by NextPage | Feb 28, 2013 | Blog, MULTI-CHANNEL MARKETING, QR CODES
If you follow this blog, you know I criticize advertisers that cram too much copy or too many visual elements into their ads. This week’s advertisers do neither. Sleep Number Bed and Drugfree.org demonstrate how to execute a clean ad with a mere six-word hook as a...
by NextPage | Jan 18, 2013 | Blog, QR CODES
We pitted three corporate giants against one another this week. Between Microsoft, Dassault Systemes and Boehringer Ingelheim, which company do you think did the best job with its mobile tag usage (QR Codes® vs. Microsoft Tag) and advertising composition (copy,...
by NextPage | Jan 8, 2013 | Blog, DIRECT MARKETING, QR CODES, VARIABLE DATA PRINTING
If you haven’t read Sabine Lenz’s Printing Impression guest post, “These Business Cards Are Crap,” read it now because she’s created quite a stir. Lenz is the founder of PaperSpecs.com and doesn’t mince words about the cheap, flimsy stock, off center cards she...
by NextPage | Dec 13, 2012 | Blog, QR CODES
ComScore, a company that follows and measures the digital world, released a study that shows QR code®* users are skewed heavily to young, affluent men. ComScore’s research showed that in June 2011, more than 14 million U.S. mobile users scanned QR codes. Altogether,...
by NextPage | Nov 16, 2012 | Blog, DIRECT MAIL, QR CODES
Did you know that the U.S. Postal Service is the only organization in the country that has the manpower, network and capacity to deliver mail to every residence and business in the United States? It is the mega force behind a $900 billion industry that drives commerce...
by NextPage | Oct 4, 2012 | Blog, QR CODES
It still amazes me how much money marketing giants spend on flawed campaigns. This week I’m going to analyze three companies that ran a full page, full-color print ads with a strong call to actions that lead their prospects down “the road to Abilene”. The Abilene...