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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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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In an effort to reduce the number of mailpieces in a mailing that require forwarding or return, USPS Move Update regulations are now required within 95 days before a mailing date for all automation rate or presort rate First-Class Mail® and Standard Mail® (effective November 2008). This includes all mail categories such as letters, flats, automated, nonbarcoded, Read more…
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It’s no secret that determining your business’s target markets is crucial to a sound marketing strategy. Target markets are defined by differences in demographics, socioeconomics, attitudes and values, behaviors, location, and other distinguishable variables. Once you understand whom your target markets are, you can use direct marketing to deliver a tailored message to your buyers Read more…
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The purpose of a Call to Action (CTA) is to encourage a visitor to take a desired action. Usually this action is to engage with an offer you are providing: the downloading of an ebook, registration for a free trial, subscription to a newsletter, etc. That offer resides on a landing page on your website, Read more…
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Digi Says is a series of articles sent once monthly to our email subscribers. Each article focuses on a marketing statistic or fact that we see as a hot topic in our industry. It’s brought to you by Digi, your loyal production companion. Nonprofits face many marketing challenges: fundraising efforts, donor retention, time management, to 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…