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Direct Marketing: What it is and 5 direct message marketing examples

Sprout Social

It’s transforming the customer experience and pushing brands to broaden their direct marketing strategies. Taking a page from the conversational marketing playbook, direct messaging boosts a brand’s ability to connect with their audience one-on-one. It immediately generated online buzz and PR.

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199 Digital Marketing Stats to Drive Your Marketing Strategy

Marketing Insider Group

Approximately 85% of buyers trust testimonials created by other consumers as much as they trust recommendations from personal contacts, which is up from 84% in 2016. According to WPForms, “the number of marketers who say Facebook is “critical” or “important” to their business has increased 83%.” (Optinmonster). Econsultancy).