OK, left-brainers, here are the latest ways to use databases and segmentation for targeted marketing, including multicultural marketing efforts. It's genius!

In Sync - Coordinating Corporate and System Database Marketing Initiatives
Monday, July 21, 2:30 - 3:45pm
Get the macro and micro perspective on how cable MSO and field level marketers are working together - and independently - to create and implement database-driven marketing and new product initiatives.  Teams representing Comcast and Cox Communications will demonstrate their successes and share lessons learned for creating the engine and making it run.  Hear the corporate philosophy behind the larger plan for the company database, targeting customers, determining packages and launching new products.  Then learn how these resources are used and combined with tools in the field - including the "work-arounds" employed - to implement database initiatives today.

Moderator: Lee Clayton, Senior Vice President of Operations, Midwest Division, Charter Communications
Panelists:
  • Tony Maldonado, VP, Marketing, Cox Communications

  • Mike Melton, Exec Director, Marketing Services, Cox Communications

  • Carla Simonet, Senior Director, National Marketing Sciences, Comcast

  • Michelle Thompson, Manager Database Marketing, Mountain Division, Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.

Matching Targeted Product to Targeted Segments: Hispanic Case Studies
Monday, July 21, 4:15 - 5:30pm
Without the right product offering and value proposition, the most sophisticated database marketing and segmentation efforts won't drive a single sale. Learn how cable companies have re-evaluated their programming and packaging based on unique characteristics of the Hispanic market. Using research and data as your guide, find out how to build the most compelling product mix based on the values and needs of this explosive target audience and then how to construct an offer they can't refuse. 

Moderator: Lynette Pinto, Vice President Marketing, NBC Cable Networks
Panelists:
  • Scott Tenney, Vice President of National Marketing, Core Video, Comcast Cable Communications

  • John Vonk, VP Sales & Marketing, Western Division, Comcast 

  • Richard Yelen, VP Marketing, Charter Communications

Roundtables
Tuesday, July 22, 2:30 - 3:30pm

  • African American Segmentation
  • Asian American Segmentation
  • Post-Campaign Analysis
  • Latino/Hispanic Segmentation
  • Leveraging Basic Programmer Partnerships - Research & Cross-Channel
  • Targeted Broadband Content Partnerships
  • Tracking Tactical Marketing Efficiencies on the Fly


CTAM - Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing
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