Cut Through the Clutter with Beautiful Print Promotions With the glut of digital marketing, average media consumers are staggering under the weight of spam e-mail and annoying pop-up ads. The “digital deluge” has also prompted a volume decrease in snail mail, allowing direct mail and print promotions to take center stage. Print pleases the eye and demands an emotional response,…
Increase Your Odds for Success by Finding a Business Mentor Bill Gates first met his mentor at a dinner organized by his mom. When his mother suggested the connection, Gates thought he would have nothing in common with him, because this contact was just a “guy who picks stocks.” It turned out that they had more in common than he…
Why Direct Mail Marketing is a Brilliant Investment When email marketing began around 1978, its low cost, speedy delivery, and great response rates made marketers wonder if direct mail would disappear forever. Today, that couldn’t be further from the truth. An overload of digital messages has caused open and click-through rates to decline substantially, and many spam filters and firewalls…
The Experts Weigh In: Two Strategies for Recession-Proofing Your Business As COVID-19 shakes businesses around the country, today is a great time to reflect on the victories of those who’ve survived previous financial struggles. In particular, the 2008 recession offers valuable lessons from entrepreneurs who shifted to either a “prevention” or a “promotion” focus. Here are two real-life success stories,…
Pack Extra Meaning into Your Message with Strategic Color Combinations Of all the elements of design, color is probably the most challenging to understand. Color originates from a light source that is viewed directly or seen as reflected light. While colors can be displayed in spectrums, prisms, or contrasts, the power of colors is not only in their arrangement, but…