Direct Mail Design Blog Tag The Outer Envelope is Key to Getting Your Direct Mail Opened info Posted May 21, 2019 by Marcus Johnson in Direct Mail Tips Fair or not, your audience is always going to judge your direct mail by its outer envelope. Their three-second assessment of your outer envelope (part of the 3:33 rule of direct mail—a topic in itself) will make or break your mailing. If they’re not moved to open the envelope, you don’t get to talk to them [...] + Read More 5 Questions a Designer Asks About Direct Mail Formats info Posted March 6, 2019 by Mike Dietz in Creative Those who have ever designed direct mail before—or even those who pay attention to what’s in their mailbox—know there are plenty of direct mail format options out there. Self-mailers, #10 envelopes, snap-packs, monarch-sized pieces… the list goes on and on. Likewise, there are a lot of factors in choosing a direct mail format for your […] + 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 Direct Mail Can Work for Any Business—Including Yours info Posted January 4, 2019 by Alan Sherman in Strategy and Analysis For decades, direct mail has driven profitable customer acquisition efforts for financial, insurance, cable, and a variety of other verticals across both consumer and business-to-business industries. With the rise of digital marketing, we’ve seen marketing dollars shift in part to digital, but much of that spend later returns to direct mail after marketers found they […] + Read More Mintel Showcases Innovative 2018 Direct Mail Campaigns info Posted November 2, 2018 by Michelle Peel in Direct Mail Marketing Mintel recently released their report “Innovative Direct Mail Campaigns 2018,” which highlights what they describe as “brands that stood out in the mailbox with eye-catching creatives, exclusive invitations, and functional formats.” Throughout the report, we saw how direct mail campaigns are using technology to link recipients to a digital experience and extend the life of […] + Read More Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8»Load More Articles
The Outer Envelope is Key to Getting Your Direct Mail Opened info Posted May 21, 2019 by Marcus Johnson in Direct Mail Tips Fair or not, your audience is always going to judge your direct mail by its outer envelope. Their three-second assessment of your outer envelope (part of the 3:33 rule of direct mail—a topic in itself) will make or break your mailing. If they’re not moved to open the envelope, you don’t get to talk to them [...] + Read More
5 Questions a Designer Asks About Direct Mail Formats info Posted March 6, 2019 by Mike Dietz in Creative Those who have ever designed direct mail before—or even those who pay attention to what’s in their mailbox—know there are plenty of direct mail format options out there. Self-mailers, #10 envelopes, snap-packs, monarch-sized pieces… the list goes on and on. Likewise, there are a lot of factors in choosing a direct mail format for your […] + 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
Direct Mail Can Work for Any Business—Including Yours info Posted January 4, 2019 by Alan Sherman in Strategy and Analysis For decades, direct mail has driven profitable customer acquisition efforts for financial, insurance, cable, and a variety of other verticals across both consumer and business-to-business industries. With the rise of digital marketing, we’ve seen marketing dollars shift in part to digital, but much of that spend later returns to direct mail after marketers found they […] + Read More
Mintel Showcases Innovative 2018 Direct Mail Campaigns info Posted November 2, 2018 by Michelle Peel in Direct Mail Marketing Mintel recently released their report “Innovative Direct Mail Campaigns 2018,” which highlights what they describe as “brands that stood out in the mailbox with eye-catching creatives, exclusive invitations, and functional formats.” Throughout the report, we saw how direct mail campaigns are using technology to link recipients to a digital experience and extend the life of […] + Read More
