Housing Market; Marketing to New Homeowners
A decade after the onset of the Great Recession, the national housing market is finally returning to normal. With incomes rising and household growth strengthening, the housing sector is poised to become an important engine of economic growth. But not all households and not all markets are thriving, and affordability pressures remain near record levels. […]
Choosing a Direct Mail Piece for New Homeowners
When marketing to New Homeowners, we take care of the list for you. You don’t have to worry about the names and whether the address is mailable (some lists provide you addresses even though no one has yet moved in, or worse, the address doesn’t undergo hygiene process, so you end up with returned mail). […]
Direct Marketing On A Budget
Four or five times a year, we get calls from entrepreneurs, inventors mainly, looking for marketing help. As far as I can tell, that’s about average for a small marketing agency. Recently, we heard from a vibrating shoe man, a couple with a terrific new home-schooling program and a woman with a new Luxury Magazine […]
Direct Marketing Getting A Tad More Expensive
Direct Marketing relies on Direct Mail Campaigns as the most effective channel, with respect to the initial investment (i.e. ROI). But will it also stay the most cost effective, beside most effective, as we look to marketing our businesses in 2018? It’s no secret the USPS has been struggling for quite some time. With that […]
Consumers Like Brands Sending Direct Mail
At a time of social, economic and political change, it’s important that every single message you deliver is trusted. Can Direct Mail help improve your business’ perception in the marketplace? Mail scores very highly in the key components of trust. A personal message delivered direct to someone’s home – like a letter or brochure – […]
Direct Mail Still Cutting Through Clutter
The debate between traditional and modern is an age-old one. We see it in architecture, fashion trends, and restaurant styles. Opposing sides either lean on the comfortably familiar or are energized and lured by the new, daring techniques. In marketing too, the debate between the traditional and modern rages now more than ever. At its […]
Why Mailing Lists Work? Here’s another reason
Direct Mail – Proven Marketing Strategy Direct mail proven again as a safe and effective marketing vehicle. It respects the audience as it presents a subtle interruption in their life routine and thus response is likely to be more positive. Now imagine what happens when you mail an audience that actually needs what you’re offering […]
TCPA – Telemarketing Consumer Protection Act
Introduction On October 16, 2013, new FCC regulations will go into effect that introduce the requirement of prior express written consent for certain types of commercial phone calls and text messages to consumers. Among other things, the new rules require that marketers have prior express written consent to autodial or send pre-recorded messages to cell […]
Direct Mail Remains a Strong Pizza Marketing Tool
In a landscape where digital and mobile advertising have seemingly made past marketing methods look like old-school relics, many experts argue that direct mail is still very much alive today—thriving, in fact. After all, email inboxes have become more clogged with an endless stream of offers, while mailbox loads have considerably lightened. “Consumers get hundreds […]
What Is Direct Mail Marketing? Why Is It Good For Business?
What Is Direct Mail Marketing Anyone with a mailbox receives some type of Direct Mail Marketing — be it a 15-percent-off coupon for Kohl’s or Macy’s sent exclusively to store credit-card holders, or a mailing from a local real-estate broker informing you of the current market value of your home. Some other direct mail marketing […]