Marketing 3 Secrets to Driving Leads to Your Online Sales Funnel Direct mail is a great way to earn quality customers-but only if you do these three things. By Craig Simpson
Marketing The Science Behind the Sales Funnel Get rid of empty leads by making your sales funnel consistent and efficient. By Craig Simpson
Marketing How the Seasons Affect Your Direct Mail Campaigns For the best results from your direct mail campaigns, learn how responses vary according to the time of year. By Craig Simpson
Building a Business 3 Simple Ways to Make Sure Your Direct Mail Campaign Is Opened Learn the three things you can do to increase the chances that your sale pieces do their important job of selling your product or service. By Craig Simpson
Marketing How She Built a $50 Million Postcard Empire Direct mail never died. It just needed an upgrade.
Marketing Increase Your Direct Mail Campaign Results Using Holidays Set up a campaign around a holiday and give your customers a reason to come into your store, visit your website and buy from you. By Craig Simpson
Business Operations & Logistics Why Some Prices Are More Right Than Others Learn to look at the factors that determine what your most attractive offer price is! By Craig Simpson
Marketing How to Avoid Mailing to a Disaster Area Learn this money-saving tip and keep your response rates from bombing when floods and natural disasters occur. By Craig Simpson
Marketing 3 Split Tests to Improve Your Direct Mail Results If you want to increase your response rate, make sure you are ALWAYS testing something new. By Craig Simpson
Business Accounting How to Calculate the Success of a Direct Mail Campaign The first thing you need to determine? The close rate needed to break even. By Doug and Polly White
Building a Business Are You Leaving Money on the Table? Persistent follow up that nevers crossing the line into pestering is the secret to sales success. By Shaun Buck
Building a Business 3 Direct Mail Methods to Target Your Best Prospects Make sure your marketing reaches the right customers every time. By Craig Simpson
Building a Business Create Effective Sales Campaigns with Showmanship The begins when you learn how to catch the customer's eye. By Craig Simpson
Marketing 5 Tips for Direct Mail Marketing Direct mail should be a never-ending cycle of testing and learning. Are you ready to start? By Doug and Polly White
Tech Build a Customer Communication Channel That’s Sure and Steady The internet's speed is great for business -- until Google or another platform changes its rules on a dime, freezing you out of the marketplace. By Shaun Buck
Marketing 4 Ways to Integrate Direct Mail Into Your Digital Marketing Landscape Direct mail's response rate is 3.4 percent, vs. email's 0.12 percent. Maybe it deserves a second look. By Mike Tinz
Marketing Want Digital Marketing to Work For You? Integrate Some Analog Thinking. Remember direct mail? It's baacck! And it's a great complement to your online efforts. By Renee Yeager
Marketing 4 Steps to Building Lifetime Value From Expensive First-Time Customers When you look at how much a customer is worth, you need to focus on more than a single purchase. By Craig Simpson
Marketing 4 Reasons to Use Direct Mail Marketing Instead of Email Marketing It's undeniable that technology has changed the direct marketing industry, but direct mail isn't going anywhere anytime soon. By Craig Simpson
Marketing Traditional or Digital Marketing? Is That the Right Question? Instead of making a choice, consider a mix of strategies, according to the specific offer and the time of year. By Vin Gupta
Marketing Want to Create the Holy Grail of Mailing Lists? Follow These 5 Tips. Entrepreneurs looking to create a successful email campaign must have a top-notch mailing list. By Craig Simpson
Marketing Your Direct Mail May Go Directly in the Trash If You Make These 4 Mistakes These pitfalls will cost you money and not earn you sales, and worse, may make you look bad to potential customers. By Craig Simpson
Marketing 3 Ways to Make an Offer Your Prospects Can’t Refuse By playing up certain things in your direct mail, you will increase the chances of customers making a purchase. By Craig Simpson
Marketing The 7 Key Parts of an Effective Direct Mail Sales Piece When writing your direct mail sales piece, be sure to include and pay particular attention to these seven parts of your letter. By Craig Simpson
Building a Business The 4 Elements of a Stellar Sales Piece The most effective direct mail sales pieces follow a formula in format and length. Discover the secret to direct mail success. By Craig Simpson
Marketing 5 Elements of an Irresistible Call to Action Too many direct-mail campaigns fizzle out because they fail to inspire readers to actually do something. Here's some advice. By Craig Simpson
Marketing The New Rules of Lead Generation Resemble the Old Rules, Somewhat Along with availing yourself of the power of the web using search engines and social media, tap email, direct mail and trade shows -- not to mention cold calling. Peruse these seven strategies. By Martin Zwilling