DARTexpert
Overview
DARTexpert is the industry recognized software system for analyzing and planning direct response marketing programs. It is the essential planning tool for all direct marketers who are responsible for marketing results, whether you are working on traditional direct mail or other channels - email, keyword searches, PPC, and display ads.
Briefly, DARTexpert is a PC/Web based system that stores results from all your marketing channel activities in one easily accessible database, quickly performs complex analytics, accurately forecasts future results, optimizes list/media selections, and prioritizes your promotion spending to produce the marketing response that best meets your promotion goals.
Promotion History
Provides a powerful database engine for storing all your direct marketing results by product, channel, campaign and promotion code. Response data can be directly loaded from your order fulfillment sources.
Comprehensive and Flexible Analysis
Lets you configure and standardize reporting across campaigns, products, marketing channels, P&L metrics, ROI and staff changes. Track lifetime value across five marketing cycles.
Comparative Analysis
Enables you to identify your most responsive and profitable list/media sources, best creative efforts, pricing and offers.
Source Ranking
Uses unique "expert decision rules" to rank list groups and market segments by expected future performance...and automatically creates a master list portfolio for your next campaign.
Optimize Campaign Selections
Selects best prospect and customer segments and allocates audience volumes for achieving your promotion goals. And maximizes your marketing budget by prioritizing and allocating promotion dollars across all your marketing channels.
Promotion Management
Generates media schedules, list orders, marketing channel allocations, budgets, and test panel allocations reports. From the beginning of your campaign planning through to the end result, DARTexpert provides the critical tools you need to do your job every step of the way.
Detailed Features
Database Engine
Stores unlimited source records by campaign in one comprehensive easily-accessible database.
Holds over 350 data items per source record including 18 market classifiers
Calculates profits on unloaded, loaded, and fully loaded basis
Tracks lifetime value through five marketing cycles
Computes response and profit indices for relative performance analysis
Easily configured to fit your unique naming conventions and calculations
Product databases can be synchronized for use in remote locations
Multi-user/network ready
Automated Data Import/Export
Master tables for consistent naming of lists and market classifiers
Automated data import directly from order entry sources and export to spreadsheet formats
Spreadsheet-like data editing, with added features including data preferences, constants and factoring
Global entry for database wide editing
Management Reporting
Powerful report format for analysis, presentation and action
Multiple list ranking hierarchy
Unlimited segmentation analysis
Statistical test panel analysis
DARTexpert reports can be automatically e-mailed and/or saved in Excel format
Powerful Planning Tool
Uses decision rules to rank lists according to expected performance in future promotions
Optimizes list selection and mail volumes according to promotion responses and profit goals
Specifies test panel allocations
Generates mailing schedules, budgets, and list management reports
Provides efficient e-mail communication links between mailer and broker
DARTexpert System Requirements
Processor: 1GHz+ Pentium IV, 1GB RAM
CD-ROM Drive: Initial Install and Updates
Hard Disk: 100 MB Free Storage (database size dependent)
Monitor: 17" or larger Windows Compatible (800 x 600 Resolution)
Printer: Any Windows Compatible Printer
Operating System: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10/Pro
DARTexpert can also be accessed on the Web using Citrix and Windows Terminal servers
Other Questions?
To learn more about how DARTexpert can add value to your direct marketing programs, call 603.448.0448 or email info@laddassociates.com.