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. Personalized Direct Marketing Has Never Been Easier than with IWCO Direct 1to1℠ info Posted February 6, 2019 by David Klempke, PMP in Dynamic Content Management In today’s fast-paced and connected world, it is increasingly critical to extend your marketing reach to customers through the use of multiple channels. With people constantly on the go or buried deep in their phones, if your message does not stand out, it is at risk of being missed entirely! So how do you engage […] + Read More Who Won and Who Lost in Our Super Bowl Ad Review info Posted February 5, 2019 by Debora Haskel in Creative We couldn’t help but notice that this year’s Super Bowl ads would be reaching out to women, showcasing women, and focusing on women, so it only made sense to ask five women from IWCO Direct to review this year’s ads. While every response to this request was an enthusiastic variation of, “Count me in,” the […] + Read More Three More Tips to Make Your Mailpiece Design More Engaging info Posted February 1, 2019 by Mike Dietz in Creative A few days ago, my colleague Marcus Johnson provided seven tips to make direct mail marketing copy more engaging. I think you’ll find that many of those tips cross over from copy into design, and that’s for a good reason: The effectiveness of direct mail relies heavily on how well the marketing copy and mailpiece design work together to engage the audience and prompt them to take action [...] + Read More 7 Ways to Make Your Marketing Copy More Engaging info Posted January 30, 2019 by Marcus Johnson in Creative Do you still believe the tired platitude that everyone hates direct mail? Hate, tolerate, or love it, direct mail gets results. And it’s become a key, if not essential, part of the mix for any smart marketing strategy. But let’s concede that there may be a grain of truth to that old chestnut [...] + Read More Fresh Faces and Fresh Technology Stood Out at the 2019 PIA Color Conference info Posted January 29, 2019 by Steve Malec in Direct Mail Marketing With subzero temperatures hitting the Midwest, it seems like almost a lifetime ago that I was in San Diego for the 2019 PIA Color Conference. This event is an annual destination for members of our Color Technical Support (CTS) team, and not just because of its warm location in January. Being able to meet with industry leaders who have been in the forefront of developing graphic art standards is very beneficial. It allows our team to maintain our competitive edge [...] + Read More Here’s Your 2019 Marketing Forecast, Courtesy of Bruce Biegel and DMCNY info Posted January 25, 2019 by Hank Andersen in Strategy and Analysis The Direct Marketing Club of New York (DMCNY) promised to kick off the new year and their Annual Outlook Luncheon with the “razor-sharp predictions” of Bruce Biegel, Senior Managing Director of Winterberry Group and advisor for Petsky Prunier. This was a milestone for Biegel, as he celebrated his tenth anniversary of providing the industry outlook and insights we enjoy every January [...] + Read More The Hidden Drivers of Today’s Marketing Mix: The 5Is and 7Ps info Posted January 23, 2019 by Mike Ertel in Strategy and Analysis The concept of the Marketing Mix has been around since the 1950s when Neil Borden introduced it as the ingredients for an integrated set of marketing “tactics” to create a higher value relationship with customers (what we now refer to as “CX” or “customer experience.”) In the early ‘60s, a marketing professor named E. Jerome McCarthy created a mnemonic for his students [...] + Read More How We’re Making Mentoring Month Last All Year Long info Posted January 18, 2019 by Bev Lohs in Announcements Long-time readers of SpeakingDIRECT may know that January is National Mentoring Month, as we’ve been writing about mentoring and our work with programs like MENTOR Minnesota for at least eight years. The official designation goes back to 2002, when President George W. Bush proclaimed January as National Mentoring Month, endorsed by both chambers of the […] + Read More The Latest Direct Mail Response Rate Data from DMA Will Leave You Speechless info Posted January 16, 2019 by Debora Haskel in Direct Marketing Trends, Strategy and Analysis Those who know me understand I’m rarely at a loss for words, but after reviewing the direct mail response rates cited in the recently released 2018 DMA Response Rate Report (DMA membership required, fees apply), I was left a little speechless. Even though we’ve historically seen direct mail lead the pack when it comes to […] + Read More Three Top Marketing Trends for 2019: What’s Happening in Financial, Insurance, and Telecom info Posted January 15, 2019 by Michelle Peel in Direct Marketing Trends When I’m not researching marketing trends in my professional life, I like to put my sleuthing skills to work in my personal life. For instance, I recently had a hair appointment for highlights (or what I refer to as ‘enhancements’). Prior to my appointment, I decided to look up hair trends for 2019 and found […] + Read More Pages: First Page123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118Last PageLoad More Articles
