The most optimal marketing campaigns are multifaceted endeavors, mixing multiple mediums to hit their target audience. Magazine ads, websites, billboards, direct mail, social media and smartphone apps are just a few ways companies convert customers. To drive profits, businesses must allocate their marketing dollars across the right channels. Today, no brand can dispute the power...
Ask a small business today if its marketing efforts are paying off, and you might be surprised by the answer. According to Infusionsoft’s “2017 Small Business Marketing Trends Report,” nearly 47 percent of small business owners don’t know if their marketing efforts are effective, while 10 percent know they aren’t. But don’t fear, they still...
I’m a podcast addict. There, I admitted it. I have a long drive to work every day, and listening to a podcast makes that trip shorter and more enjoyable. I listen to everything from crime mystery (Serial is nothing short of incredible) to interview format (Marc Maron’s WTF sets the standard) and all things in...
Have you ever wondered if that important piece of mail came today but you’re stuck at the office? You’ve been waiting for a wedding invitation, or maybe your Federal tax refund? Well, wonder no more because the U.S. Postal Service has began a service called Informed Delivery that will deliver actual letter-sized, black and white digital images...
I like to think of inbound marketing as a lead generation machine. When it’s given proper maintenance and all the parts are working together, you can expect consistent web traffic growth and delivery of leads. But like any other machine, if you remove one part, it can’t deliver at a peak performance level and may quit working altogether. You must...
You’ve probably noticed these days that more fleet vehicles like service vans, trucks and cars are being wrapped with eye-catching graphics. Vehicle wraps have become more common and utilized, because the technology to create the wraps offers more options and efficiencies than ever. The result; better looking wraps with an affordable price point.But wrapping a vehicle...
We usually aren’t the type to toot our horn on things we’ve done or advances we’ve made, but we think this is pretty cool. We added to our family of state-of-the-art presses the HP Indigo 12000 Digital Press, and we’re excited about the new opportunities this offers our customers. First of all the digital press...
In 2012 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed March 21st the International Day of Forests, to celebrate and help raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests. The theme for 2017 is Forests and Energy. According to Two Sides North America, wood provides the world with more energy than solar, hydroelectric or wind...
There are a lot of theories about what makes a direct mail piece stand out from the crowd – the copy, the offer, the images, the bold colors or the texture of the paper. Each argument has its merits. The one thing marketers can agree on, however, is what will make your direct mail project...
The wisdom from Robert Fulghum’s All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten may be a new treasure to some—but it is worth sharing (see – I already have the first rule down): Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. Say you’re...
