DSA & Alterian partner to offer in-house marketing databases

February 20th, 2008 by: Debbie Megee

Alterian has partnered with David Shepard Associates to provide an on-premise version of the Alterian Marketing Services Platform in North America.

The Alterian Marketing Services Platform includes integrated analysis, campaign planning, multichannel execution, reporting and marketing operations capabilities.
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Build A CRM Database

January 21st, 2008 by: David Shepard

Does this sound familiar? You work for a retailer with a large catalog and Internet business. Your bosses figure out that not all customers are the same when it comes to brand loyalty, and that their purchase behaviors reflect this disparity.

They decide to divide the buyers into manageable clusters. Then they hire a market research firm to survey customers on their needs and perceptions.

And guess what? They put you in charge of the project.
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You Know What You Do But Do You Know Why You Do It?

January 16th, 2008 by: David Shepard

About two hours into our first meeting with a potential client we got around to asking The Big Question: what do you do when you get a new customer? And, the possible answers we were expecting to hear were:
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