These days, it seems like just about everything continues to move into the digital sphere, and we’ll soon be living in a paperless world. But that might not be the case at all, especially when it comes to marketing. Could some of the most effective campaigns be spearheaded by…direct mail? A fascinating Canadian study compared the effects of direct mail…
Direct mail is one of the most cost efficient and effective marketing tools businesses can use to reach their customers. For a small investment, direct mail reaches a large number of people, gets information directly into the hands of its audience, builds brand awareness and incites people to take action. Direct mail can offer incentives and discounts, educate the public, and can also promote other marketing incentives and tools at the same time (think website, social media badges, special online only offers, etc).
I have had quite a few posts recently touting the benefits of social media. While still in its infancy, social media and social networking are incredibly powerful when executed properly and when companies use them to bridge the communication gaps between themselves and their customers, clients, and core audiences. But while just about everyone is at least dipping their toes…
Last week we talked about direct mail and why it works and now we want to expand on that. Here is the bottom-line on direct mail: In the past 50 years, direct mail has never declined. That’s right – it has never declined. On the flip side – it has increased and continues to increase. According to a Universal McCann…
We all get them, almost every time we go to the mailbox; those little postcards, fliers, coupons and free trials that we lovingly refer to as “junk mail.” However much we complain about that mail, we always feel good that there is something in our mailbox when we open it and we all actually find ourselves perusing the “junk mail”…
