Marketing Profs published a great article about generation more online traffic using direct mail.
Online and offline media work well together. An integrated approach can work wonders.
We told you about how 76 % of internet users were directly influenced to buy an item or service thanks to direct mail Better still, direct mail remains the one [...]
Marketing Experiments published an article with this headline, “How one company combined offline and online marketing to increase subscriptions by 124%”. The article told of the great success of using the same images and visuals in a mailing campaign and in the associated online content to increase new subscriptions.
The conclusion was that the offline direct [...]
On November 2, 2010 we the people are going to elect 36 U.S. Senators, all 435 House of Representatives and 37 governors. During the coming days, many political candidates and interested parties will use direct mail because it is effective.
The USPS offers special services and some processing differences for political endorsements. Depending on the circumstances, [...]
DMNews posted an article about how customer loyalty practices can build brands. American businesses that have the strongest bottom lines right now are those that enjoy the strongest brand loyalty. More and more organizations are searching ways to gain visibility for and engagement with their brands. Marketers have always known the value of brand building. [...]
The DMNews told a story of how several companies have had success with envelope customization. Marketers are making use of recent developments in printing and production technology to enhance the outer envelope with customized messages, four-color printing and other embellishments.
“The more information we can put on the outside of the envelope without it looking funky, [...]
The Wellesley Hills Group published a study about trends in Lead Generation. They found leads generated by companies fall into one of three categories, 25% were ready to be contacted by a salesperson, 50% of the leads need more “nurturing”, and 25% were not really qualified to be leads.
We want to help you with nurturing [...]
The Boston Globe reported that 62% of patients receiving intentionally fake treatment from friendly, empathetic doctors reported relief from their irritable bowel syndrome. This high number compared with 44% of a group that got the same fake treatment from impersonal, businesslike doctors.
Science is confirming that people respond much better to friendliness that demonstrates an understanding [...]
In a column for Deliver Magazine titled “Power in the Mailbox” author Steve Cuno, told about a friend who received a personal note from the president of her bank, just to check up and make sure the bank was treating her well. Thanks (perhaps ironically) to e-mail and the Internet, direct mail may now be [...]
Smart Money Magazine published an article in the June issue with the title “Why Your Mailbox Runneth Over”. The article stated that charities still rely heavily on direct mail as a fund-raising tool. Nonprofits spent $1.8 billion on direct-mail solicitations in 2009.
Pasadena, Calif., marketing consultancy Russ Reid Co. found that fund-raising campaigns with 12 to [...]
The U.S. Census is still advertising, urging people to complete and mail back census forms. The Harvard Business Review’s Daily Stat forwarded some information from the Pew Research Center anticipating that 12% of Americans would not fill out the form.
What does that mean? A form mailed to Americans generated an 88% response rate. 88% is [...]