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. Xennials Explained: When is a Millennial Not a Millennial? info Posted March 29, 2019 by Ashley Leone in Direct Marketing Trends The problems millennials have created have been a point of conversation more than once around the Saturday coffee table (a time-honored Leone tradition). My two oldest siblings are staunch believers that millennials ruin just about everything (though, they add, it’s not always their fault). When I point out they are millennials—Pew Research lists millennials […] + Read More Why You Should Care About the Latest Postal News info Posted March 27, 2019 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates Have you heard of Areas Inspiring Mail (AIM)? It’s a Postal Service program that offers mailers and marketers the opportunity to meet with USPS Area and Headquarters leaders to learn about the latest postal news and initiatives and how to integrate mail into omnichannel marketing campaigns. I have the privilege of serving as the industry […] + Read More Mailing List Targeting—Think Creatively to Find the Right Audience for Your Message info Posted March 22, 2019 by Brent Doering in Direct Marketing Trends, Strategy and Analysis Have you received a letter, postcard, or catalog in the mail and said to yourself, “Why are they sending me this?” Perhaps you live in an apartment, and it’s a special offer for tree pruning services. Maybe you pick up your mail and as you’re shuffling through it, you see the name of the previous […] + Read More The Final Four Comes to Our Hometown—and We Compare the Winning Legacies of Coach K and Direct Mail info Posted March 20, 2019 by Tom Hexamer in Strategy and Analysis So here we are again, everyone’s favorite time of year! It’s time for Cinderella stories, bracket-busting upsets, buzzer beaters, Jim Nance, and Dickie V to come together in one bright and shining moment. March Madness in all its glory. This year is even more special for the folks at IWCO Direct because the Final Four […] + Read More IWCO Direct Turns 50: Five Things That Haven’t Changed Since 1969 info Posted March 19, 2019 by Jim Andersen in Announcements March 17 appears on most calendars as St. Patrick’s Day, but this year, we had another reason to celebrate. The company we know today as IWCO Direct was founded fifty years ago on March 17, 1969, as Instant Services, Inc. There were four employees and one sheetfed press. The company name reflected what still differentiates […] + Read More Our New Color Science Education Center Helps Us Keep Our Shamrocks the Right Shade of Green (Whichever Shade That Is) info Posted March 15, 2019 by Steve Malec in Direct Mail Marketing With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, I decided to find out the PANTONE equivalent of St. Paddy’s green. Boy, oh boy, I had no idea of the history behind St. Patrick’s Day and the color green. For example, I learned that blue was the original color for St. Patrick’s Day, but it switched to green sometime in the 19th century [...] + Read More Enabling Successful Customer Communication Management Requires More than Software info Posted March 13, 2019 by David Klempke, PMP in Dynamic Content Management Positioning customer communication management (CCM) software as the “silver bullet” that ensures a successful direct marketing strategy by delivering a high degree of customer personalization is comparable to “snake oil” sales proclaiming a cure for all that ails you. Certainly, software plays an important role as an enabler of an effective marketing strategy, but in […] + Read More Risk Management Takes Center Stage at DRJ Spring 2019 info Posted March 12, 2019 by Michael Henry in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Mail-Gard has the opportunity to exhibit at many industry shows and conferences, but one of our go-to events is the DRJ Spring Conference, which is being held March 24–27 at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, FL. We can always count on the Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ) to host an informative and invaluable […] + Read More Help ANA Develop a New Paradigm to Benefit Consumers and Businesses info Posted March 8, 2019 by Debora Haskel in Direct Marketing Trends “Data Privacy Legislation Isn’t Confined to California.” A few weeks ago, I wrote that sentence in a blog recapping the work being done by ANA and DMA to advocate for the future of direct marketing amid the potential overreach of new data privacy restrictions like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). I have rarely been accused of being understated, but that statement now seems like the opposite of hyperbole [...] + Read More 5 Questions a Designer Asks About Direct Mail Formats info Posted March 6, 2019 by Mike Dietz in Creative Those who have ever designed direct mail before—or even those who pay attention to what’s in their mailbox—know there are plenty of direct mail format options out there. Self-mailers, #10 envelopes, snap-packs, monarch-sized pieces… the list goes on and on. Likewise, there are a lot of factors in choosing a direct mail format for your […] + Read More Pages: First Page123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118Last PageLoad More Articles
