The DMA Customer Acquisition Barometer 2015 as ever produced some great insight into the views of the consumer. Below are a few key findings:

1. Consumer preferred receiving advertising through Email then any other channel including Facebook.

*Remember email is an opt-in channel, with a simple mechanism to opt-out.

2. Consumers are more willing to share their data.

3. Email came out as top channel for sharing.

4. 60% wants emails from brands they don’t know. But this is no excuse for blasting, make sure the content is still relevant.

5. Despite a number of brands using email, they don’t find it effective.
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6. Content is not king! Consumers prefer competitions and loyalty schemes as an incentive to share their data.

Some interesting insights and definitely proves email is far from dead!