Archive for April 2009

Should You Go Postal?

April 7 2009

No. Please don’t.

We send a bunch of dimensional every month. Our customers’ campaigns do well because we don’t send traditional mailers, rather dimensional mail that gets 10x the results.

The postal service is in panic mode. The quasi-government entity is losing ground to digital solutions. Sometimes it feels like credit card offers must be keeping the post office afloat.
Post Office, Postal Service
As a marketing agency with a strong direct marketing presence it sounds self-serving to say, “ignore the trends,” or “direct mail is still effective”. In reality, electronic bill payment is what’s killing the post office. No bills going out by mail, you’re payments aren’t returning by mail. Their are other factors, but the facts are clear.

Specialized, non-traditional, personalized mail is blowing the doors off the old stuff. It gets 10x the results of traditional mail and 100x the results of email blast to unknown targets.

So don’t panic. We have your back.

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LinkedIn Tip #5 ResumedIn

April 5 2009

It’s been over three years since I printed, read, proofed or shared an offline copy of my resume. I don’t even have digital copy I can share. LinkedIn does all that for me, includes recommendations, links to my company or other information.

No need to reinvent the wheel. Give that future employer a link to LinkedIn. If they expected a paper copy odds are they won’t say anything for fear of coming across like a technical neophyte. Or, they might just think you didn’t care enough about the job to print a resume. Tread lightly.

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Less Mass, Simple

April 1 2009

We truly believe our customers need to simplify messaging and cut the fat out of their marketing programs. Do more with less. That’s the key to sticky campaigns.

Jason is well known around here and we use Highrise and Basecamp religiously. He echos our belief that small is better. The volume is a little off in this video, but the message is spot on. Check it out.



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