Direct Mail With Video? Here’s a Marketing Approach You Have to Watch

Direct Mail with Video? Here’s A Marketing Idea That Really Needs Watching If you’re a regular reader, you know I like direct mail because current research shows that it’s a great way to separate yourself from competitors who think “all digital” is the only way to go...

How To Make Promotional Products Work for Your Target Market – Infographic

People are always asking me if promotional products actually work to increase awareness, leads and sales. After being in the industry all of my life, I can tell you emphatically that yes, indeed, promotional products can effectively market your brand by reaching your target market, increasing leads and sales…but you have to have a plan.

If you have multiple locations or many departments ordering promotional products, if you exhibit at a lot of trade shows or if you feel like you would like a better plan for your promotional product management, you are not alone.

Should You Use Promotional Products as Part of Your Marketing Strategy?

The things we need to have on our radar when it comes to marketing these days seems endless doesn’t it? Yet today more than ever, just like 25 years ago before digital was even a part of marketing strategy, relationships still matter. Creating a plan to build strong and lasting relationships through your marketing efforts, both online and off, should be a big part of your focus.

Which Promotional Products Are Keepers?

Promotional Products…Adding Value Like No Ad Can I recently shared some results from a survey conducted by the Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI). In several posts, I talked about how well promotional products work, and which ones have the most positive...

It’s All About Direct Mail – Infographic

A Working Guide to the Channel that WORKS I can remember a time when consumers were not particularly enchanted with direct mail. But amidst all the chaotic new developments on the marketing landscape in recent years, a strange and wonderful thing has...

How to Create Sales Opportunities with Promotional Products

Here’s How to Create Sales Opportunities with Promotional Products You wrestle with many important business decisions but often the task of choosing  promotional giveaways for trade shows, golf outings, sales calls and company events and initiatives gets handed...

Study Shows Direct Mail Marketing Can Grab and Hold Attention

Printed Marketing Stands Out Celebrate a birthday lately? If so, you probably got a number of emails and Facebook messages, most of which contained the “default” applicable words “Happy Birthday.”  It’s nice that people expressed their good wishes, certainly, and you...

6 Benefits of e-Procurement for Operations and Logistics

Control Quality and Costs Across Your Organization It seems like such a simple thing. You have different offices spread across the region or the country, but they use (or should use) the same forms, literature, and supplies. Everyone should be on the same page. But...

Want Great Marketing ROI? Just Try a Letter!

Why Not Just Try a Letter? When you are looking to get a great response to a print marketing campaign, have you ever considered just sending a direct mail letter? The results are in and as I recently told you, Direct Mail works, but why not just try a letter? Letters...

Armour Up Your Brand Merchandizing

Your Promotional Gear Can Be More Than Thrift Store Material Offering promotional gear is a great way to gain brand awareness, increase loyalty, and boost sales. But the market is littered with odds and ends like mugs, pens, and cheap T-shirts that end up filling...

How To Market Your Brand In Less Time

Promotional Products: A Swift Way To Stand Out If you want people to quickly discover your brand, there’s no better way to do that than with promotional products. Not only does it create brand advocacy that can lead to loyalty, it maneuvers your brand’s name and logo...

How To Quickly Create Brand Advocates

Advocacy Can Lead to Loyalty The key word in this article’s title is quickly. Every company knows the importance of brand loyalty, and most of them are focused in various ways on honing strategies to form relationships with their customers. But giving back to your...

How Effective Communication Breeds Customer Loyalty

If your company has high levels of customer satisfaction, they are likely to remain loyal, right? Not necessarily. In a recent customer satisfaction study of 10 major industries, an average of 72% of respondents indicated that they were highly satisfied with the...

How to Create Effective Sales Literature

Looking to freshen up your sales literature? Think carefully and create a plan. Sales literature stands in for you when you’re not around, carrying your brand identity and reputation to the marketplace. It plays a critical role in your business and needs to be planned...

Staying top of mind

Quick! Name a soft drink. Chances are you thought of Coke or Pepsi. These beverage giants spend millions in advertising to stay top of mind (TOMA). How about you? If someone asked your customers to name a company in your product category, would your company come to...

5 Branding Mistakes To Avoid

We all know how it feels to be in business for a long time and sometimes this means we forgetting “old school” branding rules. We have seen many clients change logos too often or not refresh their email signatures so they look updated. Below are 5 of the...

5 Tips to Help Improve Your Video Marketing

Are you starting to use videos to help market your business, but not sure exactly what to do? Many times companies have great videos, but because they don’t know what to do with the videos they never get the full benefit from having them. Below are 5 very...