If the financial services industry is any indication, direct mail is not only gaining strength among marketers, but also working well across various age groups. Recent information uncovered by direct marketing research firm Competiscan shows that “direct mail outreach by the financial services sector to Millennials grew faster than to any other age group from Read more…
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Informally, the old one-two punch refers to “an especially forceful or effective combination or sequence of two things.” In direct marketing the two-channel combo of direct mail and email packs a powerful one-two punch in getting the message out and bringing response in. Here’s why… Email Can Prime the Direct Mail Pump Before sending a Read more…
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As a business owner, you want to do everything you can to market your business and get the most for your advertising dollars; the last thing you want to do is send out a bunch of mailers only to end up with no responses. Direct mail marketing can include such things as postcards, catalogs, sales Read more…
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Scroll for special nonprofit 2015 calendar & mail rate cheat sheet—free download! When limited budgets and compacted timelines are in play and the stakes are high, single-channel marketing and poor messaging are the last things that will help your marketing strategy. Unfortunately, this happens to be the case for many nonprofit organizations. Fortunately, they are Read more…
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Feel like your emails are getting skimmed over or worse, tossed into the junk folder? If you’re not seeing the open or response rates you expect, it may be time to change things up. When the going gets tough, the tough gets old school. It’s easy to select multiple emails and trash them in one Read more…
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Clocking in at #41 on the Entrepreneur List of 100 Things You’ll Need to Know About in 2013 is “Handwriting = Hieroglyphics.” Yes that is true. You do not see a lot of handwriting around these days, which is precisely why we recommend using it to break through the myriad of advertising messages a consumer sees every day. Handwritten Read more…
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By all accounts, marketers that execute multichannel campaigns experience a significant lift in response rates over those who do not. Organizations that create a seamless, relevant, and pleasant user experience across all channels will have the best success. According to an article in Target Marketing, perhaps the most-effective demonstration of the offline-online marriage is the use of Read more…