The marketing world is fast-paced and ever-changing. Often, before your current campaign has even run its course or perhaps launched, you’re busy planning the next one. It’s all too common to get caught up in the day-to-day grind, strategizing, planning, analyzing, and looking for new ways to increase results while reducing cost. Learning and improving… Read more »
How are you adjusting your marketing strategy to accommodate the 2024 postage increase? Some businesses have raised their budgets while others are reducing their mail quantities or even the frequency of their direct mail campaigns. Data analysis can help you combat these price increases by identifying your best prospects, removing unlikely responders, locating dead zones… Read more »
Scoring is a process that analyzes your data records and identifies which individuals are most likely to buy from you. It empowers you to make strategic decisions about who to target and where to invest your marketing budget. Instead of taking a random selection, you can choose the very best records for your company. … Read more »
All relationships require work, and customers are no exception. It is easy to overlook your loyal customers or assume they are fine. But, if you don’t invest in those relationships, one day you’ll look up, and they’ll be gone, and you won’t even know what happened. Your loyal customers have been with you for a… Read more »
Customer acquisition is incredibly important to any growing business, but often companies overlook the value of cross-selling to their own customers. The likelihood of a new prospect buying from you is 5-20% while your current customers have a 60-70% likelihood. With current customers, you have already done the hard work of winning them over. They… Read more »
As postage continues to rise, marketers are facing budget constraints and difficult decisions. Where do you make cuts? Do you decrease the number of mailings or records per mailing, etc.? How do you make the most of your marketing budget? Is it possible to mail less and still get the same or better response rates?… Read more »
If you are looking for ways to create more effective campaigns, be sure to include direct marketing in your strategy. Direct marketing targets known individuals instead of general audiences. This method allows you to be more intentional and personal with the people you choose to advertise to, leading to higher quality results and ROI. 1…. Read more »
End-of-the-year giving campaigns will soon be in full swing. Is your non-profit organization prepared to reach your target audience and achieve success this holiday season? Instead of scrambling to throw something together at the last minute, establish your goals, select your best audience, and create a multi-channel marketing strategy. Establish Your Goals Before creating… Read more »
Even when you use unique data sets, data models can grow stale. The continuous challenge becomes how do you improve model performance and keep it fresh. When our models seemed flat, we searched for new ways to increase their predictive power. Our solution was to create 4600+ spatial variables that strengthened our models and allowed… Read more »
Imagine you are one click away. Your latest direct mail campaign’s performance numbers are in. The air is charged with electricity. All the hours, days, and weeks of planning, preparing, and executing the campaign have come down to this moment. You open the final campaign report, scanning the numbers. Yes, there it is! What you’ve… Read more »
