Marketing

GDPR Came In Force This Morning. Now What?

Editor’s Note: This week, I received an email from one of my wearable device companies. Screenshot below. The name of the organization has been erased. Sadly, I’ve never lived in the EU. Heck, I…

GDPR Came In Force This Morning. Now What?

Editor’s Note: This week, I received an email from one of my wearable device companies. Screenshot below. The name of the organization has been erased. Sadly, I’ve never lived in the EU. Heck, I…

Mail

Timeline: History of Marketing Mail

As the USPS adopts the term marketing mail, we thought a "brief" review of the evolution of this class of mail was due.  Here you go! Trouble Viewing? Click here!  Written by Michelle Toivonen,…

Data

6 Roadblocks Keeping You from Building the Right Personas

Businesses can’t go far in their marketing endeavors before the topic of personas comes up. With so many data sources competing with a demand to offer highly-personalized, relevant messaging,…

Marketing

Our Favorite Marketing Tools of 2017

From productive apps to mail-inspired playlists, we’ve reviewed our most beloved marketing tools of the year: Organizational Trello: Interactive boards and cards allow users to organize tasks, track…

Data

Take Your Direct Mail Back to School

Summer is coming to an end, lunchboxes are back on display, and supermarkets across America are suddenly flooded with frustrated-looking parents trying to find the exact three-ring binders requested…

Marketing

4 Things Westworld Taught Me About Business

Have you ever questioned the nature of your own reality? It’s a question frequently asked on the new futuristic HBO show Westworld, which finished up its first season on Sunday. Westworld has all the…

Marketing

Connect with Customers in Micro-Moments

Everyone talks about a call to action.  But a call to what action, exactly?  It’s not always buy, buy, buy! Consumers want different things at different times during the purchasing cycle. And…