Direct Mail
Creative envelope treatments are a perfect opportunity to differentiate your direct mail pieces and grab your audience’s attention. Yet many marketers squander it by sending out mailers that don’t even leave a ripple as they land in your mailbox. Yawn… Circular file. If you’re looking to command the attention of your target audience, you need…
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Direct mail is (hands down!) one of the most effective methods for reaching your customers. For some of us, this is great news. For others, not so much. For example, your sales team may absolutely dread direct mail campaigns. Why? Because they’re seen as time-consuming and tedious… and they’re not far off. Stuffing envelopes and gathering…
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Designing a direct mail piece and sending it to your entire mail list will never be as effective as personalizing your message to each of your segment’s needs. If you’re not segmenting your customer lists in your direct mail programs, you should be. Doing so enables you to mail different versions of your direct mail…
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It’s easy to bank some money every year… clean your customer list! Customer lists tend to age quickly. An average of 20% of business people change jobs each year, and 1 out of 6 families move in any given year. If you don’t update your customer lists on a regular basis, you are wasting postage…
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Many people think that direct mail is expensive, and it can be. But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can reduce the cost of direct mail by as much as 70 percent by using an innovative program from the U.S. Postal Service called Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM). Every Door Direct Mail allows…
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Today, many companies are obsessed with digital marketing: web pages, emails, social media, native advertising, pay-per-click ads…. What has gotten lost in the shuffle is the cost-effectiveness and value of integrated marketing – using a combination of online and offline channels to build brand awareness and generate sales leads. In particular, integrating your direct mail…
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It’s a familiar, yet distressing scenario: Pouring your heart and soul into what you think is a killer direct mail piece – sending it out and expecting new leads and business to just start flooding in. Instead, the only sound you hear is crickets… No reaction. Zero. Zip. Nada. What happened? Was it really that bad? You can try to…
Read MoreHere is your BRAIN on DIRECT MAIL — It’s a good thing! There has been a lot of chatter going around about print marketing and its effectiveness — Is print still relevant? Does it reach audiences? Is it worth the time and money? Let me answer your questions in one simple word — YES! Don’t…
Read MoreAre you looking to promote awareness for a product or service? It’s time to shift your focus from display ads and pay-per-click programs and start delivering your message DIRECTLY to your target audience. Direct mail has proven itself extremely effective. A creative and interesting direct mail piece will break through all the marketing clutter and…
Read MoreOn July 1st of this year the State of Wisconsin declared direct mail exempt from sales tax. So currently any direct mail piece printed and delivered through the postal system should be exempt from state sales tax. This is great news for anyone that depends on direct mail to drive sales! Direct mail has always…
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