List / Database

News
Find out from DMA about the industry news that will affect your business: Daily news summary (3D), Newsstand, DMA Announcments and Press Releases.

Selected News

December 10, 2008 S. Murray Gaylord and NYTimes.com Present Today's NCDM 2008 Keynote
December 9, 2008 NCDM Conference Kicks Off with Keynote by Disney's Tom Boyles
December 9, 2008 2008 NCDM Database Excellence Awards Presented Today in Orlando
December 8, 2008 The Walt Disney Company and Tom Boyles Invite You To Be Their Guest at Today's 2008 NCDM Keynote
December 2, 2008 2008 NCDM Database Excellence Awards Finalists Announced
November 24, 2008 Five Tracks, Six Intensive Sessions, and 40 Concurrent Sessions to be Featured at NCDM 2008
November 19, 2008 NCDM Announces Keynote Speakers for 2008 Conference
November 11, 2008 National Center for Database Marketing (NCDM) Spotlights Special Features of 2008 Event
November 7, 2008 DMA Offers 'Safe Harbor' Program for Companies that Import European Personal Data to US
October 11, 2008 Direct Marketing Association Kicks Off DMA08 Annual Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas r u Connected?
August 13, 2008 DMA08 Connects Attendees to State of the Art Education
June 3, 2008 ALC SPONSORS MAIL MOVES AMERICA KIOSK AT DM DAYS NEW YORK
April 17, 2008 DMA Research Now Selling Database Licenses
April 2, 2008 DMA's Fast Forward, Directo Day, International Day, and List Day Incorporated Into 2008 DM Days New York Conference & Expo
March 6, 2008 DMA Publishes 30th Edition of 'Statistical Fact Book'
December 17, 2007 DMA List Leaders Group Announces 2008 Chair & Vice Chair
December 12, 2007 NCDM 2007 Keynote Speaker Tony Hsieh Runs a Service Company That Just Happens to Sell Shoes
December 10, 2007 Warner Home Entertainment's Thomas Tileston to Keynote Today at NCDM 2007 in Las Vegas
November 28, 2007 DMA and DIRECT Magazine Announce 2007 NCDM Database Excellence Awards Finalists
November 8, 2007 NCDM 2007 Keynote Speakers Reveal Secrets Behind Turning Consumers' Discretionary Spending into Reliable Income
October 25, 2007 NCDM Presents New Features for Upcoming 2007 Conference & Exhibition
October 23, 2007 NCDM 2007 Conference & Exhibition to be Held December 10-12
July 23, 2007 DMA's 2007 International ECHO Awards Entries Sets All- Time High
July 11, 2007 DMA List and Database Council Honors DeVito and Morrison
June 6, 2007 DMA List and Database Council to Honor ALC's Fran Green with 2007 List Leader of the Year Award
June 4, 2007 DMA International Council to Honor MLA's James Thornton and IAPA s Daniel Rutenberg
May 29, 2007 DM Days New York Offers Eight Tailored Tracks to Pinpoint Conferees' Needs

Articles for List & Database Marketers
Throughout the year, DMA posts white papers on specific topics, relevant to the direct marketing industry and list/database marketers.

