Adestra gets ready to demo abandoned basket solution

4 Sep 2012: Email Service Provider Adestra is gearing up to demo its brand new Conversion Capture abandoned basket technology later this month at the ad:tech exhibition in London. Held on the 19th and 20th of September, the event will see Adestra will be demonstrating MessageFocus abandoned basket functionality which it described as "a new level in email automation", allowing brands to maximise their website conversions by ‘recapturing’ those who have abandoned their baskets and encourages them to complete their purchase.

The solution works by capturing the information needed to re-engage a site visitor including name, email address and the contents of their basket using cookie-less technology.

The company believes this new feature to its MessageFocus solution can instantly improve ROI and reduce the number of basket drop-outs.

Key features include:

  • Maximise conversions: Automatically capture and convert abandoned baskets and see the captured £value.
  • Personalise trigger emails: Send highly personalised emails to improve results.
  • Real-time messages: Data is sent to MessageFocus and emails are sent in real-time, providing accurate and up-to-date results.
  • Send from a top tier ESP: Send emails with high deliverability and reporting from MessageFocus.

Marketo engine automates content allocation

14 June 2013: Cloud-based marketing software platform provider Marketo has announced the availability of the Marketo Customer Engagement engine, which it claims is the first marketing solution that intelligently and automatically manages the timing and distribution of the right content, to the right person at the right time.

Celebrus and Kognitio digital analytics project partnership hits milestone

13 Jun 2013: Kognitio and Celebrus Technologies marke the anniversary of a strategic collaboration that provides one of the largest global manufacturers in the world with an innovative solution for digital marketing analytics.

IDM Student Marketing Competition 2013 Finalists revealed

12 Jun 2013: The Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing has revealed that student teams from the University of Northumbria and University of Central Lancashire have made it to the top three in the prestigious IDM Student Marketing Competition 2013

Salesforce snaps up ExactTarget

7 Jun 2013: Salesforce.com, the world’s biggest CRM platform, has announced an agreement to acquire ExactTarget, the leading cloud marketing platform for around $2.5 bn.

Whisbi launches Facebook monetising tool

7 Jun 2013: Whisbi, the lead management technology provider, has launches a new product designed to monetise Facebook.

Indicia expands with new London office

6 Jun 2013: Database Marketing Award-winning customer engagement agency Indicia has expanded with the opening of a new London office.

London School of Marketing deepens digital marketing commitment

5 Jun 2013: The London School of Marketing has announced a formal partnership with the Digital Marketing Institute.

Experian data reveals singleton capitals of Britain

1 Jun 2013: Experian insight reveals the location and characteristics of the UK’s growing number of single person households

D&B service to unlock hidden value in CRM systems

22 May 2013: – D&B, the world's leading source of commercial information and insight on businesses, had made D&B360 available for Oracle CRM On Demand, Oracle's Siebel CRM, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SAP CRM.

Profiling the Industry: Part 3

20 May 2013: In the third of our special series of articles profiling the database marketing industry, we catch up with Hopewiser, Alchemetrics, Callcredit and greenstone data solutions.

Ageas names Hanson Marketing Director for RIAS and Castle Cover

22 May 2013: Insurance provider Ageas has appointed Mark Hanson as Marketing Director for its two over 50s insurance brands, RIAS and Castle Cover.

BSkyB extends CRM deal with Comet

20 May 2013: Comet Global Consulting, the customer interaction expert, has secured an additional two-year deal with Sky, to further develop and support the company’s customer relationship management and customer interaction systems and operations.

Experian launches online credit services and marketing portal

21 May 2013: — Experian has launched a new online credit risk and marketing portal putting a wealth of vital business information at the fingertips of UK SMEs.

Metametrics thinks big with Vass apppointment

8 May 2013: Hector Vass, former Systems Architect in the Customer Lifecycle and Optimisation team at the Lloyds Banking Group, has joined marketing analytics agency Metametrics as Chief Technology Officer.

Institute of Fundraising Insight Awards shortlist unveiled

8 May 2013: The Institute of Fundraising’s Special Interest Group for Insight in Fundraising has announced the shortlist of finalists for the Insight in Fundraising Awards 2013.

GHD gets straight to the point with Celebrus granular data

8 May 2013: ghd, the UK hair-straightening brand, has seen conversion rates soar as a result of improving the shopping experience on mobile devices using data gathered through Celebrus Technologies’ software.