Customer Acquisition Blog Tag Direct Marketing: The (Really) Good, the (Not So) Bad and the (Potentially Very) Ugly info Posted August 14, 2019 by Debora Haskel in Strategy and Analysis What does the Clint Eastwood classic have to do with direct marketing? When APTech proposed the movie title as a topic for APTech’s PRINT Innovation Exchange, my mind immediately went to the concept of targeting as the Good, Bad, and Ugly of today’s direct marketing. Whistle the theme song as I explain why. + Read More Email Behavior Targeting Solves the Prospect Abandonment Problem for Direct & Email Marketers info Posted July 12, 2019 by Alan Sherman in Strategy and Analysis Triggered marketing campaigns based on prospect or customer behavior achieve some of the highest response and conversion rates we see in marketing. Cost per acquisition for triggered campaigns are also considerably lower than “business as usual” campaigns. The reason is simple: triggered campaigns (whether they are initiated by abandoned carts, browse, or product applications) take […] + Read More Ease and Simplicity Earn Top Marks in Student Loan Marketing info Posted July 10, 2019 by Michelle Peel in Direct Marketing Trends It is the time of year when high school grads will need to think about financing their college education, and recent college grads may also be looking for consolidation or refinancing offers. For education lenders, that means it’s a critical time to get their student loan marketing right to help borrowers navigate some tough challenges. […] + Read More Why Nordstrom and J. Jill’s Direct Mail Mistake Cost Them Millions info Posted June 12, 2019 by Ashley Luehmann in Direct Mail Tips A very unexpected article drew me out of my usual morning email-checking haze today. My supervisor Debora Haskel had forwarded me an “interesting read” from MindFire, highlighting a drop in sales for clothing retailer J. Jill. The headline read “Retailer J. Jill learned the Hard Way Why Direct Mail is Still Relevant,” and the smell of scandal perked me up more than the cup of coffee I was holding [...] + Read More How to Avoid Four Common Direct Mail Design Mistakes info Posted June 4, 2019 by Mike Dietz in Creative You know when you’re riffling through your mail and you find a direct mail piece that is down-right painful? Where you see it and think to yourself, “Who on Earth thought this was a good idea?” and then toss it into a pile, never to be seen again? I come across a lot of direct mail design mistakes [...] + Read More How to Use 2019 Results to Improve Your 2020 Medicare Marketing Strategies info Posted April 10, 2019 by Michelle Peel in Direct Marketing Trends Now is the time savvy Medicare marketers are beginning their 2020 Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) campaign planning. Results from 2019 AEP campaigns are being analyzed, and Medicare marketers are brainstorming to improve 2020 results. If mail volumes are any indication of a successful campaign, 2019 AEP campaign results should be lucrative. Medicare Marketing Campaigns See […] + Read More We’re Presenting at LendIt Fintech 2019, But That’s Just One of Many Reasons to Attend info Posted April 5, 2019 by Megan Lester in Direct Marketing Trends It’s that time of year! Yes, spring is finally here, and folks in the Midwest are starting to see subtle signs of ice melting and trees blossoming. San Francisco is about to blossom as well with more than 5,000 savvy marketers, influencers, and innovators looking to reinvent and reinvigorate the Fintech space at the LendIt […] + 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 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 Tips for Creating a Call-to-Action that Can’t Be Ignored info Posted March 1, 2019 by Marcus Johnson in Creative, Direct Mail Tips From time to time, in direct marketing writing and design, we need to focus on the fundamentals to help us stay sharp in conveying the purpose and value proposition of what we’re selling. Why? Because so many direct marketing packages fail to answer these basic questions: Do we give our audience a reason to open? […] + Read More Pages: First Page12345678910111213Last PageLoad More Articles
Direct Marketing: The (Really) Good, the (Not So) Bad and the (Potentially Very) Ugly info Posted August 14, 2019 by Debora Haskel in Strategy and Analysis What does the Clint Eastwood classic have to do with direct marketing? When APTech proposed the movie title as a topic for APTech’s PRINT Innovation Exchange, my mind immediately went to the concept of targeting as the Good, Bad, and Ugly of today’s direct marketing. Whistle the theme song as I explain why. + Read More
Email Behavior Targeting Solves the Prospect Abandonment Problem for Direct & Email Marketers info Posted July 12, 2019 by Alan Sherman in Strategy and Analysis Triggered marketing campaigns based on prospect or customer behavior achieve some of the highest response and conversion rates we see in marketing. Cost per acquisition for triggered campaigns are also considerably lower than “business as usual” campaigns. The reason is simple: triggered campaigns (whether they are initiated by abandoned carts, browse, or product applications) take […] + Read More
Ease and Simplicity Earn Top Marks in Student Loan Marketing info Posted July 10, 2019 by Michelle Peel in Direct Marketing Trends It is the time of year when high school grads will need to think about financing their college education, and recent college grads may also be looking for consolidation or refinancing offers. For education lenders, that means it’s a critical time to get their student loan marketing right to help borrowers navigate some tough challenges. […] + Read More
Why Nordstrom and J. Jill’s Direct Mail Mistake Cost Them Millions info Posted June 12, 2019 by Ashley Luehmann in Direct Mail Tips A very unexpected article drew me out of my usual morning email-checking haze today. My supervisor Debora Haskel had forwarded me an “interesting read” from MindFire, highlighting a drop in sales for clothing retailer J. Jill. The headline read “Retailer J. Jill learned the Hard Way Why Direct Mail is Still Relevant,” and the smell of scandal perked me up more than the cup of coffee I was holding [...] + Read More
How to Avoid Four Common Direct Mail Design Mistakes info Posted June 4, 2019 by Mike Dietz in Creative You know when you’re riffling through your mail and you find a direct mail piece that is down-right painful? Where you see it and think to yourself, “Who on Earth thought this was a good idea?” and then toss it into a pile, never to be seen again? I come across a lot of direct mail design mistakes [...] + Read More
How to Use 2019 Results to Improve Your 2020 Medicare Marketing Strategies info Posted April 10, 2019 by Michelle Peel in Direct Marketing Trends Now is the time savvy Medicare marketers are beginning their 2020 Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) campaign planning. Results from 2019 AEP campaigns are being analyzed, and Medicare marketers are brainstorming to improve 2020 results. If mail volumes are any indication of a successful campaign, 2019 AEP campaign results should be lucrative. Medicare Marketing Campaigns See […] + Read More
We’re Presenting at LendIt Fintech 2019, But That’s Just One of Many Reasons to Attend info Posted April 5, 2019 by Megan Lester in Direct Marketing Trends It’s that time of year! Yes, spring is finally here, and folks in the Midwest are starting to see subtle signs of ice melting and trees blossoming. San Francisco is about to blossom as well with more than 5,000 savvy marketers, influencers, and innovators looking to reinvent and reinvigorate the Fintech space at the LendIt […] + 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
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
Tips for Creating a Call-to-Action that Can’t Be Ignored info Posted March 1, 2019 by Marcus Johnson in Creative, Direct Mail Tips From time to time, in direct marketing writing and design, we need to focus on the fundamentals to help us stay sharp in conveying the purpose and value proposition of what we’re selling. Why? Because so many direct marketing packages fail to answer these basic questions: Do we give our audience a reason to open? […] + Read More
