Direct Mail

Your Brain on Direct Mail

By Tina Deprez / September 9, 2014

Here 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…

4 Ways to Integrate Direct Mail with the Web

By Robert Wendt / January 30, 2014

Are 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…

Here is another reason to love direct mail!

By Robert Wendt / August 14, 2013

On 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…

How PURLs Improve Your Response Rates

By Robert Wendt / June 4, 2013

Need to break through the clutter to engage someone with your marketing message? Try print media with a twist — ADD PURLs. Allow me to explain . . . More than 60% of online brand searches begin because of a printed message. When you combine print media with PURLs — personalized URLs — you’re giving your…

“Pushing the Envelope” — Marketing with a Digital Press

By Robert Wendt / May 1, 2013

With the recent addition of our new digital envelope press, short run, full-color envelopes have never been easier (or more affordable) to add some FLASH to your marketing campaigns. Gone are the days of fuzzy images or less-than-stellar color delivery. New digital technologies consistently produce high-quality images so crisp you’ll be hard-pressed to tell they…

Grow Your Business AND Flowers with “Seed Paper”

By Robert Wendt / April 15, 2013

You want to send out an unforgettable marketing piece for your business. But your eco-minded conscience doesn’t like wasting paper. Have I got a solution for you… Now you can have that great design you’ve always envisioned AND be eco-friendly.The secret? SEED PAPER! Seed paper is embedded with wildflower, herb, or vegetable seeds. Your recipients…

Don’t Ask Email to Do Direct Mail’s Job

By Johnathan Crawford / March 13, 2013

Are you trying to acquire new customers by sending emails to a rented list? That’s like hammering nails with a screwdriver. You’re misusing the tool, and things could get ugly. Those rentable email lists may be opt-in – that is, people agreed to subscribe – but most likely, recipients aren’t interested in what you’re promoting.…

Open Sesame

By Johnathan Crawford / January 29, 2013

One challenge faced by both direct mail and email is getting the communication piece opened. In emails, using an intriguing subject line gets people to click open the message. For postal direct mailers, the challenge is getting recipients to tear open the envelope or self-mailer so they see and read what’s inside. So how do…

Three Rules of Direct Marketing – Plus a Fourth

By Johnathan Crawford / December 18, 2012

Marketing as having two foundation stones. The first is brand marketing: developing strategies and messages that build value for our product or service by influencing the way people think and feel about them. The second foundation stone occurs when we ask for the order by presenting and discussing a price. That’s the “direct” part of…

Want to get your next direct mailer opened?

By Robert Wendt / October 30, 2012

Direct mail marketing is one way to market a business. There are different direct marketing tools you may use. One of the most effective is a sales letter. Sales letters can help generate leads and drive sales with the help of compelling copy and more importantly, an irresistible offer. But before your recipients get to…