Direct Marketing Association Selects ARGI and Alterian to Provide Membership Marketing Database
January 2007In 2006, marketers – commercial and nonprofit – will spend an estimated $166.5 billion on direct marketing in the United States. Measured against total US sales, these advertising expenditures will generate an estimated $1.93 trillion in incremental sales. This year, direct marketing will account for 10.3 percent of total US GDP. Also, there are today 1.7 million direct marketing employees in the US alone. Their collective sales efforts directly support 8.8 million other jobs. That accounts for 10.5 million US jobs.
About ARGI
Since 1971, ARGI has been a pioneer in Subscriber and Membership Customer Management. ARGI develops, hosts and manages Subscription Fulfillment, CRM (including e-commerce, analytics, contact management and 1to1 marketing), and Database Marketing solutions. As a provider of safe, secure and sound solutions for over thirty-five years, ARGI is constantly deploying new technologies and capabilities to improve its clients’ satisfaction and increase profitability. ARGI is headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey. For more information visit ARGI’s website at www.callargi.com.
About Alterian
Alterian (LSE: ALN) is the leading global provider of software for Analytics Led Integrated Marketing – making it practical and cost effective for marketers to gain insight into their data and use this to drive an integrated marketing strategy, across multiple online and offline channels, from a single set of applications and infrastructure. A global community of over 70 business partners, including many of the leading providers of services to marketers such as Accenture, Acxiom, Allant Group, ARGI, Carlson Marketing Group, Experian, Epsilon, Donnelley Marketing, Harte-Hanks, Merkle, Ogilvy One and Euro RSCG Worldwide, deliver the Alterian software platform alongside their own value-added services. These solutions empower market leaders like Princess Cruises, General Motors, Zurich, HSBC, Starz! Entertainment, Limited Too, Dell, Amnesty International and Vodafone, to drive competitive advantage through improved marketing performance and customer satisfaction.
Alterian was founded in 1997 and listed on the techMARK Index of the London Stock Exchange in 2000. With offices throughout North America and Europe, Alterian software is used in over 20 countries worldwide.
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