October 2008 - Issue #4

OPINION
Retention is the New Acquisition  by Mark Klein
"When you fish the tidal estuaries of our New Hampshire coast, you quickly learn that fish bite when the tide is flowing.  Many days I've sat...waiting for...the tide to run and the fish to bite.  You watch for those first signs of the water moving, like a leaf or twig and then seaweed beginning to move past your boat. Right now, I am seeing indications that the tide in marketing is changing..."  Read More

LONGBOW IN THE NEWS
"Marketing Tools for Customer Retention" video is now online  Watch Mark Klein wave his arms and wield his pointer as he talks about customer retention at September's Hubspot Inbound Marketing Summit. View it on your computer, or download it to your iPod.

Mathematical Marketing Group Now on Facebook
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Save the Date! Sign up for our FREE Mathematical Marketing Webinar, 1:00 PM, October 29th, Portsmouth NH time. This could be the most profitable half - hour you spend in October. Learn how to use simple mathematical tools - predictive analytics, multivariate testing and what-if analyses, to improve customer retention. Limited to 55 attendees. Learn more and sign up now.

Make the Leap to Smarter Marketing by Harnessing your Customer Database, at NCDM Orlando FL, December 8-10 - Visit Loyalty Builders for a Longbow demo, and the Free Customer Report card that will tell you things you never suspected about your customers. Booth 340 on the entrance aisle. Read More

THEY WROTE IT. WE LIKE IT.
"Email Marketing Lies, Lies, Lies"
"In my previous Email Insider column, (says author Loren McDonald) I outlined ...misunderstandings that take on the appearance of truth through repeated retellings. This time, I want to expose three lies that email marketers either tell or have told to them by people who should know better..." Read More

HOW TO DO IT
Risk Analyzer Primer
The goal of risk analysis is to identify any potential defectors as early as possible, so you can market to them to keep them active, but it can also help identify your best customers. Read More

We do the math. You do the marketing.

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link to video of Mark Klein
You've attracted inbound leads, converted them into paying customers – what's next? Customer marketing is neglected and a potential gold mine. In this video, Mark Klein, our CEO, shows how you can identify the customers who'll buy next, target up-sell prospects and spot potential defectors.


Free Customer Report Card

How well do you know your customers? Learn things about them you never knew. What kinds of things will you discover?  Read More

Mathematical Marketing eBook

Learn how to get more business from the customers you already have. See how new Mathematical Marketing tools make marketing dollars work harder. Free ebook download

Join our Facebook group

Got questions about how analytics and math are changing marketing? Got ideas about how they could? Facebook's Mathematical Marketing group may have the answers. Join the conversation.

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