We've told you the bad and the ugly about e-mail marketing. Now, the good:
• ROI. A recent DMA study reported that e-mail, on average, achieved a ROI more than four times higher than direct mail. The reason is simple: e-mail campaign costs are almost always lower—usually much lower—than direct mail. This is painful for your ink-in-the-blood authors to report, but it's pointless to stick our heads in the sand and ignore the benefits of other channels.
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