Principles of Direct and
Database Marketing
This comprehensive text
covers all aspects of direct and database marketing. It is still the most focused direct
marketing text, marrying academic principles with the practicalities of the commercial
world.
Building on the success of
the first edition, each chapter follows successive elements of the marketing planning
process, providing a clear framework for the book as a whole, making it eminently readable
and easy to follow.
Many of the pedagogical
features designed to make teaching and learning more effective have been retained from the
first edition. Chapter introductions and learning objectives encourage the reader to
consider the main issues presented; chapter summaries and questions consolidate the ideas
introduced. Exhibits and mini-case studies appear throughout the text to reinforce taught
concepts, the latter are ideal for seminar-based exercises. A fully-worked case study at
the end .of the text demonstrates how to answer a direct marketing case, illustrating the
practice behind the theory.
In addition, key changes to
the second edition include:
• a new chapter and
associated case study covering the impact on direct marketing of the Internet and new
technology
• greater coverage of the
important areas of relationship marketing and loyalty
• updates to all chapters
to ensure the latest developments have been included
• six new-case studies with
questions, based on well-known companies, which show how direct marketing is applied in
particular situations
Written by an academic with a
wealth of practical experience of direct marketing, the second edition of Principles of
Direct and Database Marketing is indispensable for students of direct marketing. The book
will also be invaluable for practitioners wishing' to add to their practical experience.
Alan Tapp is Senior Lecturer
in Bristol Business School at the University of the West of England.
434 pages