tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:29:07 +0000Think outside the inBox - with intelligent mailbox technology, including; embedded creativity, link tracking, reporting and compliant signatureshttp://clearformat.blogspot.com/marketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)Blogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-8645715884906855330Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:02:00 +00002009-09-30T05:02:21.659-07:00Online advertising overtakes TV for the first time | 30 Sep 2009 | ComputerWeekly.comShared via AddThishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/QNwWMO-tTDc/online-advertising-overtakes-tv-for.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/QNwWMO-tTDc" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2009/09/online-advertising-overtakes-tv-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-8298786331504938487Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:36:00 +00002009-09-23T00:40:52.975-07:00Most Valuable Global Brands Recovering Faster Than S&P 500Posted using ShareThishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/fmvat33bezg/most-valuable-global-brands-recovering.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/fmvat33bezg" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2009/09/most-valuable-global-brands-recovering.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-6077996017451695863Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:32:00 +00002009-07-03T09:46:24.911-07:00brandingbranded emailmarketingemailclearformatbulkmailSome email branding solution providers (EBSPs) have taken the opportunity to market themselves on their client’s email branding. ClearFormat provides an email branding solution, but will never advertise themselves on their clients branded email template, unless agreed upon with the client.The value of YOUR brandIt is often found that the supplier, advertising company, Billboard Company, or Media http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/PeiSzFRbMCs/is-your-email-branding-service-provider.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/PeiSzFRbMCs" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-your-email-branding-service-provider.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-5855595063639528520Tue, 19 May 2009 13:54:00 +00002009-05-19T16:09:47.202-07:00Email brandingmarketingemailtrackingmonitoringreportingClearFormat clients or administrators can now log onto the web-based management console and activate a notifications feature that will allow senders (users) to see exactly who is clicking on what and where on their branded mails - instantly. So send a branded email with a banner embedded and when the recipient clicks on any link within that email the user will be notified immediately with an http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/sg_1723gV5Y/new-clearformat-notifications.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/sg_1723gV5Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-clearformat-notifications.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-2522858879632213479Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:55:00 +00002009-02-21T13:43:50.610-08:00Email brandingweb 2.0developmentemailsoftwareadvertsinnovationclientsWeb 2.0 Technology - ClearFormat Technology Embraces The Revolution.What is really new about web-software development? Has the innovation just continued since the day the internet was launched? Why do we have to call it web 2.0? Is it just a marketing play word? NO. This proliferation of interconnectivity and interactivity of web-delivered content has produced some amazing tools. Social media http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/PMoIKyG596A/clearflow-email-branding-technology-web.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/PMoIKyG596A" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2009/02/clearflow-email-branding-technology-web.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-3573293374820465518Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:03:00 +00002009-02-19T01:13:24.874-08:00signaturescomplianceelectroniclegalCircularemailregulationsIRSThe uses of electronic communication between financial and legal departments to clients on the subject of tax advice are biding records that are subject to the Circular 230 regulations. These records must have legal compliance footers and/or headers communicating the responsibilities of the advisor. Therefore, legal compliance footers are needed to protect business professionals and those being http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/nL8lJkJJvjY/are-your-emails-compliant-to-irs.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/nL8lJkJJvjY" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2009/02/are-your-emails-compliant-to-irs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-6494796036465796006Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:49:00 +00002009-02-19T05:43:57.466-08:00Onlinebranded emailmarketingUSStatistics** Only 9% of those surveyed preferred getting marketing messages via SMS (text) instead of email. - ExactTarget, "2008 Channel Preference Survey" (2008)** 67% of respondents prefer email as a communications channel over other online vehicles and 65 percent believe this will continue to be the case in five years. - Habeas (2008)** 83% of surveyed marketing executives worldwide used email, ahead http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/kxp_bp_1j3E/great-email-branding-and-marketing.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/kxp_bp_1j3E" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2009/02/great-email-branding-and-marketing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-8196209440974927625Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:24:00 +00002009-02-19T00:58:32.430-08:00tattoostrategybrandingblogsemailprintwebsitesBranding has been around since 54BC. It started on skin, to show one belong to a following, or a movement. Nothing much has changed, although now these followings/movements (services, products, people and organisations) tattoo themselves on clothing, print, billboards, blogs, websites, TV and email. Tattoos in the modern business arena can be changed to fit a specific strategy, whether it is a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/bAjyVa7Bk_Y/it-is-like-tattoo-but-you-can-change-it.