Personalisation, relevance and consistency in database marketing
Yolanda Noble
Joined-up customer communications used to be something of a pipe-dream for most businesses. Database experts could establish an all-round view of each customer, but the process of translating this intelligence into joined-up communications was often either unwieldy or unaffordable.
However, three things have come to pass over the last two years:
High-speed personalised printing has become affordable for all customer communications, rather than just high-value ones.
The ability to create a tailored set of contents for each customer's envelope has become very sophisticated.
Statements are now recognised as a powerful advertising...