Performance Marketing Insights Our blog, Speaking Direct, delivers info on the latest direct marketing news, omnichannel marketing strategies, creative marketing ideas, direct mail marketing tips, postal issues, and more. Using Continuous Improvement Initiatives to Drive Mail-Gard into 2017 info Posted December 30, 2016 by Michael Henry in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, Direct Marketing Trends At Mail-Gard, we pride ourselves on thinking ahead and, like good Girl and Boy Scouts, being prepared. But on what will likely be the last workday of 2016 for many, we wanted to take a moment to look back on the year and share some of our accomplishments, Continuous Improvement experiences and a few compelling […] + Read More Considerations When Exploring New Color Digital Inkjet Paper Options info Posted December 28, 2016 by Karen Weil in Direct Mail Marketing, Direct Mail Tips, Direct Marketing Trends Paper was invented in China sometime around 105 AD, and its amazing staying power can be attributed in large part to its ability to continually adapt to changing communication styles. This is extremely evident in the advancements related to color digital inkjet paper. New Innovations are Improving Inkjet Paper Performance Perhaps the most exciting opportunities […] + Read More Gratitude for Another Exciting Year at IWCO Direct info Posted December 21, 2016 by Joe Morrison in Announcements It’s been another exciting year at IWCO Direct. By the end of this year we will have produced nearly four billion mailpieces. That’s kept our operations teams busy throughout the year, and we’ve set many new production records across our platform. We’re also proud to report Printing Impressions has again named IWCO Direct as the […] + Read More Integrating Direct Mail and Email for Multichannel Marketing Success info Posted December 20, 2016 by Alan Sherman in Direct Marketing Trends Most of us are familiar with the strengths and limitations of direct mail and email as marketing channels. Individually, they can be used in combination with different strategies to achieve different goals. But a multichannel marketing approach that integrates direct mail and email can bring the best features of each to the forefront. Direct Mail […] + Read More 3 Ways Our Business Process Management Strategy Enhances Customer Experience info Posted December 16, 2016 by Diana Hvistendahl, PMP in Announcements It’s not what we do at IWCO Direct, but how we do it that gives us our competitive edge when delivering an amazing Customer Experience (CX). As my colleague, Pat Sondreal, mentioned a few weeks ago, over the past year, IWCO Direct implemented a new Business Process Management (BPM) strategy for our CX teams […] + Read More New Investment Will Drive Direct Mail Innovation and Response info Posted December 14, 2016 by Jim Andersen in Announcements Today we announced the installation of a new Komori GL640/C press for promotional plastic and paper cards, including gift and loyalty cards. This strategic investment expands our production platform for innovative direct mail by adding technology designed to improve response rates for our clients. The Komori GL640/C delivers high-quality printing on paper and plastic with […] + Read More What Millennials Do and Don’t Get About Direct Mail info Posted December 13, 2016 by Danielle Siegle in Direct Marketing Trends What happens when you survey a bunch of millennials about their opinions on paper-based communications and the mail process? You find out that they are not nearly as educated on the topic, or on millennial marketing in general, as they should be. Growing up in the envelope industry, I understand that I have a lot more knowledge on the topic than most, but some of the responses were just shocking to me. + Read More Keep an Eye Out for These 3 Direct Marketing Trends in 2017 info Posted December 9, 2016 by Jim Leone in Direct Mail Tips, Direct Marketing Trends It’s important to understand and anticipate top direct marketing trends, both personally and professionally. For example, I am a proud survivor of four teenage daughters. For years, my house was filled with nail polish, curling irons and expensive jeans with holes in them. Why would anyone pay for pants that have holes in them? (Word […] + Read More How Mail-Gard Picked Belfor As Its Own Disaster Recovery Provider info Posted December 7, 2016 by Michael Henry in Announcements, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery “The shoemaker’s children go barefoot” is a popular expression that’s commonly used in business to describe a company that doesn’t take advantage of its own expertise. The Mail-Gard division of IWCO Direct knows a thing or two about disaster recovery. That’s why, when IWCO Direct made the decision to contract an integrated disaster recovery […] + Read More Orange Element Has Sweet Praise for Our Education Center info Posted December 6, 2016 by Michelle Peel in Announcements, Direct Mail Tips Have you ever received a truly genuine gesture of gratitude and appreciation that made you proud of not just yourself, but also your team and your company? On November 15 and 16, IWCO Direct hosted a key client and their agency partner, Orange Element, for an IWCO Direct Education Center session. Our Hamburg facility subject […] + Read More Pages: 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124Load More Articles
