be honest, 2020 was not a great year for many businesses. With COVID-19 still ravaging economies around the globe, finding ways to improve sales continues to be top of mind for many. Thankfully, there are some simple steps businesses can take to help enhance their sales processes and customer engagement efforts. Making sure customer
Gmail forms a large part of a typical B2C email list and can be a challenging mailbox provider (MBP) when it comes to email deliverability. We regularly get asked for the Gmail secret sauce, but it’s not that simple, given they operate a highly sophisticated AI-powered filtering solution. However, there are several practices Gmail likes
Here we are, folks. What a ride it’s been this year! We’ve done the State of Email Live webinars for most of the year, and each episode brought something new, whether data or expertise from all corners of the industry. We couldn’t just ask our viewers to sift through every webcast to get the information
Have you heard the big news? Huge news, in fact? Yes, Mount Everest is now a little bit higher. I can only surmise this change is in response to our news about Everest, the email platform, and how it is bigger and better than anything else we’ve seen yet. To share in Mount Everest’s magnificent
In the first two posts of our Holiday Reading Series, we looked at how 2020 forced email marketers to innovate and adopt new technology, and explored how email marketers have dealt with the emotional hardships of this year. Peak sales periods come with many challenges for retailers and marketers. Not only are average email volumes
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