When I was a kid, there was this thing called the Helping Hand Program. If you were hurt, lost or in danger, you could knock on the door of a house that had a handprint sign in the window, and the family would watch over you while they called your parent. Even though...
“HEY, printers! How will you use email in 5 – 10 – 20 years?” Have you thought about it? Have you planned how email will be part of your business? How will you use it to make money and get print customers? Let’s take a stroll down memory lane to 25 or so...
The cause and effect of business and marketing best practices are not always clear and obvious. But these unusual times provide lessons that make the cause and effect of these practices painfully clear. Don’t pretend it’s business as usual We all want normalcy....
How do you communicate with your customers? Are you stuck in one channel or are you mixing it up and keeping it spicy? Many printers prefer to handle customer communication through email. Email is quick, immediate, efficient and affordable. As a way to stay in touch...
Create a three-cornered marketing communications powerhouse to open doors, get recognized, and make yourself indispensable. I am a huge believer in print plus email as a powerhouse marketing combination, and I write about that topic a lot. When you add a third...
Should we use seasonal content in print and email if we want people to engage, remember and even share? The answer is YES if the seasonal content is fresh, original, memorable and has a unique point of view. Here’s how to add a seasonal element to your...
The guys over at chiefmartec have been tracking marketing technologies since 2011. Over that time their list of marketing tech solutions has grown from 150 to over 7,000. That’s 7,000 solutions out there competing for a piece of the marketing budget. This presents a...
Print, text, and email are a delicious mix in this restaurant marketing campaign. To gain new customers (and keep them coming back), ask for permission to interact in all the places where they spend time and pay attention — and then reward them lavishly. I’d...
Over the past few months, we’ve discussed calendar based and behavior based email marketing. But there’s a classic chicken or the egg problem… how do you grow your list of emails in the first place? Use email capture forms to transform your website from a digital...
Last month I discussed calendar based emails, which is sending emails when you want to send them. These calendar-based emails might be a newsletter sent at a regular schedule or a campaign when you want to market an event. While you may target part of your audience to...
Email marketing falls into two basic categories: calendar-based or behavior based. Calendar based emails are sent based on your marketing calendar and are not triggered by a particular behavior. Examples of calendar-based emails include: Email newsletter Marketing...
Did you take a gap year with your email marketing program? You’re not alone. Printing businesses often launch their email marketing with an ambitious schedule and then settle down to a reasonable pace once they see the discipline it requires. When the program stalls...
