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. Glued to Many Screens: How MSO Marketing Efforts Can Leverage Football Season for Maximum Impact info Posted August 4, 2017 by Michelle Peel in Direct Marketing Trends To quote Hank Williams, Jr.’s famous song: “Are you ready for some football?” There are only 34 days until the professional football season begins, and I cannot wait. Within our company, there are some good-natured football rivalries. If you visit the IWCO Direct Minnesota facilities during football season, expect to see both Minnesota Vikings and […] + Read More Destroying the Myth of the “Lethal Millennial” info Posted August 2, 2017 by Ashley Leone in Direct Marketing Trends My generation has been described as many things. Lazy, entitled, and self-absorbed aren’t exactly new monikers when it comes to describing the millennial generation, so I’m not surprised when I stumble upon articles bad-mouthing me and my peers on how millennials are ruining everything. I’ve come to expect it—anticipate it, even. But one accusation that […] + Read More How We Use Continuous Improvement to Build Stronger Leaders info Posted July 28, 2017 by Patrick Sondreal in Announcements Strong leadership is crucial in every business environment. You can have the best employees, the most efficient processes, and the highest standards—but without strong leadership to give purpose and direction to the tasks, nothing of great importance will be accomplished, and innovation will come to a halt. Continuous Improvement is a great tool to help […] + Read More Your 5-Point Disaster Recovery Plan Tune-Up info Posted July 26, 2017 by Michael Henry in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery The justification for a disaster recovery plan (DR plan) is simple: if your business can be impacted financially by any interruption to operations, you need an ongoing, comprehensive DR plan in place. If you’re thinking, “This isn’t relevant to me,” consider what happens to your role in your company if business delays result in lost […] + Read More Know Your Customers or You’re “Just Talking,” Says the 2017 DMA Response Rate Report info Posted July 25, 2017 by Debora Haskel in Direct Marketing Trends The 2017 DMA Response Rate Report is the first edition of the annual study since the Direct Marketing Association rebranded as the Data & Marketing Association. The introduction to this year’s report concludes with a succinct statement: “Using data to understand the customer you are talking with is imperative. Because if you don’t know […] + Read More Supporting Our Clients’ Environmental Stewardship Efforts info Posted July 21, 2017 by Karen Weil in Sustainability IWCO Direct works with clients to produce and mail billions of direct mail packages annually. Because we are such a large producer of physical mail, we are especially conscious about doing everything we can to limit our environmental impact. Our clients feel the same, and many have asked us to support their environmental stewardship efforts […] + Read More Looking Ahead to Postage Rates in 2018 info Posted July 19, 2017 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates It’s getting to be that time when companies start to think about budgets for the coming year. For mailers, this includes the annual look into the crystal ball to try to determine what postage rates they will need to build into their budgets. For 2018, this process is proving particularly challenging based on the number […] + Read More Who Gets Involved in Process Management and Process Improvement? info Posted July 14, 2017 by Diana Hvistendahl, PMP in Announcements Every business runs into issues with their processes from time to time. We’ve all seen situations where a formal process was never developed in the first place, one was implemented but didn’t achieve its intended result, or the process was too frustrating for those involved to consider it a success regardless of the outcome. Some […] + Read More Move Aside, Millennials: Generation Z Enters the Market info Posted July 12, 2017 by Madison Schumacher in Direct Marketing Trends You’ve heard of millennials, but there’s a new generational cohort rapidly coming of age: Generation Z. Most define Gen Z as those born after 1995, but some draw the line as early as 1993 or as late as 2000. We make up about a quarter of the United States population, and by 2020 that fraction […] + Read More Direct Mail is Among the Most Effective Media for Health Insurance Marketing info Posted July 11, 2017 by Tom Hexamer in Strategy and Analysis For years, direct mail has been the primary lead generation vehicle for most segments of the financial services market, primarily lending. By leveraging credit data, financial marketers are able to send very specific offers of credit (credit cards, mortgages, personal lending or installment loans) to the segments they are targeting. 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Glued to Many Screens: How MSO Marketing Efforts Can Leverage Football Season for Maximum Impact info Posted August 4, 2017 by Michelle Peel in Direct Marketing Trends To quote Hank Williams, Jr.’s famous song: “Are you ready for some football?” There are only 34 days until the professional football season begins, and I cannot wait. Within our company, there are some good-natured football rivalries. If you visit the IWCO Direct Minnesota facilities during football season, expect to see both Minnesota Vikings and […] + Read More