Suggested White Papers

Creating Great Subscriber Experiences: Are Marketers Relationship Worthy? - December 2008 -- By Return PathReturn Path
Is Dirty Data Sabotaging Your Marketing Results? - November 2008 -- By ReachForcereachforce.com
Emerging '09 DM Trends - November 2008 -- By Daniel StepanicC.Trac
Successful E-Mail Marketing Methods - September 2008 -- Medical Marketing ServicesMedical Marketing Service, Inc.
Driving ROI Once Your Email is Delivered - September 2008 -- ClickMail MarketingClickMail Marketing
Latinos Online - September 2008 -- Susannah FoxPew Hispanic
Ad Networks And How To Choose Them - July 2008 -- By Robert TasSportgenic
HTML Design and Rendering Tactis for Improved Email Deliverability and Increased Response - July 2008 -- By Megan OuelletListrak
Economic Impact Analysis 2008: The Direct Marketing Industry Report (Executive Summary) - July 2008 -- By Direct Marketing Association UKDMA UK
8 Tips for Selling a Direct Marketing Campaign - June 2008 -- By Ryan LouL2
CRM is not only Information Technology - June 2008 --
Real-Time Email Address Validation: Build or Buy? - June 2008 -- Bill Kaplan and Jodi Baier Freshaddress,Inc
2008 EMail Marketing Strategies - June 2008 -- By Fred TabsharaniVidi Emi
DMA Quarterly Business Review - Q1 2008 - May 2008 -- Direct Marketing Association
Membership In the Safe Harbor Program by Data Processors - May 2008 -- Christopher Kuner Hunton&Willams
Email Frequency: How Relevancy Tactics Changed The Rules - May 2008 -- Megan OuelletListrak
A new model for CRM - May 2008 -- Nelise Zymberg ZymbergMarketingDireto
Putting the Relationship back in Relationship Marketing - April 2008 -- Andy Hasselwander and Laird RawsthorneMarketBridge
The Benefits of Partnering with an Outside Database Firm - March 2008 -- Susan Williamsonctrac
Marketing Automation and the Enterprise Opportunity - March 2008 -- Winterberry Group Winterberry Group
Email Marketing Best Practices: Creatiing Relevant Email Campagigns with Dynamic Content - March 2008 -- Megan Ouellet Listrak
Outlook 2008: Essential Email Marketing Deliverability Guide - March 2008 -- Megan Ouellet Listrak
The Art and Science of Email Marketing - March 2008 -- Megan OuelletListrak
Implementing RSS as a Marketing Tool: Delivering content to Drive Leads - March 2008 -- Megan OuelletListrak
Where Did My Customer Go? the Problem of Undeliverable-As- Addressed Mail - March 2008 -- Melissa DataMelissaData
A Strategy for Savings:Postal Optimization and the Future of Direct Mail - March 2008 -- Winterberry Group Winterberry Group
DM ANALYSIS 2007 - March 2008 -- Laszlo CsankHungarian Direct Marketing Association
Web Analytics - A Reporting Approach - February 2008 -- By Robert Blakeley WebMD
Digital Marketing Services Transaction Activity: Transforming The Marketing Landscape - February 2008 -- by PetskyPrunier PetskyPrunier

DMA Store - Books & More
Your link to books, reports, directories, and audio and videotapes from the masters of direct marketing.

Suggested Reading

2005 DMA International ECHO Awards CD-ROM

Conferences, Events, and Exhibitions
At DMA events you will learn the latest techniques and strategies for lead generation, customer acquisition and retention. Conference exhibition is also an outstanding opportunity to show off your goods and services. You'll connect with key decision makers with the ability to to specify and buy your products and services. See our current events calendar, then find out about marketing opportunities at exhibitions.

Selected Events

01/13/2009	Building a World-Class Analytics Functionality	New York, NY	Register Now!
02/03/2009	17th Annual Catalog on the Road	Cambridge, MA	Register Now!
03/04/2009	Busting Marketing Myths: Prove It Before You Promote It	Chicago, IL	Register Now!
03/10/2009	Web Marketing - Design. Navigation. Analytics	Chicago, IL	Register Now!
03/31/2009	6th Annual Insert Media Day	New York, NY	Register Now!
04/28/2009	Database Marketing	Chicago, IL	Register Now!
05/04/2009	26th Annual ACCM Conference	New Orleans, LA	Register Now!
05/05/2009	Database Marketing	New York, NY	Register Now!
05/14/2009	Web Marketing - Design. Navigation. Analytics	New York, NY	Register Now!

DMA List & Database Council
DMA List & Database Council is to provides a forum for its members to discuss key trends, issues and technological developments that pertain to the use of mailing lists and databases.

Preference Services
Save money by doing the right thing. The Preference Services are an effective means of purging your lists of consumers who want to receive less advertising contact. DMA members are required to use these services.