Xennials Explained: When is a Millennial Not a Millennial? info Posted March 29, 2019 by Ashley Leone in Direct Marketing Trends The problems millennials have created have been a point of conversation more than once around the Saturday coffee table (a time-honored Leone tradition). My two oldest siblings are staunch believers that millennials ruin just about everything (though, they add, it’s not always their fault). When I point out they are millennials—Pew Research lists millennials […] + Read More
Why You Should Care About the Latest Postal News info Posted March 27, 2019 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates Have you heard of Areas Inspiring Mail (AIM)? It’s a Postal Service program that offers mailers and marketers the opportunity to meet with USPS Area and Headquarters leaders to learn about the latest postal news and initiatives and how to integrate mail into omnichannel marketing campaigns. I have the privilege of serving as the industry […] + Read More
Mailing List Targeting—Think Creatively to Find the Right Audience for Your Message info Posted March 22, 2019 by Brent Doering in Direct Marketing Trends, Strategy and Analysis Have you received a letter, postcard, or catalog in the mail and said to yourself, “Why are they sending me this?” Perhaps you live in an apartment, and it’s a special offer for tree pruning services. Maybe you pick up your mail and as you’re shuffling through it, you see the name of the previous […] + Read More
The Final Four Comes to Our Hometown—and We Compare the Winning Legacies of Coach K and Direct Mail info Posted March 20, 2019 by Tom Hexamer in Strategy and Analysis So here we are again, everyone’s favorite time of year! It’s time for Cinderella stories, bracket-busting upsets, buzzer beaters, Jim Nance, and Dickie V to come together in one bright and shining moment. March Madness in all its glory. This year is even more special for the folks at IWCO Direct because the Final Four […] + Read More
IWCO Direct Turns 50: Five Things That Haven’t Changed Since 1969 info Posted March 19, 2019 by Jim Andersen in Announcements March 17 appears on most calendars as St. Patrick’s Day, but this year, we had another reason to celebrate. The company we know today as IWCO Direct was founded fifty years ago on March 17, 1969, as Instant Services, Inc. There were four employees and one sheetfed press. The company name reflected what still differentiates […] + Read More
Our New Color Science Education Center Helps Us Keep Our Shamrocks the Right Shade of Green (Whichever Shade That Is) info Posted March 15, 2019 by Steve Malec in Direct Mail Marketing With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, I decided to find out the PANTONE equivalent of St. Paddy’s green. Boy, oh boy, I had no idea of the history behind St. Patrick’s Day and the color green. For example, I learned that blue was the original color for St. Patrick’s Day, but it switched to green sometime in the 19th century [...] + Read More
Enabling Successful Customer Communication Management Requires More than Software info Posted March 13, 2019 by David Klempke, PMP in Dynamic Content Management Positioning customer communication management (CCM) software as the “silver bullet” that ensures a successful direct marketing strategy by delivering a high degree of customer personalization is comparable to “snake oil” sales proclaiming a cure for all that ails you. Certainly, software plays an important role as an enabler of an effective marketing strategy, but in […] + Read More
Risk Management Takes Center Stage at DRJ Spring 2019 info Posted March 12, 2019 by Michael Henry in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Mail-Gard has the opportunity to exhibit at many industry shows and conferences, but one of our go-to events is the DRJ Spring Conference, which is being held March 24–27 at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, FL. We can always count on the Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ) to host an informative and invaluable […] + Read More
Help ANA Develop a New Paradigm to Benefit Consumers and Businesses info Posted March 8, 2019 by Debora Haskel in Direct Marketing Trends “Data Privacy Legislation Isn’t Confined to California.” A few weeks ago, I wrote that sentence in a blog recapping the work being done by ANA and DMA to advocate for the future of direct marketing amid the potential overreach of new data privacy restrictions like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). I have rarely been accused of being understated, but that statement now seems like the opposite of hyperbole [...] + Read More
5 Questions a Designer Asks About Direct Mail Formats info Posted March 6, 2019 by Mike Dietz in Creative Those who have ever designed direct mail before—or even those who pay attention to what’s in their mailbox—know there are plenty of direct mail format options out there. Self-mailers, #10 envelopes, snap-packs, monarch-sized pieces… the list goes on and on. Likewise, there are a lot of factors in choosing a direct mail format for your […] + Read More