Destroying the Myth of the “Lethal Millennial” info Posted August 2, 2017 by Ashley Leone in Direct Marketing Trends My generation has been described as many things. Lazy, entitled, and self-absorbed aren’t exactly new monikers when it comes to describing the millennial generation, so I’m not surprised when I stumble upon articles bad-mouthing me and my peers on how millennials are ruining everything. I’ve come to expect it—anticipate it, even. But one accusation that […] + Read More
How We Use Continuous Improvement to Build Stronger Leaders info Posted July 28, 2017 by Patrick Sondreal in Announcements Strong leadership is crucial in every business environment. You can have the best employees, the most efficient processes, and the highest standards—but without strong leadership to give purpose and direction to the tasks, nothing of great importance will be accomplished, and innovation will come to a halt. Continuous Improvement is a great tool to help […] + Read More
Your 5-Point Disaster Recovery Plan Tune-Up info Posted July 26, 2017 by Michael Henry in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery The justification for a disaster recovery plan (DR plan) is simple: if your business can be impacted financially by any interruption to operations, you need an ongoing, comprehensive DR plan in place. If you’re thinking, “This isn’t relevant to me,” consider what happens to your role in your company if business delays result in lost […] + Read More
Know Your Customers or You’re “Just Talking,” Says the 2017 DMA Response Rate Report info Posted July 25, 2017 by Debora Haskel in Direct Marketing Trends The 2017 DMA Response Rate Report is the first edition of the annual study since the Direct Marketing Association rebranded as the Data & Marketing Association. The introduction to this year’s report concludes with a succinct statement: “Using data to understand the customer you are talking with is imperative. Because if you don’t know […] + Read More
Supporting Our Clients’ Environmental Stewardship Efforts info Posted July 21, 2017 by Karen Weil in Sustainability IWCO Direct works with clients to produce and mail billions of direct mail packages annually. Because we are such a large producer of physical mail, we are especially conscious about doing everything we can to limit our environmental impact. Our clients feel the same, and many have asked us to support their environmental stewardship efforts […] + Read More
Looking Ahead to Postage Rates in 2018 info Posted July 19, 2017 by Kurt Ruppel in Postal Issues Updates It’s getting to be that time when companies start to think about budgets for the coming year. For mailers, this includes the annual look into the crystal ball to try to determine what postage rates they will need to build into their budgets. For 2018, this process is proving particularly challenging based on the number […] + Read More
Who Gets Involved in Process Management and Process Improvement? info Posted July 14, 2017 by Diana Hvistendahl, PMP in Announcements Every business runs into issues with their processes from time to time. We’ve all seen situations where a formal process was never developed in the first place, one was implemented but didn’t achieve its intended result, or the process was too frustrating for those involved to consider it a success regardless of the outcome. Some […] + Read More
Move Aside, Millennials: Generation Z Enters the Market info Posted July 12, 2017 by Madison Schumacher in Direct Marketing Trends You’ve heard of millennials, but there’s a new generational cohort rapidly coming of age: Generation Z. Most define Gen Z as those born after 1995, but some draw the line as early as 1993 or as late as 2000. We make up about a quarter of the United States population, and by 2020 that fraction […] + Read More
Direct Mail is Among the Most Effective Media for Health Insurance Marketing info Posted July 11, 2017 by Tom Hexamer in Strategy and Analysis For years, direct mail has been the primary lead generation vehicle for most segments of the financial services market, primarily lending. By leveraging credit data, financial marketers are able to send very specific offers of credit (credit cards, mortgages, personal lending or installment loans) to the segments they are targeting. The same goes for insurance […] + Read More