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Why Direct Mail Marketing Works for Businesses

It might seem like direct mail should be dying out, considering the crazy digital age we live in, but this form...

Digital Overload and the Power of Direct Mail Marketing

How many emails did you receive yesterday? Over 50? Over 100? As email marketing becomes more and more popular as a marketing medium, it is no secret that the number of emails filling up people’s inboxes is growing exponentially. Unfortunately, this is not a good sign for email marketers, because it means that every email has to overcome much more competition in order to get opened, let alone clicked on. We call this “Digital Overload”, and it severely limits the efficacy of email marketing efforts.

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Direct Mail: The ‘Diamond in the Rough’ of Luxury Branding

Marketing for luxury items is a very different game from most traditional marketing strategies. Most items can be sold based on the usefulness or efficacy of the product; luxury items, on the other hand, are not about selling a product so much as what that symbol represents, be it wealth, glamour, or power. Luxury brand marketing is first and foremost about branding, because luxury items have very little to do with necessity and a great deal to do with image and lifestyle. As it turns out, direct mail is especially suited to luxury branding; one might even say direct mail is the ‘diamond in the rough’ of luxury brand marketing. Let’s explore why.

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How to Measure Your Direct Mail Marketing ROI

Direct mail marketing campaigns can become expensive if not executed correctly, and especially during times of economic hardship, it is particularly important to back up marketing decisions with solid numbers. The most commonly accepted method of quantifying the success of a direct mail campaign is to calculate its Return on Investment (ROI). It’s not enough to simply know how much a campaign costs up-front; you also need to know how much revenue that campaign brought in, to determine whether or not it was financially worth the investment. Let’s walk through the process of calculating your direct mail ROI.