The Top 5 Things Your Direct Mail Piece Needs
By Mailing Lists Direct | March 18th, 2014The Top 5 Things Your Direct Mail Piece Needs Direct Mail is one of the most effective tools you can use to market your business—according to the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), direct mail boasts a 4.4% response rate, compared to email’s average response rate of 0.12%. If you develop a campaign keeping these five tips […]
5 Direct Mail Marketing Myths Uncovered
By Ryan Tracy | April 7th, 2013In every marketing campaign, there exists a handful of myths and misconceptions about both the method and the results that the marketing will bring. Direct mail marketing isn’t any different. What myths are you believing? Keep reading to find out the direct mail marketing myths that you’ve been tricked into believing. #1 – If They […]
Turn Your Direct Marketing Campaign Into a Huge Success Story
By Ryan Tracy | April 6th, 2013According to Patrick Donahoe, every direct marketer should be prepared to face four challenges in order to make their direct mailing campaigns successful. Since the multi-channel marketing environment gives the consumers more options, it also makes it more difficult for the direct marketers to attract customers to pay attention to their mails. Following are the four challenges […]
Designing A Postcard Mailing Campaign
By Ryan Tracy | April 1st, 2013Joy Gendusa writes how restaurants can benefit from a well planned and well crafted postcard mailing campaign. There are three things to keep in mind while designing such a campaign: Size, design and list. Read her full article for some interesting tips on how to come up with a brilliant direct mailing campaign. Click the […]
New Marketing Campaigns for USPS
By Ryan Tracy | March 21st, 2013Ginger Conlon writes for DMNews.com about how the USPS encourages the involvement of digital channels by asking the direct mailers to add QR codes in their mails. This will help for making online payments. Nagisa Manabe, the chief marketing and sales officer of USPS tells about her revenue generating plans to save USPS in its financial crisis. […]
Integrate Your Campaign (Online and Direct Mail)
By Ryan Tracy | March 7th, 2013An article on brassCycle.com puts emphasis on the need of integrating inbound marketing efforts with direct mail campaigns. The article provides some useful tips on how to design complementing direct mail and website’s landing pages. Read the full article by Rich McElaney to find out more details about these wonderful marketing tips. Source: http://brasscycle.com/blog/bid/137044/Six-Tips-for-Integrating-Inbound-Marketing-with-Direct-Mail
Direct Mail Campaign to Promote Golf Mk VII
By Ryan Tracy | February 26th, 2013Volkswagen has hired Proximity London and photographer Carl Warner for a direct mail campaign to promote the new Golf. Golf Mk VII does not look much different from its predecessor in appearance, but a lot of new features have been added. Proximity London and Warner were appointed to underscore the depth of changes in the […]
South Dakota Mailing List Campaign Attracts Businesses to State
By Ryan Tracy | September 6th, 2011PIERRE, SD — South Dakota has initiated a direct mail campaign to attract businesses away from other states and setup shop in South Dakota instead. The direct mail piece used in the campaign features Gov. Dennis Daugaard along with the headline, “Tired of taxes? Call me.” The Governor’s Office of Economic Development in Pierre, SD […]
Direct Mail: How to Do-It-Yourself and Save
By Ryan Tracy | October 12th, 2009In the wake of the global economic slowdown, small businesses are faced with a big challenge: how to cost-effectively build their business with an extremely limited budget. Many of these businesses should consider a “DIY” (do it yourself) direct mail campaign. Sometimes small businesses balk at the idea of spending money on a mailing list, especially […]
Guide to a Successful Mailing List Campaign
By Ryan Tracy | July 27th, 2009Many businesses can increase sales and improve their bottom line by using direct mail. Sending out periodic direct response mailings will create inquiries that salespeople can convert to new sales and new customers. Doing so requires the use of quality mailing lists. A small startup may be able to do it from their kitchen table, but […]