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Are you failing to follow up your marketing campaign?

Posted: May 14th, 2012 by Suzanne Stock comment-icon 0

You lay awake at night dreaming about this marketing campaign – the one that was going to launch your new service to existing customers and brand-new prospects.

4 Commonsense Direct Mail Strategies

Posted: April 23rd, 2012 by Suzanne Stock comment-icon 0

So, spurred on by the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s latest research that direct mail is most definitely the comeback kid in the business to business sector you have decided to ‘experiment’ with this medium.

All Hail Direct Mail! CIM Announces Comeback Kid

Posted: April 4th, 2012 by Suzanne Stock comment-icon 0

If you fall into the category of business folk of the opinion that direct mail has had its heyday, or perhaps instead you’ve pigeon holed business to business direct mail

5 Top Tips on Using Leaflets in Business to Business Direct Mail

Posted: March 28th, 2012 by Suzanne Stock comment-icon 1

It was not that long ago that leaflets were literally been consigned to the waste bin of history. Environmentally unsound, untargeted, associated with cheap as chips deals.

A Case Study On How Direct Mail Can Really Work

Posted: March 19th, 2012 by Suzanne Stock comment-icon 0

One of the problems that Perrys had experienced with their previous direct mail programme was very low responses despite high quality enclosures

The new love affair …direct mail and digital

Posted: February 21st, 2012 by Suzanne Stock comment-icon 7

When the shiny shoes of digital marketing and social media reached our shores, it was tempting for marketers of the impetuous and impatient variety to denounce the traditional marketing tools (including direct mail) as dead in the water,

Keep an open-mind about your choice of marketing channel

Posted: February 16th, 2012 by Suzanne Stock comment-icon 1

So, in this particular blog I am asking that you step outside your marketing comfort zone, and look at two traditional channels to market

How To Write Sales Letters That Sell!

Posted: January 6th, 2012 by Suzanne Stock comment-icon 2

A sales letter is an enduring, iconic communication within a mailshot. Long before the luxury of more elaborate communications such as sales flyers, quizzes and brochures the humble sales letter was working its magic.

Why Marketers Must Go Back To Basics

Posted: November 16th, 2011 by Suzanne Stock comment-icon 0

When responses are slow to materialise it’s tempting to search for the one big marketing miracle that can somehow transform the fortunes of the business – that one tactic, tool or strategy that can accelerate your marketing responses into the stratosphere. But in the real business to business world, savvy marketers know that being brilliant at the basics is the way forwards.

Twitter Tips On How To Promote Your Business

Posted: November 1st, 2011 by Suzanne Stock comment-icon 2

It is always something of a challenge to write a blog post on what you should tweet about and what constitutes a great Twitter post. The old saying, one man’s meat is another man’s poison was never more apt. This particular topic brings to mind the 4 words on the cover of David Ogilvy’s iconic book, Ogilvy on Advertising – “there are no rules.

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