Modern Marketing Trends & Insights

Tracking Response and ROI for Your Mail Campaigns
One of the biggest benefits of direct mail marketing is that it’s highly measurable. Yes, you read that right: direct mail is highly measurable. Direct mail has an average $12 return for every $1 spent, with response rates ranging between 4.9-9%...

Connect Deeper With Customers
We all get emails from organizations we follow and companies we purchase from, and while it’s nice to see there’s an effort from these businesses to connect with us, we’re recommending going the extra mile for your customers by taking outreach to...

Emotions Drive Consumers’ Purchasing Decisions
The brain is a complex organ, and science has compartmentalized where different parts of the brain activate and stimulate different human memories, actions, and attributes. Generally speaking, the Cerebral (Prefrontal) Cortex is where words,...

Study: The Impact of Reading Print
Recent MRI and EEG brain wave measurement studies show how print marketing leaves a deeper impression and more engagement. In a study titled “A Bias for Action – The Neuroscience Behind the Response-Driving Power of Direct Mail” by Canada Post/True...

How to Avoid Marketing Panic in Turbulent Times
By now, many of us have started to realize that the present situation we’re in will not go away any time soon. It’s a sensible thing to assume, given the aggressive spread of Covid-19 across the country. But the important thing to remember now is...

What’s Your Job, Direct Mail? Advice for Nonprofits
The proliferation of marketing channels is something all practitioners deal with. Each nonprofit marketer needs to continually test and learn to best integrate and weave channels together. From customer journey maps to optimizing for different...

The Print Event 2019 Conference Recap
That’s a wrap on the first-ever Print Event! A marketing forum for practitioners, agencies and providers, this two-day conference in Minneapolis provided networking and learning opportunities on all-things CMYK. The overwhelming sentiment among...

Profile & Append: Take Your Customer Marketing to a Whole New Level
I heard a great story from Harvey Mackay, a world-renowned author and speaker, who talked about how he used to love standing in line at the Starbucks counter at a tradeshow because it was filled with his potential customers. And every time he...

Customer Spotlight: Kelly Klee Contributes Their Success to Creating a Unique Service and Targeting the Right Audience
After growing tired of the poor options provided by insurance companies for individuals with high-end homes and the lack of personalized care, Kelly Klee CEO and Founder Jon Kelly saw a prime market opportunity. Having had bad experiences as a...