While people are finally able to obtain a vaccine for COVID-19 and the ability to travel, move around, shop, and dine out is increasing, restaurants have a long hill ahead of them before getting back to a business “normality.” In fact, entire behavior patterns have changed in people after a year of completely living at home and avoiding regular work…
How to Double Your Sales with Successful Catalog Marketing Do printed catalogs still work? The Harvard Business Review (HBR) worked with a U.S. based specialty jewelry company to find out. This e-commerce retailer (which had no physical store presence) typically generated an annual operating profit of $12 million, with a database of approximately 28,000 customers. This company partnered with HBR to study…
Expand Your Market: 15 Ways You Can Use Direct Mail to Sell in 2021 Life is noisy. In today’s world, everywhere you look, you’re constantly swamped by ads: buy this, watch this, subscribe now! How pervasive is this? These stats give us a glimpse: Thanks to the internet and new technologies, the average viewer is exposed to between 6,000 and…
Why Direct Mail Postcards are Worth Every Penny Although postcards are one of today’s beloved print pieces, they had a humble beginning. The earliest postcard dates back to 1840 when an English man named Theodore Hook sent one to himself. By 1861, the US Congress allowed privately printed cards, weighing one ounce or under, to be sent through the mail. That year,…
Direct Mail Postcards: A Proven Winner Results. Whether it’s weight loss, test scores, or finances, tangible success is the payoff everyone wants. With a limited marketing budget, it’s important for your business to make every penny count. And, according to a 2018 DMA Response Rate Report, direct mail consistently outperforms all digital marketing channels. Direct mail allows readers to comprehend,…