Digital Printing & Direct Mail Blog

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 ...

OMG, what can be done with this gift? It's that time of year and you might just get the dreaded, well-intentioned fruitcake as a holiday gift. Fruitcake... that thing that looks like a brick ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Connections Education was looking for a way to simplify ordering of stationery, business cards, direct mailers and other printed materials for its 39 schools, it turned to Heritage’s innovative Web-to-Print service. Using a ...

Failing to plan for your participation in a trade show is planning to fail. Without a solid plan for pre-show marketing, attracting the right attendees to your booth during the show and post-show follow-up, ...

When Derse, a full-service face-to-face marketing agency that builds trade show exhibits, events and environments for top brands across the globe, received a request for proposal from a major automaker, it pulled out all ...

Nothing can derail a print project faster than pre-press errors with the file you’ve sent to your commercial printer. Here are 9 of the most common problems we see, and how you can avoid them to ensure ...

Alumnae of Mt. Mary University are inspired and empowered women who are committed to challenging and transforming their communities and workplaces. Andrea Miller, Director of Alumnae Engagement, holds her suppliers to a similar high ...

What separates basic collateral pieces from those that capture your attention? More often than not, it’s a creative combination of design, paper and coating that makes the difference. A coating continues to be one of the best ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you want to get a job done, you often need more than just one tool and they have to be the right tools that work together. The same is true of marketing. One marketing tool may not ...

In a world that has become obsessed with digital communications, many marketers view print as a quaint relic of the past that has little or no relevance. Most businesses have overwhelmingly moved their marketing ...

In  2016, print is enjoying a remarkable resurgence. Why? Because marketers are discovering that in today’s overwhelmingly Digital Age, well-designed print pieces have the power to cut through the clutter, command attention and drive ...

The average consumer is assaulted by over 3,000 messages and advertisements per day. It’s no wonder they have erected mental walls to deflect this firehose of content pouring into their eyes and ears. So ...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is constantly improving efficiency, and as a result, the mail is more accurate and faster than ever before. One notable recent improvement? The USPS’ new mail tracking and ...