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/bAjyVa7Bk_Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2009/02/it-is-like-tattoo-but-you-can-change-it.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-8700334594108703938Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:30:00 +00002009-02-19T10:40:03.921-08:00signaturescompliancefeatureslegalcommunication mediumemailbrandedAny modern and highly competitive business use some kind of email signature, but the question is; are they doing it the right way? Email is undoubtedly one of the major corporate communication mediums used by most, if not all companies, to interact with current customers, potential customers and all other relevant stakeholders.The whole point of email signatures is to be legally compliant, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/5VgJ6LE9YYQ/email-branding-gone-wrong.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/5VgJ6LE9YYQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2008/09/email-branding-gone-wrong.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-2584473652280841089Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:21:00 +00002009-02-19T06:23:17.990-08:00brand imageAdvertisingmarketingemaillogosloganCompanies invest in their brand image by advertising via multiple marketing channels. They use their image, their logo and slogan to creatively showcase themselves so that they can initiate a response from potential stakeholders. Whether you market your brand on a t-shirt or on TV, you are effectively investing in your brand for the long term. Investing in something as simple and cost effective http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/Z_tVbkbmhpA/email-branding-now.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/Z_tVbkbmhpA" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2008/09/email-branding-now.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-2479170405178780008Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:35:00 +00002009-03-02T05:00:06.093-08:00Email brandingbrand imagemarketing campaignAdvertising companies have to create marketing campaigns for a long list of brands that they represent and they have to do this by creating holistic marketing campaigns. Does the term ‘holistic marketing campaign’ confuse you? If you are not an advertiser this term might be slightly confusing, but in substance it is very simple. Let us explain why email branding belongs to this holistic http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/jQsK_aefHoI/email-branding-for-advertising.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/jQsK_aefHoI" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2008/09/email-branding-for-advertising.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-9161388403036558718Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:39:00 +00002008-09-09T02:41:01.490-07:00There is simple process you can follow that will grab the potential customer’s attention when they are exposed to your marketing. Email marketing needs to do the following: create Attention, make them Comprehend, build Interest and Persuade them.We as marketers need to motivate and entice customers to choose our email above those of the spammers, competitors and bulletin newsletters. There http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/Cu5CigHZRdw/there-is-simple-process-you-can-follow.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/Cu5CigHZRdw" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2008/04/there-is-simple-process-you-can-follow.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-4807115368143891814Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:30:00 +00002008-12-09T01:27:29.512-08:00<!--[if gte vml 1]> <![endif]-->http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/7W4hWOLmrzw/online-users-checking-email-while-on.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/7W4hWOLmrzw" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2007/11/online-users-checking-email-while-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-3928317467126978986Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:20:00 +00002008-03-12T04:40:44.588-07:00Search Engine Strategies ConferenceSEOSearch Engine Strategies (SES) is the leading global conference & expo series that educates delegates on search engine marketing (SEM), including optimization (SEO) and advertising strategies, tactics and best practices. The Search Marketing Events listed below will teach attendees everything they need to know from the top Search experts, along with information from representatives of the Search http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/WAtwTd5Pi2c/search-engine-strategies-conference.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/WAtwTd5Pi2c" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2007/11/search-engine-strategies-conference.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-4180549630294605898Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:10:00 +00002007-11-16T01:11:34.961-08:00Email brandingbranded emailmarketing Press Release: EMEA, 16 November 2007: ClearFormat, leading innovative provider in corporate email branding, today announced the release of the latest Version 2.0 update for their email branding system. ClearFormat’s patented ClearFlow technology is providing clients with improved email flow, with acceptance to even more email scanning filters. The corporate email marketing industry has http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/HFhV8lvcUvc/clearflow-for-clearformat-v20-update.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/HFhV8lvcUvc" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2007/11/clearflow-for-clearformat-v20-update.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-8313905326237503680Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:54:00 +00002007-11-01T00:56:38.162-07:00Green MarketingEarlier this week, an interesting piece came up in the States about how it just may have taken Al Gore's Nobel Prize to make an environmental stance manly.No longer about simply "cleaning up" or "keeping house" in a Mother Earth way, coming up with solutions for climate change, a.k.a. global warming, is now seen as "brave," " brilliant," and "pragmatic."As he put it:"But, ever so slowly, there ishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/uPTCtV_zLas/is-green-manly.