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Injecting Trust Back Into Your Direct Mail, Step-by-Step image

Believe it or not, one of the reasons why direct mail marketing collateral makes such an impression on so many people is because it has an inherent trustworthy quality that digital alternatives do not. Anyone can send an e-mail in seconds - direct mail takes time, care and attention-to-detail, and make no mistake, your audience can feel that. Having said that, simply using direct mail alone often isn't quite enough to get the job done. Therefore, if you really want to create more trustworthy direct mail content, there are a few key pointers that you're absolutely going to want to keep in mind. The Art of Trustworthy Direct Mail: An Overview One of the best ways to make sure that your direct ...

Turn Those Prospects Into Responders, the Easy Way image

The major issue that a lot of businesses often have with their marketing campaigns doesn't actually come by way of a lack of viable prospects. In fact, it's quite the opposite - most businesses have more prospects than they know what to do with. It's getting those prospects motivated to take that next step - to turn them into genuine responders in every sense of the term - that a lot of organizations struggle with. But if you're looking for new opportunities to improve your response rate and establish meaningful connections with people by way of your marketing campaigns, don't worry - there are a number of options available to you to choose from depending on your needs. Creating a More ...

The Impact of Using Direct Mail to Boost Online Purchases image

While it's absolutely true that more and more people are engaging with brands over the Internet these days, that doesn't mean that direct mail is dead - far from it. In fact, even if you operate a business exclusively online, there are still a wide array of different benefits that the right direct mail campaign can bring to the table that would be difficult to replicate through other means. Leveraging Direct Mail to Your (Online) Advantage One of the most important benefits of executing a thoughtfully constructed direct mail campaign ultimately comes down to what it can do for your response rate. According to one recent study, about 67% of millennial parents and 53% of millennials in general say that they're ...

Turning Brand Transparency into Brand Loyalty image

One of the major reasons that people love direct mail in the first place is because it's authentic. As opposed to an email which can be easily ignored (and deleted just as quickly), direct mail has an air of legitimacy to it. It's tangible - you can hold it in your hand or pin it up to your refrigerator, and that absolutely goes a long way towards the impression you're trying to make. But if you really want to use direct mail marketing materials to build customer loyalty, you need to rely on one element above all others: brand transparency. The Art of Brand Transparency At its core, brand transparency means exactly what it sounds like: you're creating an image that says ...

Digital Marketing Alone Isn’t Enough… Think Omni-Channel For Results image

Some people operate under the assumption that, since so much of our lives are digital these days, our marketing needs to become the same. Direct mail is meaningless in a world where everyone is carrying around smartphones all day long. Simply put, those people are wrong. Digital marketing has its benefits, but it alone is not enough to get this particular job done - nor will it ever be, for a number of reasons that are certainly worth exploring. Overcoming the Challenges of Digital Marketing By far, the biggest hurdle you have to overcome in terms of digital marketing success has to do with the fact that people's attention is more fractured than ever these days. We're being bombarded by marketing messages at ...

Neuromarketing, or: Why Physical Marketing Will Never Truly Die image

While it's certainly true that businesses can have a great amount of success with their digital marketing efforts, there's still something to be said about the lasting impact of physical materials like business cards or plastic postcards. But it isn't just intuition that tells us physical materials stand the test of time - there's literally science behind it. One recent neuromarketing study reveals just how long-lasting this type of collateral truly is. The Power of Physical Materials: Breaking Things Down The aforementioned study was conducted by Temple University's Center for Neural Decision Making, and it dove deep into the different types of responses generated by physical collateral versus their digital counterparts. Overall, they looked at three core concepts: exposure (meaning how ...

Tired of Hearing “No”? Here’s How to Turn Them Into a “YES” image

Regardless of how thoughtfully constructed your marketing strategy is, the chances that you're going to hear a lot of "NO" responses from your customers is high. But there IS a way to take that response and turn it into the enthusiastic "YES" you've been waiting for. All you have to do is leverage the power of modern psychology to your advantage. It's All About Control To get a better understanding of how to take a "NO" response and turn it into a "YES," you must first learn more about why most people choose the former over the latter in a first place. When a consumer comes into contact with a marketer, they're essentially battling for control over an experience - whether ...

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