Looking for a simple, yet effective way to create targeted mailings? Try using ZIP Codes. By identifying ZIP Codes with large percentages of residents that match your desired audience, you can create highly effective campaigns at very reasonable cost. Let’s look at five ZIP Code filters: age bracket, household income, presence of children in the [...]
What is your best strategy for managing your marketing budget in times of economic uncertainty? Is it to put your mailings on hold until things get better, or is it to get creative and take advantage of existing opportunities? Our experience is that, even when the economy tightens, businesses get creative with their marketing and [...]
Want to know what’s moving and shaking in the direct mail market? You can’t go wrong by looking to Who’s Mailing What!, a database of nearly 200,000 direct mail pieces scanned and analyzed by text, images, vertical market, and more. Recently, WMW! analyzed its database and found that the copy used in direct mail today [...]
Have you ever noticed that you naturally want to return the favor when someone does something nice for you? As human beings, it’s a reaction that is wired into us, and it can be tapped as part of your direct mail strategy. It’s called “the rule of reciprocity.” The rule of reciprocity is why fitness [...]
By personalizing your direct mail pieces, you can increase response rates and cart sizes, too. But if you're new to personalization, the design process can seem intimidating. Here is a short "to do" list of common oversights to watch for. Use the correct data, not more data. The more data you have on your customers, [...]
Are you planning a multichannel marketing campaign? Automatically assuming you will be pairing direct mail with email? How about pairing direct mail with social media instead? Haven’t thought about it? Maybe you should. What makes direct mail and social media so complementary? Higher levels of customer engagement, regardless of channel, lead to strong customer loyalty [...]
Are you looking to build or expand your mailing list? If so, you have more options than just buying a targeted list or purchasing data to add to the list you already have. Here are five ways to build a great direct mail list that you might not have thought of. Look at trade shows. [...]
Even in a world of interactive digital media, something irresistibly draws people into the tangible world of paper and ink. But why? What makes people fall in love with print? Here are some of the answers we have come up with. If asked the same question, what would you say? Print is at the center of societal [...]
Anyone having success with email marketing knows that, at some point, certain customers “go dark” or stop responding to your offers. This doesn’t necessarily mean that they are no longer interested. Going dark can happen for any number of reasons, including an overflowing inbox. One proven win-back strategy is to re-engage them using oversized postcards. [...]
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 [...]
