Making Mail Work
  October 2003

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New Book: Advanced Email Marketing
  
  


Do you need to be more strategic in your email marketing approach? Not sure how to measure the true ROI of your email program?

You'll want to get a copy of Advanced Email Marketing. Written by best-selling web marketing expert Jim Sterne, this 115-page guide offers examples, worksheets, and charts you can use to optimize your email strategy.

Order your copy now!

  

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How Frederick's of Hollywood Does 'Bombshell' Marketing
  
  


Famous lingerie retailer Frederick's of Hollywood has always dared to be just a little bit different.

Frederick's Online Marketing Director Jennifer Bedolla unveils her most effective marketing strategy — along with her plans for future online initiatives.

Would you like to be highlighted in a future customer spotlight? Would you like to build awareness of your company by talking to journalists researching email marketing? Please contact Cristin Balog (editor@lyris.com) to discuss!


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ListManager Adds Member Profiles
  
  
Let your list members update their preferences or other demographic information in easy-to-use web forms. Member Profile forms are one of the handy new features in the newest ListManager release, version 7.6.
  

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Reverse Append Strategy for PR Firm
 
 

Like many companies with a strong online marketing program, The Primoris Group had a great list of leads — with email addresses only.

In preparation for launching a new hard-copy magazine initiative, the Toronto-based investor relations PR firm decided to try Lyris' new Reverse Email Append service.

"We did a test over 20,000 records and were quoted a 20% match — but actually got around 30%," says Primoris Group VP Nick Boutsalis. We'll follow up and report back on Primoris Group's results in a future issue.

Learn more about how you can add postal, demographic, telephone, or other data to your list.

 

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Lyris Ranked One of Fastest Growing Companies in San Francisco Area
  
  


Despite a sluggish technology sector, Lyris Technologies was recently named one of the fastest growing companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The San Francisco Business Times traces Lyris' success to its independence and reliability. "When the dot-coms began to fizzle," the article notes, "Lyris' competitors were dying out and Lyris was the one offering new and better (and proven) features."


 In This Issue
» Free Email Marketing Strategy Book
» Customer Spotlight: Frederick's of Hollywood
» New ListManager Member Profiles
» PR Firm Uses Email Append Service
» Upcoming Events
» Email Client Testing
» About this Newsletter

 Upcoming Events
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Tips and Tricks: Email Client Testing

You've tested your mailing for typos, broken links, and missing images.

But don't press "send" before you test for email client compatibility.

 

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