Modern Marketing Blog
Choosing Color in Direct Mail Design: Grayscale Edition
With plenty of gray skies, wintry white snow days and the somber feelings that can come after the highs of the holidays, January sets the mood for the next edition of our popular color series – or in this case, we’ll call it a lack of color series....
&THEN 2018 Conference Recap: Hot Marketing Topics and Where the Show’s Future Stands
For the team at Modern Postcard and many other direct marketing professionals, fall is the anticipated season of our industry’s renowned show, the Data & Marketing Association (DMA) annual conference! We’ve been a proud exhibitor and print...
Customer Spotlight: KidsPark Reimagines the Traditional Childcare Business Model and Succeeds
New to California and frustrated by the inflexible hours of childcare, KidsPark CEO Debbie Milner started working on a bright idea during the late 1980s. She wanted to transform the rigid pay structure and hours of traditional daycare into a new...
Direct Mail Industry Findings: Our Review of The DMA Statistical Fact Book
Every year, marketing professionals specializing in single or multi-channel disciplines anxiously await the latest findings from The Data & Marketing Association (DMA) Statistical Fact Book, which is the industry’s ultimate resource for...
8 Direct Mail Fails and How to Avoid Them
Not every business lives and breathes direct mail quite like Modern Postcard. And that’s okay, because we likely aren’t experts in your field either. Since our team manages a plethora of marketing campaigns every day, we’ve seen the good and the...
Promo Ideas for Summertime to School Days
Lazy summer days aren’t an excuse for your sales to trail off. Take advantage of longer shopping days and consumers being in better spending spirits (aka: vacation mode). July is great for scheduling your next 3 months of festive direct mail...
The GDPR Era: Why Direct Mail Is Personalized and Privacy Compliant
Data privacy is the topic du jour in the business world. And while there’s no shortage of content and different opinions on this subject, one marketing channel is gaining attention for the opportunity it offers to businesses to communicate...
Variable Data Printing: The Data You Use Can Make or Break Your Campaigns
Using Variable Data Printing (VDP) for your direct mail campaigns allows you to customize each piece during a single print run. Unique text and images can be displayed on each card, creating pieces that are specifically relevant to the...
Fresh Promo Ideas for Spring
Planning your print and digital marketing campaigns around spring and early summertime events can not only give your business the perfect reason to engage customers and increase sales, it can also help set it apart from competitors who aren’t...