Using Continuous Improvement Initiatives to Drive Mail-Gard into 2017 info Posted December 30, 2016 by Michael Henry in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, Direct Marketing Trends At Mail-Gard, we pride ourselves on thinking ahead and, like good Girl and Boy Scouts, being prepared. But on what will likely be the last workday of 2016 for many, we wanted to take a moment to look back on the year and share some of our accomplishments, Continuous Improvement experiences and a few compelling […] + Read More
Considerations When Exploring New Color Digital Inkjet Paper Options info Posted December 28, 2016 by Karen Weil in Direct Mail Marketing, Direct Mail Tips, Direct Marketing Trends Paper was invented in China sometime around 105 AD, and its amazing staying power can be attributed in large part to its ability to continually adapt to changing communication styles. This is extremely evident in the advancements related to color digital inkjet paper. New Innovations are Improving Inkjet Paper Performance Perhaps the most exciting opportunities […] + Read More
Gratitude for Another Exciting Year at IWCO Direct info Posted December 21, 2016 by Joe Morrison in Announcements It’s been another exciting year at IWCO Direct. By the end of this year we will have produced nearly four billion mailpieces. That’s kept our operations teams busy throughout the year, and we’ve set many new production records across our platform. We’re also proud to report Printing Impressions has again named IWCO Direct as the […] + Read More
Integrating Direct Mail and Email for Multichannel Marketing Success info Posted December 20, 2016 by Alan Sherman in Direct Marketing Trends Most of us are familiar with the strengths and limitations of direct mail and email as marketing channels. Individually, they can be used in combination with different strategies to achieve different goals. But a multichannel marketing approach that integrates direct mail and email can bring the best features of each to the forefront. Direct Mail […] + Read More
3 Ways Our Business Process Management Strategy Enhances Customer Experience info Posted December 16, 2016 by Diana Hvistendahl, PMP in Announcements It’s not what we do at IWCO Direct, but how we do it that gives us our competitive edge when delivering an amazing Customer Experience (CX). As my colleague, Pat Sondreal, mentioned a few weeks ago, over the past year, IWCO Direct implemented a new Business Process Management (BPM) strategy for our CX teams […] + Read More
New Investment Will Drive Direct Mail Innovation and Response info Posted December 14, 2016 by Jim Andersen in Announcements Today we announced the installation of a new Komori GL640/C press for promotional plastic and paper cards, including gift and loyalty cards. This strategic investment expands our production platform for innovative direct mail by adding technology designed to improve response rates for our clients. The Komori GL640/C delivers high-quality printing on paper and plastic with […] + Read More
What Millennials Do and Don’t Get About Direct Mail info Posted December 13, 2016 by Danielle Siegle in Direct Marketing Trends What happens when you survey a bunch of millennials about their opinions on paper-based communications and the mail process? You find out that they are not nearly as educated on the topic, or on millennial marketing in general, as they should be. Growing up in the envelope industry, I understand that I have a lot more knowledge on the topic than most, but some of the responses were just shocking to me. + Read More
Keep an Eye Out for These 3 Direct Marketing Trends in 2017 info Posted December 9, 2016 by Jim Leone in Direct Mail Tips, Direct Marketing Trends It’s important to understand and anticipate top direct marketing trends, both personally and professionally. For example, I am a proud survivor of four teenage daughters. For years, my house was filled with nail polish, curling irons and expensive jeans with holes in them. Why would anyone pay for pants that have holes in them? (Word […] + Read More
How Mail-Gard Picked Belfor As Its Own Disaster Recovery Provider info Posted December 7, 2016 by Michael Henry in Announcements, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery “The shoemaker’s children go barefoot” is a popular expression that’s commonly used in business to describe a company that doesn’t take advantage of its own expertise. The Mail-Gard division of IWCO Direct knows a thing or two about disaster recovery. That’s why, when IWCO Direct made the decision to contract an integrated disaster recovery […] + Read More
Orange Element Has Sweet Praise for Our Education Center info Posted December 6, 2016 by Michelle Peel in Announcements, Direct Mail Tips Have you ever received a truly genuine gesture of gratitude and appreciation that made you proud of not just yourself, but also your team and your company? On November 15 and 16, IWCO Direct hosted a key client and their agency partner, Orange Element, for an IWCO Direct Education Center session. Our Hamburg facility subject […] + Read More
