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Direct mail marketing is not only an excellent choice for advertising your business (no matter what business you’re in), but it’s also a great way for you, as a printer, to showcase your quality handiwork! You’ve already seen print marketing work firsthand for countless other businesses that you’ve helped personally with their direct mail campaigns. It seems only natural that

It’s the first thing people look at when researching a company, yet almost always overlooked when considering their sales team. Your website can easily be your top sales performer and the greatest “hire” you’ll ever make. Consider what Claire Emerson of Copyblogger says, “Your website doesn’t take breaks, it won’t call in sick, and it’s focused on getting the results

When I was younger, I coined the phrase: “If you ain’t living on the edge, you’ve got too much room!” Now that I have matured a bit, I prefer a little more cushion or “wiggle room,” if you will. But that being said, if I don’t stretch myself from time to time, I become inelastic… if that’s a word (my

Did you know that your printing company’s online ordering process can quite literally set the tone for your customers? Especially now, when 68% of consumers have elevated their expectations of a company’s digital capabilities because of the COVID-19 pandemic. And, across the globe, 49% of shoppers say they’re shopping online now more than they were before COVID. With the uncertainty

No matter how they suffered or excelled through this past year, your print buyers need to be reminded that their own customers are ready for normalcy. Let them know that you’re here with the direct mail content packages that have been ready for you every month without interruption. National Direct Mail With National Direct Mail, you have the perfect solution

Having a great website starts with your home page. Just as a magazine or postcard gives you only a few seconds to capture the attention of your audience, the same is true of your digital doorstep. ”Your website is likely the first impression a potential customer will receive about your company. It’s almost like a first date. The customer simply

Is your printing business customer-focused? Becoming a print-buyer-focused printing firm means focusing on how every interaction helps your print buyer, rather than how it helps your business. While it sounds simple enough in theory, you’d be surprised at the number of business decisions that fail to consider the customer. What is a Print-Buyer-Focused Business? A print-buyer-focused printing firm puts its

In my last contributor blog, I wrote about my battle with Trigeminal Neuralgia and the 3 Lessons I Learned from Brain Surgery that Could Benefit Your Print Business. Now, you’d think I’d only get to share a story like that once in my lifetime. But, at the time of this writing, I’ve been home for three days after a 13-day

Sometimes moving along an easier path is just what you need. The content in the marketing packages that you will find here have that goal as a top priority – make it easy to implement great marketing. The hardest decision you have to make is how many to print this month and who to distribute it to. National Direct Mail

It was a long year last week at Marketing Ideas For Printers. Our whole leadership team (including myself) plus one other team member tested positive for COVID. I’m thankful we did the hard work ahead of time to be able to survive such an interruption. Well-Defined Processes “Well-defined” doesn’t mean “lots of words.” It means others have a clear roadmap