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International Direct Marketing News
Global-Z International Quarterly eNewsletter Summer 2006

in this issue

Focus on China: Marketing Data Management Strategies

Exploring the International Market for Data

Product Innovation: News to Address the Global Commerce Demand for 24x7x365 Responsiveness

New Face to Know at Global-Z


 

GZ News Back in Bytes
News changes quickly from one day to the next. The international direct marketing industry is certainly no exception. Keeping up with all the issues that are of importance to you can be challenging.

By popular demand, we bring back GZ News. Our quarterly newsletter was a hard copy version of what we now bring to you electronically, designed so you can quickly determine which articles and industry-related links are important to you.

As with our prior version of GZ News, we will continue to bring you articles of interest written by our knowledgeable team, as well as some notes of interest about Global-Z and the people that you have come to know, or will hopefully get to know.

In future GZ News issues you can expect:
  • Special features like white papers on country- specific research and recommendations to help your business grow;
  • Latest news you can use from the Direct Marketing industry;
  • Quick links to resources that will assist you with your demanding workload;
  • Practical information to help you simplify your life and give you an edge in international data management and marketing;
  • Stories of interest from around the globe from Global-Z team members and associates who have "been there";
  • Innovative development news, reports, products and company trends.

Greetings!

We have relaunched GZ News-- in a convenient eNewsletter format. Please join those international marketers "in the know"! You may read more about the benefits of GZ News highlighted in "GZ News Back in Bytes" in this issue.

Before we send out our next free quarterly eNewsletter we welcome your feedback. We think you will enjoy GZ News. More importantly, we not only want you to be the judge of that, we also want you to be assured that should you opt to make this issue of GZ News your final issue we will immediately remove you from our GZ News email list.

Simply reply to this email with your questions, comments or concerns. We look forward to your feedback!


  • Focus on China: Marketing Data Management Strategies
  • Over the past several decades China has shifted its economy from a centrally planned system to a more market-oriented system with a rapidly growing private sector. China is now a major player in the Global Economy. Due to its population size, its increasing tendency towards free trade, and the growth rate of its economy, China represents a significant potential market for many consumer and business-to-business marketers.

    However, there are also a number of significant challenges to reaching the Chinese market, including language and cultural challenges as well as China’s developing infrastructure. In addition, complex encoding issues related to the storage of Chinese text on computer systems can create challenges in maintaining and analyzing marketing data. In this white paper we discuss a number of these challenges, and describe some specific techniques to overcoming these issues. In particular we present specific tools and techniques that can be used to assess and improve the management of Chinese data as part of a global marketing campaign.

    Download the PDF of our series' most recent white paper...
  • Exploring the International Market for Data
  • In "The Wizard of Oz," Dorothy famously remarks to Toto, "I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." It's the same feeling many U.S.-based direct marketers experience upon entering global markets. Why? Media opportunities differ, as do regulatory environments. Then there are the sometimes-vast chasms between the data available abroad versus what comes standard in the U.S.

    Click here for Amy Syracuse's full article...
  • Product Innovation: News to Address the Global Commerce Demand for 24x7x365 Responsiveness
  • "Now in their seventh year, the IDMF/DM Business New Product awards recognise innovative products and services in the marketing arena. By addressing a key marketing need - international online address standardisation - our judges found that Global-Z had developed a service that is both highly necessary and likely to be valued by the most forward thinking international marketers."
    - Frank Wainwright
    Publishing Editor
    DM Business

    Business often demands access to resources on an as-needed, immediate basis. Global commerce demands 24x7x365 responsiveness. This demand was the genesis of Global-Z's award winning Online Global Address Standardization service.

    Learn more to benefit your business...
  • New Face to Know at Global-Z
  • Please join us in welcoming Marty Shaw to the Global-Z team. Marty is working with our Sales and Business Development team. He brings 14 years of business development experience, 8 of which has been in a technical sales capacity matching clients' business needs and goals with the ideal solution. Marty sits on the VT/NH Direct Marketing Group Board of Directors and has been actively involved in this Group since 1999.

    Originally from Montreal, Marty makes his home in northern Vermont with his wife and two children.

    Marty's email address is Marty@globalz.com

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