Creating Relationships with Personalized Direct Mail
by Randy Hardy As I’ve noted my recent posts, most marketers try to reach their target audience by using multiple marketing channels to get their message through. And while new channels such as mobile and social media are getting a lot of attention, recent studies show that print continues to play an important role in the […]
Case Study: Do Personalized Communications Increase Local Response Rates?
by Randy Hardy In my last post, you learned which aspects are important to consider before starting to use personalized communication in your direct marketing campaigns. You also learned that individualized elements like a PURL or a personalized map help you generate greater attention with your campaigns, which leads to better results and increase your response […]
The Key To Personalization Marketing Is Knowing Your Goals
Bringing Personalization Into Your Campaigns by Randy Hardy You’ve listened to the experts and realize how important personalization is to your marketing campaigns. You have the technology, and know that with relatively simple data you can add personalization to your campaign. Before you start to use personalization, you need to put some thought into how personalization […]
The Power And Challenges Of Personalized Marketing Communications
by Randy Hardy Are You Talking to Me? Anyone involved in marketing today knows that to get heard by your audience, you need to deliver a personalized message that speaks directly to them. Personalization has been proven to improve response rates and create a greater connection with the recipient. Printed personalized direct mail pieces […]
Are Maps The Key To Unlocking Higher Marketing Conversion Rates?
As I mentioned in a recent post Personalization Is About To Get Real Personal, one of the cool techs I learned about at the Xplor 13 conference was locr Maps presented by CEO Rolf Richter. At first I was a little skeptical, especially since he claimed “marketing campaigns using locr maps have proven to be […]
Personalization Is About To Get Real Personal
Not too long ago I wrote a guest blog for Printing Impressions about the Trade Show Road Less Travelled and spoke about my experience attending the Xplor Conference for the first time, and why I keep going back. Having just returned from the 2013 event last week, my conviction that Xplor is a hidden gem […]
The Road to drupa 2012 and More from Pat McGrew M-EDP, CMP – Part 11
Does your dm have a fan base? Do people post pictures on the web holding your direct mail piece? Customers of Zeb do!
The Road to drupa 2012 and More from Pat McGrew M-EDP, CMP – Part 8
This is an EXCELLENT example of personalization through segmented publishing that has revenue generation built into it. In this case, instead of selling one ad to HP to showcase one product to everyone, the publisher broke out the paper into three targeted editions making it possible to sell HP three spaces, showcasing three products, to […]
The Road to drupa 2012 and More from Pat McGrew M-EDP, CMP – Part 7
This is cool… and is GREAT PRINT. I feel weird not saying more, but when you have Pat McGrew showing you something, Ive learned to just sit back and listen…
Personalization Becoming A Reality Across The Hospitality Industry
The article below is from HotelMarketing.com, but I see it as a call to action for Printers & Service Providers with hospitality clients or Agencies with such clients to get in this game NOW if you arent already there. Having worked for many years in Agencies with casino’s, hotels, resorts and destinations as clients, I can […]