Buyer Persona Development – Include Channel Preferences
An important tool in B2B campaign planning is buyer persona development, backed by real world customer and prospect insights. Understanding and embracing how the target’s habits, behaviors, and preferences intersect with their roles, goals, and pain points in...
Data Hygiene Update 2020
When the question is asked, “What contributes to direct marketing success?”, the discussion quickly turns to data quality. How is that achieved? The answer is data hygiene, which requires active effort. Without it, data quality declines. Strategy, content...
Postal Service Rate Increase Request For 2021
In an effort to close the gap between revenue and operating costs, a Postal Service rate increase request has been submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission affecting certain rates effective January 24, 2021. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, plus continued...
The Magic Touch Of Physical Direct Mail
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed so much about living in what is normally a very social, transactional society. The frustration and even depression brought about by interpersonal and sensory deprivation is widespread. For all the benefits of e-commerce, being forced...
Marketing To Medical Professionals
Medical Professionals are the gatekeepers to the pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and technologies that drive health care. The estimated total of $3.8 Trillion in health care expenditures for 2019 is projected to rise to $6 Trillion by 2027 and 19.4% of GDP. For a...
About Psychographic Data
Direct marketing thrives on data. Psychographic data is the more qualitative member of the triad of data types that includes demographic and firmographic data, which tend to be quantitative. Demographic data elements include personal attributes. Firmographic data...