Direct marketing is on the rise and it doesn’t show signs of slowing down. Customers appreciate targeted marketing more than ever. You can see this trend in the growing number of users turning on their adblockers; that number climbed to nearly 26% in 2018. But customers still enjoy sorting their mail and seeing offers that are targeted towards them. When our spam folders are overflowing, it’s...
Take a scroll on your Facebook or Instagram feed and you’ll be surprised at the number of Shopify stores that tout themselves as e-commerce retailers. Selling everything from drop-shipped T-shirts sourced on AliBaba, to hats, pop-cultural tchotchkes and even sweaters with a pouch to hold your cat, the age of digital has given way to the age of e-commerce. So maybe you’re already well-versed in the world...
How would you like to combine the best of digital marketing technology with the tactile and visual charm of direct mail marketing? Welcome to triggered postcard marketing, a new way to take advantage of cutting-edge technology to pump up your direct mail campaign. Martech, an online marketing trade, points to a triggered direct mail platform that connects potential customers’ online behavior to create targeted direct...
Catalog co-op prospecting models have been around for a couple of decades. But if you haven’t considered them in a while, it might be time to take a new look. Most of the big co-ops have diversified and added digital prospecting programs to their list of catalog services. Who Should Try It? Your customer acquisition program has started to plateau (or even decrease) while acquisition...
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