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Direct Mail Marketing Tips

The direct mail landscape is fundamentally changed since 9-11. Prospects today are much more skeptical because they’re bombarded with all types of information and offers. Response rates for promotions and offers have declined dramatically. But there are still ways for your business to generate solid sales leads without breaking the bank.
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May 26, 2009
Edited by: Ken Beaulieu in: Direct Mail Marketing Tips

Testing is a direct mail marketer’s secret weapon. No other means of advertising can be tested, refined, and tested again with the same mathematical precision as creative direct mail. Once you have detailed, up-to-date, customer [Read More]

May 22, 2009
Edited by: Ken Beaulieu in: Direct Mail Marketing Tips

The lousy economy has consumers clipping coupons in numbers not seen in years. According to a study by Simmons Research Bureau, 89 percent of consumers say they are more likely to use coupons in a [Read More]

April 10, 2009
Edited by: Ken Beaulieu in: Direct Mail Marketing Tips

As growing businesses rapidly gain experience and test results from Internet direct mail, they are learning more every day about what works and what doesn’t with the new medium. Bob Bly, author of Bly on [Read More]

February 17, 2009
Edited by: Ken Beaulieu in: Direct Mail Marketing Tips

A creative team that’s been around the block several times can save you precious time. Dollar for dollar, these creatives also give you the most for your money. And they protect you from costly mistakes [Read More]

February 13, 2009
Edited by: Ken Beaulieu in: Direct Mail Marketing Tips

In these challenging times, getting good advice from a competent direct mail marketing production partner is more important than ever. Rising costs, evolving post office regulations, rapidly changing technologies, and the demand for multifaceted direct [Read More]

February 3, 2009
Edited by: Ken Beaulieu in: Direct Mail Marketing Tips

One of the worst mistakes that direct mail marketers still make is targeting the wrong prospects. The combination of search engine optimization metrics and new direct mail marketing techniques with old-fashioned common sense leads to [Read More]

January 30, 2009
Edited by: Ken Beaulieu in: Direct Mail Marketing Tips

There are a number of direct mail marketing trends that bear watching this year, but here are three to keep in mind, courtesy of Crystal Uppercue, marketing manager at EU Services (euservices.com). [Read More]

January 20, 2009
Edited by: Ken Beaulieu in: Direct Mail Marketing Tips

Whether you’re a service provider or a retailer, a solidly constructed direct mail sales letter (or better yet, a three-letter series) can work for you over and over again, for years to come. So says [Read More]

January 16, 2009
Edited by: Ken Beaulieu in: Direct Mail Marketing Tips

Package planning is essential to a successful direct mail marketing campaign. Will it include a letter, sell sheet, coupon, and business reply envelope? Perhaps you’ll be using a postcard. How big? How small? What creative [Read More]

January 6, 2009
Edited by: Ken Beaulieu in: Direct Mail Marketing Tips

Direct mail marketing isn’t just for selling magazine subscriptions, collectibles, nutritional supplements, or Chia Pets. It’s been used to market everything from life insurance to lawn care services to restaurants — even $35 million corporate [Read More]