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From professional accreditation of your marketing modules, to student schemes, there’s a wealth of IDM initiatives, on campus and off, to give your university the edge when it comes to getting graduates into marketing jobs
Whatever your experience level or specialism, there's an IDM qualification to advance your knowledge and confirm your expertise
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Advertising mail is continually evolving, finding ever-more innovative ways to integrate with the latest digital tech. But every marketer is fully aware of the issues arising when ad mail hits the doormats of people who don't want to receive it.(Access for Members only)
Data fuels everything that we, as one-to-one marketers, do. Access to consumers' data is a privilege and not a right, so it's crucial to earn the trust necessary to give people confidence in the value of the data exchange.(Access for Members only)
Social networks allow people and businesses to engage with large numbers or people with an immediacy and frequency that traditional media cannot provide. This is our guide to using it.(Access for Members only)
The A-Z of door drops. Everything you need to know in order to plan, design, execute and deliver a door drop campaign.(Access for Members only)
Email has risen to become the most frequently used channel for one-to-one contact with consumers. The versatility and flexibility of email means that marketers' use of the channel are only limited by their imagination.(Access for Members only)
Inserts are one of the most powerful one-to-one marketing options available – combining the creative power of advertising mail with the reach and low cost of press.(Access for Members only)
We all know that mobile and tablet are the most personal devices for contacting people. Getting it right can produce a mutually beneficial relationship between company and consumer; getting it wrong could lose a customer for life.(Access for Members only)
Picking up the phone and having a conversation can be the most powerful way to convert a consumer into a customer. Of course, using such a personal medium the need to get it right could not be more important.(Access for Members only)
Marketers who choose the IDM as their training partner make a real difference to their business, their customers’ lives and their own career.
What counts today more than ever is not what you think, or even what you say, but what you can do. IDM qualifications and short marketing courses are designed for marketers who want to do more, faster, better.
Over the last 30 years we’ve trained over 100,000 delegates across 28 countries, from Microsoft to the BBC, John Lewis to Lego.
What will you do next in your digital, direct or data-driven career? Find out about IDM qualifications and training courses or IDM membership.
Anyone who wants to progress their career in marketing and take away practical advice that can be implemented instantly should take the IDM’s Professional Diploma in Direct and Digital Marketing. Spending a few days away from my normal working environment...
Anna McCarthy, Marketing Executive, Clothes2order
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