Direct Mail

How to measure the success of your direct mail campaign

By Robert Wendt / March 17, 2011

As a marketer, it’s critical to quantify the effectiveness of your marketing efforts. But how do you define success? Particularly with 1:1 printing, it’s critical to use the right yardstick. Let’s look at seven ways to evaluate the success of a 1:1 print marketing campaign. Examples are greatly simplified for illustration and calculations do not…

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Achieve Marketing Success Through Measurement

By Robert Wendt / February 14, 2011

It is important to take the time to analyze your previous direct mail efforts to ensure a greater return on investment. If you don’t measure results, you won’t know which elements of your campaign worked and which didn’t. If you don’t know what is most effective, you don’t know how to improve campaigns down the…

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A Successful Direct Mail Campaign – House of Harley

By Robert Wendt / January 18, 2011

House of Harley relies on direct mail as an important part of their marketing mix. They know that compelling art and a clear message still have the power to stand out for the customers they target. That’s why they’ve built up the physical size of their pieces over the last few years, along with the…

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It’s all about choice

By Robert Wendt / November 30, 2010

Can’t figure out the best way for your customers to respond? Let them choose! There are a lot of factors that come into play for a direct mail campaign to be successful. People spend a lot of time thinking about the creative, offer, and target lists. Sometimes we forget about call to action and make…

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