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/uPTCtV_zLas" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2007/11/is-green-manly.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-3612658903069759323Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:21:00 +00002007-10-31T00:23:15.711-07:00Green MarketingTuesday October 23, 2007 (HOST) Commentator Mike Martin has noticed a cultural shift when it comes to environmentalism: he thinks that Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize has finally made it ok for men to be green.(MARTIN) Maybe it's because we call our planet Mother Earth, but for some reason being "green" has never been associated with virility here in the U.S. Whenhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/uSthJK-TgcU/gores-nobel.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/uSthJK-TgcU" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2007/10/gores-nobel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-5744477452271945266Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:19:00 +00002007-10-25T01:22:03.182-07:00Email brandingmarketingFrom the coffee mug you carry, to the cross-trainers you’re wearing, to the shirt on your back and the jeans buttoned around your hips, brands exist everywhere. If you take a conscious note of it, you’ll come to the realisation that you’re branded, branded, branded, branded. It's time for us to take a lesson from the big brands, a lesson that's true for anyone who's interested in what it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/J4zP262Zv9w/brand-positioning-brand-image.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/J4zP262Zv9w" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2007/10/brand-positioning-brand-image.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-4583412951553628113Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:28:00 +00002007-10-12T08:31:48.322-07:00Email brandingcompliancemarketingSince the rise of Internet Explorer, web designers have had to test their designs across multiple web browsers. No one likes it, but we've all copped it on the chin, written a few hacks and moved on with our lives. After all, 3 to 4 browsers aren’t that bad - and they finally seem to be getting their act together.If Internet Explorer is the schoolyard bully making our web design lives a little http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/9fmXPKKWawU/since-rise-of-internet-explorer-web.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/9fmXPKKWawU" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2007/10/since-rise-of-internet-explorer-web.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-184126720308244585Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:25:00 +00002007-10-12T08:26:27.469-07:00Email brandingmarketingThis is by far the most important thing to keep in mind if you are going to manage to cut through the clutter to reach potential clients. In order to spread your message, and increase your market share, communication with your target market has to be relevant, informative and possibly even entertaining, otherwise it will be discarded. Think about the number of times your prospects are seeing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/HY_l0kcbp0s/its-not-what-you-say-its-how-you-say-it.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/HY_l0kcbp0s" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2007/10/its-not-what-you-say-its-how-you-say-it.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-921311965925219403Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:33:00 +00002007-10-12T02:36:02.570-07:00Email brandingAdvertisingmarketing‘F’ for fast! That's how recipients read your precious email content. In a few seconds, their eyes move at amazing speeds across your emails and website pages in an F-shaped pattern: two horizontal stripes followed by a vertical stripe. In an eye-tracking study, 232 users were recorded by how they looked at thousands of emails and Web pages. We found that users' main reading behaviour was http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/2A1O8mhRU30/how-recipients-view-your-emails.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/2A1O8mhRU30" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-recipients-view-your-emails.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-6495318556910531508Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:42:00 +00002007-10-09T02:47:38.324-07:00B2BmarketingBecause interactive marketing is inherently more addressable and measurable, B2B shouldn't wait for further proof that online channels pay off. Marketers who fail to adopt these tactics will fall behind with the online buyer acquisition as competitors move ahead with more engaged prospects. —Forrester Research These tasks can be especially challenging for small-to-medium-sized B2B firms, as http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/E-jONx_pQWg/defining-your-strategy-interactive.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/E-jONx_pQWg" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2007/10/defining-your-strategy-interactive.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756129866524339160.post-3708200153297040849Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:29:00 +00002007-10-09T02:30:37.365-07:00Email brandingEmail signatureYou would kick yourself if you knew that a prospect you’d been hot-on-the-heels of for as long as you can remember, decided to consider your business proposition, but when searching for your contact details…could not find them. Many companies are losing business without even being aware of it. From the time it takes for a prospect to make a decision, to the moment they decide to seal the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~3/RiWi1dVetOU/is-your-lack-of-branded-email-signature.htmlmarketing@groveis.com (Grove Group)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClearFormatEmailBranding/~4/RiWi1dVetOU" height="1" width="1"/>http://clearformat.blogspot.com/2007/10/is-your-lack-of-branded-email-signature.html