With software like Hubspot, you can track opens on emails, gain metrics on clicks, and measure the response rates of campaigns — which tells you the level of success and profitability you can expect from a conversion. But what did direct marketers do before the era of digital metrics and tracking? Catalogers relied on key codes to track response by customer segment. Most orders arrived either by mail...
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...
Direct mail is expensive. Up to 97% of the catalogs sent do not convert. How do you determine which customers warrant the investment of mailing your catalog? Holdout tests. What is a holdout test? A holdout test measures the profitability of a catalog mailing relative to a customer segment. For a mailing, a small group of customers from your mail file is marked to withhold...
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