Direct Marketing: Planning for the New Year

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  The end of an old year means it’s time to start marketing for the new one. Maybe you’ve planned this for awhile and already have some great ideas, or maybe this is your first time marketing and you feel a bit lost. No matter what your experience, a good direct marketing plan is vital, but can be overwhelming if you try to do everything at once. Today, we’ll focus on a few key areas to pay attention to during next year’s marketing plan. Read More

What’s the Recipe? Ingredients of a Successful Direct Marketing Campaign

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  Putting together a successful direct marketingcampaign takes more than a hit-and-miss approach. You can’t leave anything to chance, and it’s essential that you include the most important elements and that they all work together. Here are the three primary components that you need to ensure are rich, well-rounded and fully fleshed out before you hit the ‘send’ button: Read More

How to Increase Your Response Rates with a Microsite

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  Increasing the response rates from your direct marketing campaigns is an ongoing project for most marketers.  Direct mail works best with mailing lists you own, such as existing clients or people who sign up to receive your promotions, but even if you use rented lists there are ways to maximize the return on your investment. One of these ways is to create a microsite for each campaign: Read More

Learning from the Past: Lessons to Take from the Past Year

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  The year 2015 has barely begun, but business owners are already determining how to ensure their companies do better this year than last year and how to make this year as profitable as possible. Unfortunately, many business owners aren’t fully aware that looking back to 2014 could have plenty of benefits. Today, we’ll look at some of the smart marketing moves companies made in 2014, as well as some of the mistakes business owners make each year. We’ll show you how to avoid pitfalls and have a successful business year. Read More

Direct Mail: New Year’s Mistakes

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  After the holidays, most people take a rest from shopping, bargain hunting, and analyzing selections at competing stores. However, retailers experience no such reprieve. We understand retailers must keep profits up after the holidays, and how frustrating it can be when potential shoppers don’t respond to direct mail material. In fact, direct mail often ends up in the garbage, but if you avoid certain mistakes, customers will search out opportunities to visit your store and purchase your products. Today, we’ll look at a few common direct mail mistakes and how to avoid them. Read More

Getting the Timing Right: How Far in Advance Should You Plan Your Direct Mail Campaign?

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  Timing is everything in life and business, and one of the most common mistakes marketers make when they’re sending out a direct mail campaign is to get the timing wrong. It doesn’t help, for example, to be sending out a mailing in mid-December promoting special offers for Christmas! That’s just way too late, but often it happens because the planning process underestimates how long it takes to put the campaign together and pull it off. Read More

A Direct Mail Marketing Campaign Timeline Dissected

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  Choosing the timeframe for your direct mail marketing campaign is half the battle. The timeframe should be discussed in the beginning stages of a promotion, and considerations should include the scope of the campaign, number of mailings, budget, and what kind of print production will be involved. Read More

Is Your Direct Mail Sinking in a Social Media-Driven World?

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  With the intense focus on everything social these days, you might be wondering whether there’s still a place for direct mail in a social media-driven world. The answer is yes, if it’s done right. So what does “doing it right” actually mean, and how do you navigate the waters of the social seas without sinking? Don’t panic – there are ways to do it that will bring you a return on your direct marketing investment. Read More

3 Ways to Measure the ROI of Your Direct Mail Campaigns

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Everything you do in business needs to deliver a return on your investment (ROI). Whether you’re putting in money, time, effort or other resources, it’s only worthwhile if you can see the results. However, it’s often difficult to measure the ROI of direct mail campaigns. You don’t always know how and why customers end up coming to you for products or services. Some of the things you might want to measure are: Read More