Direct Marketing News, Tips & Trends
Our blog delivers info on the latest direct marketing trends, omnichannel marketing strategies, creative marketing ideas, direct mail marketing tips, postal issues, and more.
Postal Service Announces 2021 Postage Rates and Promotions
The postal team at IWCO Direct has been fielding lots of questions about what’s happening with the U.S. Postal Service. As we discuss below, the Postal Service continues to deliver for the American public despite the challenges we all have been facing this year. One of the most frequent questions we receive in the fall […]
Mail is for Memories
There’s nothing like a human connection. We can survive not being able to go to movies or eat out at restaurants; we can muddle through distance learning and working remotely. It’s another thing entirely to survive being deprived of human interaction. It’s a weird revelation that’s come out of the pandemic—for all our advancements in […]
How Verticals Have Adjusted Marketing Approaches to COVID-19
We’ve been analyzing how various verticals have adjusted their marketing approaches to COVID-19 and the impact on direct mail volumes. When the Winterberry Group released “The Outlook for Data Driven Advertising and Marketing 2020” in January, they projected direct mail to increase 0.6% and digital channels to increase an average of 14.5%. Then the COVID-19 […]
ANA Data & Analytics Conference: Expert Advice to Sustain, Grow, & Transform Direct Mail
The second annual ANA Data & Analytics Conference, hosted by American Express, was virtual this year, but its impact and insights were very real. ANA promised the audience would hear from key experts on innovation in data-driven tools and new technologies, personalization, brand and creative techniques founded in neuro-marketing, as well as the latest in compliance and privacy laws. More than 20 of my IWCO Direct colleagues registered for the event, and all who dialed in agreed it was a rousing success.
A Discussion of Direct Marketing Trends with the AMA Southern Connecticut
I recently participated in a virtual panel for American Marketing Association’s southern Connecticut chapter on direct marketing trends titled "An Industry Reset: The Resurgence of Integrated Marketing and Direct Mail.” There were some 60 marketers from the greater New York area in attendance who had great questions for me and the other two direct and digital marketers on the panel. Here are a few of those questions and a summary of some of my responses:
Measuring and Improving Our Environmental Footprint
The data has been collected and numbers have been crunched, and we are proud to announce the publication of our 2019 Environmental Snapshot. This annual infographic has been a one-page representation of some of the many metrics we monitor when evaluating our environmental performance over the past few years. It’s been fun for our team to look back to see how much we’ve improved and how our focus has shifted to different aspects of sustainability over time.
Check Out Our Latest Color Management Projects
IWCO Direct’s Color Technical Support (CTS) team has had an active year continuing to sharpen our color management tools to ensure even better color fidelity for our clients’ printed products. Here are some of the latest projects that have been keeping us busy: New Calibration Method One of our biggest color management achievements this year […]
Direct Mail Advice for Marketers Planning Fall Mailings
On Wednesday, we took a high-level look at concerns about operational changes that are happening at the U.S. Postal Service and have been a prominent part of recent news cycles. Today, we’re offering direct mail advice to marketers on what they need to understand about working with the Postal Service while planning their fall direct […]
The Postal Service Will be Here Tomorrow – Despite What You’ve Seen in the Media
The U.S. Postal Service has been the trending story in the news cycle for the last few weeks, raising questions about a variety of Postal Service issues including mail delivery, operational changes, removal of equipment, and USPS finances. As a result, marketers are asking questions about what to expect in the coming weeks and months, […]
IWCO Direct Employees TAG Their Coworkers to Express Appreciation
In mid-July, IWCO Direct’s parent company, Steel Partners, kicked off TAG to thank all of its employees who have worked and continue to work so diligently during the pandemic. TAG, which stands for “THANKS AND GRATITUDE,” provided a simple way for employees to recognize their coworkers by submitting a “post-it” or email to HR to […]
