Article: Marketers still keen on e-mail; Despite increase in e-mail campaigns, challenges include blogs, podcasts, filters.(E-Mail)

Byline: CAROL KROL

Marketers remain bullish on e-mail marketing. Seventy-two percent of marketers said they will use e-mail more this year compared with 2006, according to results from a survey of 1,500 marketing executives conducted online by Datran Media, a performance marketing company.

In addition, 71% of marketers plan to increase spending on e-mail acquisition campaigns this year, and 63% plan to increase spending on e-mail retention efforts.

Marketer respondents ranked e-mail optimization techniques, including landing pages, subject line testing and triggered messaging, as "very important.''

Another survey found the majority of ...

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