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To Achieve Email Best Practices, Look No Further than Direct Mail
As a direct and digital marketing strategist, I frequently get asked questions about the relationship between direct mail and email best practices. Questions about email creative and frequency pop-up, particularly due to email’s low cost to send. How much email is too much? That answer varies by business and product, and there’s no one good […]
We’re Not Your Father’s Direct Marketing Agency
Happy Father’s Day to all of the dads out there. I’m so grateful for all of the things my dad taught me over the years, and I’m hopeful I’ve been able to pass some of it on to my boys. (They’ve certainly picked up some of my bad habits.) It’s appropriate to be writing this […]
Three Top Marketing Trends for 2019: What’s Happening in Financial, Insurance, and Telecom
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 […]
Where IWCO Direct is Headed in 2019
When IWCO Direct was acquired by ModusLink (now Steel Connect) 380 days ago, we shared our excitement about becoming part of the Steel Partners family. One year and fifteen days later, we are pleased to report that excitement was justified. Steel Partners’ commitment to fueling our profitable growth with a capital investment strategy designed to […]
Dscoop Unleashing Print 2018 Offered a Look at Print from Multiple Perspectives
Last week I traveled to Dallas with Robbie Clark, Manager, Digital Print Operations, for the Dscoop Unleashing Print conference. Dscoop is a cooperative of HP users focused on the future of integrated communications. As first-time attendees, we went to meet and learn from HP users, graphic artists, marketers, and anyone with an eye toward the […]
Data-Driven Marketing Trends for 2018
Ah, the week before the New Year… otherwise known as “my week to catch up on absolutely everything I’ve been procrastinating about for the past month.” My house is clean, my inbox is organized, I’m writing this blog—and I’m reading up on articles predicting what 2018 has in store for marketers and their data-driven marketing […]
The Latest Paper Trends for Inkjet Printing
A lot can happen in seven years. When color digital inkjet technology was first introduced, it could only be used with treated paper stocks. There were a limited number of them, and they were not as readily available as their conventional equivalents. In other words, when asked about the challenges of persuading direct marketing clients […]
The Third Wave: How the Technology Revolution Impacts Print
I come from a long line of avid readers and have always loved books. My love of books and my penchant for free stuff caused me to take notice of an article titled “Catching the ‘Third Wave’” by Dr. Joe Webb, published on WhatTheyThink.com last month. The italics in the second paragraph jumped off my […]
Data and Multichannel Marketing Take Center Stage at PRINT 17
On Wednesday, my colleague, Matt Shanahan, provided an overview of his PRINT 17 experience. During the show, he led an IWCO Direct operations team exploring enhanced technologies that will drive even more efficient and effective direct mail production for our clients. While the ops team was taking a deep dive into technology, I spent […]
Can Informed Delivery Really Expand the Reach of Marketing Mail?
As regular readers of SpeakingDIRECT will know, IWCO Direct is a strong advocate for the enhanced marketing results driven by combining direct mail with other, often digital, channels. A new option available to marketers to link physical mail with online experiences is the Informed Delivery product recently introduced by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). […]
