Business of Database Marketing

by Richard N. Tooker

Dozens of books have been written by database marketing and customer relationship management experts covering various aspects of the disciplines, but there isn’t a single book or article that shows how to incorporate all of this wisdom into a coherent, overarching business strategy that includes both the database marketing strategy and the technology ""build."" What’s missing—and what’s needed—is a clear, non-technical explanation of how all the parts should fit together to create a dynamic, customer-centric, productive business—without the endless acronyms and murky pools of technical jargon. Also, there is a crying need for a book that approaches the problem the way business people live and work: by defining the problems and objectives and then identifying the technology that will fix those problems and achieve those objectives, not the other way around. In addition, the book provides inside information about the actual business of database marketing, including knowing how to get the maximum benefit from working with an agency or supplier and, on the other side, how to work with a client. The Business of Database Marketing covers all the bases for the typical business reader.

272 pages, Hardcover

First published November 15, 2006