When planning a marketing campaign, businesses often think they have to choose between direct mail and email. Not true! The intelligent approach is to use both. Here are five ways to use direct mail and email together to get the best results. 1. Use print when email addresses aren’t (yet) available. You can’t send emails [...]
When it comes to custom shaped signage, companies can showcase a unique display of their brand that grabs attention more so than a standard square or rectangular sign. Our eyes are used to scanning over things that are familiar and straight edge signage is one of those things that can be easily overlooked. Custom shaped [...]
No matter what channel you are using — direct mail or signage, email or print advertising — a great headline grabs the reader and won’t let go. It makes them stop what they are doing and say, “Wait! I need to pay attention to this!” Here are five “marketing insider” tricks that will increase the [...]
When a business hosts or sponsors an event, there is opportunity to make an impression with your brand that can be remembered beyond that day. Signage and other creative displays can bring an interactive brand experience to attendees and leave them with a long lasting impression of the event. A theme, purpose and the types [...]
One of the most powerful consumer trends of 2020 was the move to the suburbs. Yes, the ‘burbs. The suburbanization of America is changing the way we live, work, and play. This trend was in place before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the nationwide health crisis has accelerated it. Consumers are increasingly shopping where they live, [...]
Trade show marketing can be a challenge for many businesses. As a normal way of business, many companies attend industry trade shows with the goal of meeting new people and sharing ideas. Lead generation is strategized, but often times overlooked because of lack of time or budget. In the day-to-day life of a brand, physical [...]
Does your business front invite a new visitor with open arms and comfort? Or does it confuse the visitor about who your business is and what your brand has to say? First impressions in business do not stop at the networking event or sales presentation, but continue through to other interactions in the physical world [...]
When someone says “retargeting,” many people tend to think of digital ads used to entice a customer or prospect back to a marketer’s website after they visited without making a purchase. But did you know that retargeting can be done with direct mail, too? Say a 30-something trail runner lands on the webpage of a [...]
Did you know that 62% to 90% of our opinions about products, brands, and even our clothing, are based on color? This means that when your target audience first sets eyes on a piece of direct mail or marketing collateral, the very first impression likely isn’t created by the headline, call to action, or the [...]
Are you getting ready to send your next direct marketing campaign? Whether you are preparing to send a postcard or an email, three simple formatting techniques can make your content easier to read, comprehend, and remember. Even if you’re not a writing whiz, these techniques are easy to implement, too. Every marketer can do it. [...]
