Old is New Again in Direct Marketing Strategy: “Lumpy Mail” Wins

By on October 8, 2019   /   Case Studies, Education and Training, Marketing, Print Design  
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Direct mail marketing programs are not dead. They should be an integral part of your Direct Marketing Strategy. Contrary to every social media super star’s testimony to the contrary, when you use “Snail Mail” to send something of value to a customer or a prospect, it’s going to get noticed. I don’t care who you are or what your thoughts are when it comes to checking the mailbox, if there’s something in there with weight, or girth – better yet, if it makes noise – you’re going to open it. And for a marketer, that’s 90% of the battle. We

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Time Has Shrunk. Has Attention to Quality as Well?

By on September 4, 2019   /   CMYK Printing, Des Moines Marketing Company, digital printing, Marketing, offset printing, Print Design, quality marketing company, quality print design, RGB Proofing, SPOKE News, the brand chef thebrandchef  
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We made a couple text edits and sent the client a new proof of the mailer. Through the beauty of technology, we watched as they opened the email, clicked on the proof, glanced over the last round of edit requests, and snap – off to press! But something was bothering me. It was negligible, almost like a shadow that I could see out of the corner of my eye but never quite catch. Deadlines. Because of deadlines, I sent the approved art off to press anyway. That was Friday. Today, only a few days later, we’re re-ordering the print run.

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