Spring is when your print buyers start planning. New projects. New campaigns. New initiatives.
The question is… will they be planning them with you?
If you’re not consistently in front of your print buyers, someone else will be. April’s upcoming direct mail lineup (available for download now) was built around one powerful idea: helping your customers communicate more clearly, and helping you sell more print in the process.
Here’s how each subscription package gives you a strategic reason to get back in the mailbox.
Direct Mail For Printers Options
Coffee Break
Lighthearted, consistent, and easy to mail, Coffee Break is an engaging 8.5×14 newsletter that keeps your print shop visible month after month.
This issue mixes spring humor (yes, the “hippo vs. zippo” joke is in there) with an Easter-themed sidebar and a full May 2026 calendar your customers will actually use. But beyond the laughs, the ad copy reinforces a critical message:
“Plan = Win.”
“Don’t Give Up on Your Marketing Plan.”
That subtle reinforcement positions you as the marketing partner, and not just the printer.
When your print buyers see your name regularly in a format they enjoy, you stay top-of-mind. And top-of-mind printers get the call first.
If you want an easy, affordable way to mail consistently, this is it.
FastStart
If you want to proactively promote a specific print product, FastStart gives you a ready-to-mail campaign built to generate orders.
April’s focus? Eco-friendly booklet printing.
Headlined “Sell More With Every Page,” this campaign shows your customers how booklets help them:
- Explain services
- Organize complex information
- Showcase promotions
- Build trust
With Earth Day and Arbor Day as timely hooks, plus a built-in optional 10% promotion, this package gives you a strong reason to start conversations now.
Instead of waiting for customers to ask for booklets, you’re showing them why they need them.
That’s how you move from order-taker to opportunity-creator.
Local Edge
The April Local Edge postcard (6″ x 9″ and 5.5″ x 8.5″ format) highlights something online competitors can’t offer: The People Advantage.
“Better Booklets Start With Real People” reminds your audience that working with a local printer means:
- Reviewing samples in person
- Getting guidance on paper and binding
- Talking through layout decisions
- Avoiding costly mistakes
Local Edge positions you as the trusted print marketing expert in your community.
Mailing this regularly reinforces why local matters. And when your customers value collaboration, they value you.
National Direct Mail
If you want a more robust, multi-piece campaign, National Direct Mail delivers a complete envelope, postcard, and mailer package designed to drive response. Plus, you can reach further with the included email marketing and social marketing assets.
This edition tackles a real frustration: cluttered communication.
With bold lines like:
- “Your Ideas Deserve More Than a PDF”
- “Confused Readers Don’t Convert”
…it makes a compelling case for structured, professional booklet printing.
The campaign includes multiple (optional) response-driving offers, such as:
- 10% off recycled paper upgrades
- Free booklet layout review
- Spring print bundle discounts
This isn’t just awareness marketing. It’s built to generate conversations and quotes.
If you’re serious about selling higher-margin projects, this package gives you the tools.
Printer’s Press
For printers who want to build long-term authority and relationship equity, the Printer’s Press newsletter delivers a full customer newsletter packed with value.
This issue features:
- Cover Feature – “The Quiet Power of Everyday Curiosity”: A seasonal reflection on how small questions and fresh perspectives lead to better decisions, and tying into the broader theme of clarity and intentional communication.
- Print-Focused Story – “An Unexpected Tool That Improved Customer Confidence”: A real-world example of a landscaping company that created a simple eight-page booklet explaining their process. The result? Fewer misunderstandings, smoother consultations, and more confident customers… a natural conversation starter for booklet projects.
- Print in Action – “Bookmark Sparks a Community Project”: A short story showing how a simple printed bookmark inspired a series of local classes. A subtle but powerful reminder of how print creates engagement.
- Travel & Lifestyle Features: A spring travel spotlight on Santa Fe, a wellness article encouraging ten-minute outdoor resets, trivia, recipe, celebrity profile (Michelle Yeoh), and other engaging content that gives the newsletter staying power.
Throughout the issue, print is positioned not as decoration, but as a tool for clarity, confidence, and connection.
When you mail it consistently, you’re not just sending content. You’re creating future print opportunities.
Ideas Collection (Website Content)
Type: Website Article (Design Tip)
Topic: Design Less, Communicate More: The Power of Visual Restraint
This month’s Ideas Collection Design Tip focuses on helping businesses cut through visual clutter and communicate with greater clarity.
The article explores how reducing unnecessary text, graphics, and design effects can strengthen a message rather than weaken it. It walks through key principles like removing elements that compete with the core message, using white space to create hierarchy and flow, and making every font, color, and image choice intentional.
One standout takeaway: before sending a piece to print, ask, “Can someone understand this in three seconds?”
Highlights include guidance on organizing content so readers aren’t distracted, building trust through clean layouts, and testing designs for comprehension rather than decoration. The article is paired with the book recommendation The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda, which reinforces the idea that simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.
The latest Ideas Collection tip is available to all website subscribers and MI4P WordPress Plugin users.
Use this article to spark conversations about simplifying brochures, sales sheets, booklets, and direct mail pieces — then position your shop as the partner who can help refine, design, and print materials that communicate clearly and convert confidently.
The Bigger Opportunity
Here’s the real takeaway:
Your print buyers need help organizing their message. They need structure. They need clarity. And you can be the one who shows them how print makes that happen.
But only if you’re in front of them.
April’s subscription packages give you:
- Consistency
- Strategic messaging
- Professional design
- Built-in promotions
- And a reason to start new conversations
Don’t wait for orders to appear.
Create the opportunity.
Download samples, review the pieces, and choose the package that fits your growth goals. Then get back in the mailbox and remind your print buyers why working with you just makes sense.
Ready to sell more printing this spring? Let’s get started.
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