5 Direct-Mail Success Strategies For 2022 Direct mail is expected to generate $33.4 billion in revenue in 2022, according to AdWeek (subscription may be required), and even though it’s now in second place in local media spending behind mobile advertising, direct mail is still a vital part of a strategic marketing mix. They key word...
Saving Money on Your Direct Mail during the Pandemic The COVID pandemic has had its presence felt in many aspects of our lives: personally, professionally and even economically. We’ve all seen price increases in goods and services when we go shopping. In some cases, much needed materials are in short supply – or sometimes...
Eight Unconventional Ways To Measure The Success Of Your Direct-Mail Campaign Marketers want results – but more than that, marketers (or the people who write marketers’ checks) want numbers that show results. When the tool is direct mail, the numbers would seem to be pretty straightforward, along the lines of: How many people took advantage of...
How to use direct mail to reach your end-of-year goals Well, you made it through another one. The end of the year is almost here, and so it’s time for one last hard look at your end-of-year goals. If you’re like a lot of marketers, you’re looking at those goals, comparing them against performance to...
6 Reasons Why You Should Use Direct Mail in 2022 It’s the most wonderful time of the year – marketing-planning time. And as we inch back towards normal, or perhaps a new normal, it’s a good time to look long and hard at the marketing tactics we’ve used over the last two years and...
Minimize Your “IOR” Every advancement office wants to maximize their ROI or “return on investment” as part of their annual campaign strategy. Is it possible to minimize the “IOR” or the “investment on return?” Wait! What? Did you just make that up? Maybe I did. I did check Google. I couldn’t find anything. Let’s think...
Direct Mail and SEO: The Hidden Connection That Can Turbocharge Your Site Rankings In our last several blogs, we’ve talked through how direct mail can be used to build your brand, and how you can measure those brand-building efforts. This time, we’re going to look at how direct mail can help with something you probably...
Postage rates are going up. What should you do now? In case you missed the announcement, the U.S. Postal Service has announced a significant rate increase for virtually every type of mail, from letters to magazines. The overall average rate increase is 6.8%. The new postage rates will go into effect on Aug. 29, 2021....
Direct mail and brand measurement In our last blog we looked at the various ways that direct mail can help build your brand. However, while brand-building is fantastic, it’s merely an idea unless you can measure your success – and know how much of it you can attribute to direct mail. If you’re considering direct mail...
Moving Away from the “Online Only” Giving Day Giving Days have become the current trend in giving campaigns for higher education – and non-profits in general. Giving Days are designed to be a fun and engaging means of fundraising. Oftentimes, there are specified projects, initiatives or funds these projects are centered around. There can...