Businesses looking to target their customers often wonder if the value of a direct mail campaign is still worthwhile in today’s online-focused market. A strategically targeted and professional direct mail service can still produce a good return on investment. Direct mail campaigns can be approached from several different angles dependent on the type of service …
Twenty years ago, what was happening in the world? In no particular order: Tony Blair won a landslide victory in the UK general election Céline Dion was topping the charts with, “My Heart Will Go On.” Hong Kong was handed over to China Dolly the sheep was cloned The first Harry Potter book was published …
For any direct mail marketing campaign you need data – people’s names and contact details – and for an effective, cost-effective campaign, the data you use must be accurate. Out-of-date data – does it matter that much? A great big YES in answer to that question, for a number of (quite obvious) reasons: Using inaccurate …
Her Majesty’s Government should have asked us at Mailing Expert. Not that we’re after the £9 million (honest!), just that we could do the same job, to exactly the same standards for less; no expensive London advertising agency or PR company. Just your local direct mail marketing SME! We think the British taxpayers would be …
Royal Mail Mailmark™ means intelligent mail! Nothing to do with needing a dictionary to read all the long words in your communications – it’s more to do with an innovative way of tracking your post at every stage of its journey. This is very much more advanced than “Signed For” mail. We’ll put a smart …
It’s tempting to think that an email campaign will be more cost-effective than a direct mailing campaign. Don’t be fooled by that thought! The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) carried out a survey in 2012 and the results indicate that response rate from marketing received through the post is on average 4.4%, whereas with an email it’s …