Personalized Direct Marketing Has Never Been Easier than with IWCO Direct 1to1℠ info Posted February 6, 2019 by David Klempke, PMP in Dynamic Content Management In today’s fast-paced and connected world, it is increasingly critical to extend your marketing reach to customers through the use of multiple channels. With people constantly on the go or buried deep in their phones, if your message does not stand out, it is at risk of being missed entirely! So how do you engage […] + Read More
Who Won and Who Lost in Our Super Bowl Ad Review info Posted February 5, 2019 by Debora Haskel in Creative We couldn’t help but notice that this year’s Super Bowl ads would be reaching out to women, showcasing women, and focusing on women, so it only made sense to ask five women from IWCO Direct to review this year’s ads. While every response to this request was an enthusiastic variation of, “Count me in,” the […] + Read More
Three More Tips to Make Your Mailpiece Design More Engaging info Posted February 1, 2019 by Mike Dietz in Creative A few days ago, my colleague Marcus Johnson provided seven tips to make direct mail marketing copy more engaging. I think you’ll find that many of those tips cross over from copy into design, and that’s for a good reason: The effectiveness of direct mail relies heavily on how well the marketing copy and mailpiece design work together to engage the audience and prompt them to take action [...] + Read More
7 Ways to Make Your Marketing Copy More Engaging info Posted January 30, 2019 by Marcus Johnson in Creative Do you still believe the tired platitude that everyone hates direct mail? Hate, tolerate, or love it, direct mail gets results. And it’s become a key, if not essential, part of the mix for any smart marketing strategy. But let’s concede that there may be a grain of truth to that old chestnut [...] + Read More
Fresh Faces and Fresh Technology Stood Out at the 2019 PIA Color Conference info Posted January 29, 2019 by Steve Malec in Direct Mail Marketing With subzero temperatures hitting the Midwest, it seems like almost a lifetime ago that I was in San Diego for the 2019 PIA Color Conference. This event is an annual destination for members of our Color Technical Support (CTS) team, and not just because of its warm location in January. Being able to meet with industry leaders who have been in the forefront of developing graphic art standards is very beneficial. It allows our team to maintain our competitive edge [...] + Read More
Here’s Your 2019 Marketing Forecast, Courtesy of Bruce Biegel and DMCNY info Posted January 25, 2019 by Hank Andersen in Strategy and Analysis The Direct Marketing Club of New York (DMCNY) promised to kick off the new year and their Annual Outlook Luncheon with the “razor-sharp predictions” of Bruce Biegel, Senior Managing Director of Winterberry Group and advisor for Petsky Prunier. This was a milestone for Biegel, as he celebrated his tenth anniversary of providing the industry outlook and insights we enjoy every January [...] + Read More
The Hidden Drivers of Today’s Marketing Mix: The 5Is and 7Ps info Posted January 23, 2019 by Mike Ertel in Strategy and Analysis The concept of the Marketing Mix has been around since the 1950s when Neil Borden introduced it as the ingredients for an integrated set of marketing “tactics” to create a higher value relationship with customers (what we now refer to as “CX” or “customer experience.”) In the early ‘60s, a marketing professor named E. Jerome McCarthy created a mnemonic for his students [...] + Read More
How We’re Making Mentoring Month Last All Year Long info Posted January 18, 2019 by Bev Lohs in Announcements Long-time readers of SpeakingDIRECT may know that January is National Mentoring Month, as we’ve been writing about mentoring and our work with programs like MENTOR Minnesota for at least eight years. The official designation goes back to 2002, when President George W. Bush proclaimed January as National Mentoring Month, endorsed by both chambers of the […] + Read More
The Latest Direct Mail Response Rate Data from DMA Will Leave You Speechless info Posted January 16, 2019 by Debora Haskel in Direct Marketing Trends, Strategy and Analysis Those who know me understand I’m rarely at a loss for words, but after reviewing the direct mail response rates cited in the recently released 2018 DMA Response Rate Report (DMA membership required, fees apply), I was left a little speechless. Even though we’ve historically seen direct mail lead the pack when it comes to […] + Read More
Three Top Marketing Trends for 2019: What’s Happening in Financial, Insurance, and Telecom info Posted January 15, 2019 by Michelle Peel in Direct Marketing Trends When I’m not researching marketing trends in my professional life, I like to put my sleuthing skills to work in my personal life. For instance, I recently had a hair appointment for highlights (or what I refer to as ‘enhancements’). Prior to my appointment, I decided to look up hair trends for 2019 and found […] + Read More