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Direct Mail – How to make it work for you?

Regardless of whether you are mailing 250 pieces or 25,000, the objective of a mailing is typically the same – you want it to be successful! In the world of commerce, most mailings are targeted at “Customer Acquisition” or “Customer Retention”; you want to gain new customers or you want existing customers to revisit your [...]

3 Marketing Tips To Live By

3 Marketing Tips To Live By

1. Hello… anyone out there?? When you send a direct mail campaign do you hit a void of emptiness? The least exciting part of most marketing campaigns is often the most critical: the target audience. The best product, the best offer or the best of anything has little impact if you’re hitting the wrong target: [...]

Top 3 Marketing Trends of 2010:

Marketing campaigns need to adjust to meet the attitude of the audience. In times of economic stress and uncertainty these attitudes tend to be more cynical and value driven. In order to maximize efforts, campaigns must cater to the current climate by following these three trends of 2010.

True or false – You should expect a 1-3% response on your direct mail efforts?

The first question in any marketing effort should be: Who am I targeting? If you are sending a direct mail campaign to existing customers with a strong and clear offer you may well expect to receive a much higher response rate than 3%.

It’s Cool and Useful:

Traditionally, recording vacation memories follows a path sort of like this: Take pictures during cruise, leave them on your camera for months, finally upload them to your computer where they sit indefinitely.

Your Customers Are Hiding in Plain Sight:

After years in business, after 1000’s of customers and after dozens of marketing efforts businesses often get into a rut and repeat the same mistakes and are limited to the same successes. With new data modeling technology there’s a way to easily stop those mistakes and create new success opportunities.