direct mail
When you’re faced with a small space, it’s tough to convey a big message! Postcards, brochures and flyers need to say a lot in a very small amount of real estate: you need to perfect your micro marketing pitch to get it across clearly and concisely. The good news is, clients, customers and leads read these…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 be enough to get the results you want. Spaghetti without meatballs and sauce leaves a lot to be desired. On its own,…
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 people to the web. The combination of print and digital can be the one-two punch that supercharges your marketing. Although some…
Can you believe it’s already 2014? So many things have changed in the world of print and digital marketing in the past decade — and many will continue to evolve in the future. You may ask, “Why would I incorporate print into my Inbound Marketing when everything is digital now?” Well, because that’s the problem…
Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn — do these sound familiar to you? Since the social media and digital marketing boom, these three social platforms have stolen the hearts of marketing professionals everywhere. In a world filled with iPhones, tablets, and advanced technology, your customers are easily distracted. Businesses have been shifting marketing efforts to the web,…
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…