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Presses are rolling again!!!
This is sound of the economy showing signs of life. Great to hear those presses rolling again! Let us know if there is anything we can do to help.
Paper 101: What Different Terms Actually Mean
When asked about the details of the paper stock you are choosing for a print project, do your eyes glaze over? Do terms like basis weight, points, and color cast sound like Greek to you? If so, here is a quick list of basic terms to help you better understand the process. Basis weight: is …
Digital Print: It’s Not Technology—It’s Marketing
Do you think of digital printing as an output technology or a marketing model? The reality is, it’s both. If you don’t think of digital printing this way, maybe you need to think more broadly about digital print. Traditionally, marketers have used digital presses to save money and “right size” their print volumes. Print on …
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Tapping Your Envelope’s Most Powerful Real Estate
What is the most important real estate on your mailing envelope? It is the upper left-hand corner, the location of the return address. It is here that your prospect will often decide to open your envelope… or not. Here are three reasons this space helps recipients decide to open your envelope: Existing customer relationship: If …
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Are You Short-Sighted? Or Long-Sighted?
When you are calculating the ROI of your print, email, or multi-channel marketing campaign, how long a view do you take? Do you stop tracking revenue after a month? One year? What about the lifetime of the customer? Lifetime customer value (LCV) is an overlooked metric that should be part of how marketers measure …
3 Areas Where Direct Mail Beats Email
Don’t get us wrong—we love email. Like every marketing channel, email has an important place in the marketing mix. But with the pressure that marketers often experience to go all digital, it’s important to remind ourselves of some of the unique benefits offered by direct mail. Direct mail doesn’t require an opt-in. Before you …
3 Tips for Maximizing Your Print Investment
Are you tired of hearing people talk about the benefits of going entirely paperless? We are! Especially when it comes to marketing, that’s just not a smart move. When our inboxes are clogged with spam and any company can look big and successful online, print carries weight and inspires confidence in a way that digital …
Stretching the Budget with Smart Paper Choices
One of the biggest expenses in any direct mail campaign is paper, so planning wisely can help you stretch the dollars in your marketing budget. Here are some simple ideas for specing paper that can reap huge dividends in both creativity and cost. When we think about paper, the first thing that often comes to …
