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5 Fun Stats to Inform Your Fundraising

Published January 13, 2022

As a nonprofit, you know the importance of personalized direct mail. Most likely, you are already personalizing your mailers by the donor’s name, giving history, and often household income. But are there other data points that could help? Here are some exciting statistics that, while […]

Tagged content marketing, cross-channel marketing, direct mail, direct mail strategy, direct mailers, direct marketing, fundraising, marketing, marketing communications, millennial marketing, multichannel marketing, personalized marketing

Survey: Print Is Safe, Secure, Trustworthy, and Eco-Friendly

Published December 16, 2021

If something is proven safe, secure, and trustworthy, you’d embrace it, right? Now add in that it is also eco-friendly, and you have a product anyone would love. There is such a product, and it’s print. After years of research on consumer attitudes and preferences, […]

Tagged communication, direct mail, direct mail strategy, direct mailers, direct marketing, eco-friendly, marketing, marketing communications, paper, paper vs. digital, print vs. digital, printing, recycle, recycled, secure, sustainability, sustainable

Lagniappe #5: Happy Holidays / Tips for Next Year’s Marketing Campaigns

Published December 2, 2021

In this special holiday edition of Lagniappe, Matthew Holliday sends Hol(L)iday wishes on behalf of the Franklin team, and shares several tips to keep in mind as you plan for the upcoming year’s marketing campaigns. Covering everything from Address Resolution Service to oversized postcards to […]

Tagged accurate data, Address Change Service, Address Resolution Service, ARS, data driven marketing strategies, direct mail, direct mail design, direct mail strategy, direct mailers, direct marketing, high-quality data, Informed Delivery, marketing, marketing communications, National Change of Address, NCOA, personalized marketing, standardize data, USPS Informed Delivery, variable data

In 2021, Businesses Are Marketing Smarter, Not Harder

Published November 4, 2021

With the U.S. economy starting to re-open following the height of the coronavirus pandemic, what does this mean for marketing? Are companies continuing to hunker down? Or are they getting back to business? This is important to know both as a benchmark and for competitive […]

Tagged customer engagement, customer loyalty, customer relationships, digital marketing, direct mail, direct mail design, direct mail strategy, direct mail success, direct mailers, direct marketing, email marketing, marketing, marketing communications, multichannel marketing, personalized marketing

Customer Retention Ideas That Don’t Involve Price

Published October 19, 2021

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, businesses have faced challenges due to the growing instability in brand relationships. Especially during the early days of the pandemic, buyers often switched brands due to changes in availability, logistics, and their own economic situations. This quickly challenged […]

Tagged content marketing, cross-channel marketing, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer loyalty, customer relationships, data driven marketing strategies, digital marketing, direct mail, direct mail design, direct mail strategy, direct mail trends, direct mailers, direct marketing, Lifetime Customer Value, marketing, marketing communications, multichannel customer experience, multichannel marketing

Lagniappe #4: Franklin Insider Newsletter & Wrap

Published October 5, 2021

In September’s episode of Lagniappe, Matthew Holliday talks through the details of our Summer 2021 Franklin Insider Newsletter mailing, which was featured in the latest edition of WhatTheyThink! magazine, highlighting the power of embellished print marketing. We used our CreativiD dimensional embellishment system to create […]

Tagged data driven marketing strategies, digital foil, digital foil finishing, direct mail, direct mail design, direct mailers, direct marketing, foil, foil personalization, marketing, marketing communications, personalized marketing, textured varnish, variable data, varnish

Do Self-Mailers Have Benefits Over Direct Mail Envelopes? You Bet!

Published September 23, 2021

For many businesses, direct mail letters are their “go-to.” They are inexpensive to produce, can include BREs and other inserts, and depending on the design, can seem more personal than self-mailers. Still, the popularity of self-mailers is growing. They, too, are inexpensive and have many […]

Tagged direct mail, direct mail budget, direct mail design, direct mail spending, direct mail strategy, direct mail success, direct mailers, direct marketing, envelope design, mail delivery, mail design, mail piece, marketing, marketing communications

Lagniappe #3: Returned Mail – Yellow Stickers, Be Gone!

Published August 26, 2021

In this episode of Lagniappe, Matthew Holliday explores the tangled web that is returned and undeliverable mail…you know, those pesky yellow stickers no one likes to see! He uncovers some interesting facts about how undeliverable mail is handled, and provides a game-changing solution that can […]

Tagged ACS, direct mail, direct mail budget, direct mail spending, direct mail strategy, direct mail success, direct mailers, FranklinForward ACS, returned mail, returned mail rates, undeliverable mail, usps

Lagniappe #2: Meet the Team: Account Executive, Donna Melancon

Published July 22, 2021

In our second episode of Lagniappe, Matthew Holliday interviews Senior Account Executive, Donna Melancon. Donna, a 23-year member of the Franklin Family, chats with Matt about her hobbies outside of the office, what it’s like working at Franklin, her favorite products and services, and what […]

Tagged direct mail, direct mail design, direct mail strategy, direct mail trends, direct mailers, Franklin, marketing, textured varnish, varnish

Want Better Direct Mail Copy? Tighten It Up!

Published July 1, 2021

What’s one of the keys to creating great direct mail copy? Keeping it tight!

Over the years, the amount of copy used in direct mail campaigns has dropped. In fact, according to Who’s Mailing What! (WMW!), a national database of direct mail, the amount of […]

Tagged digital marketing, direct mail, direct mail design, direct mail response rates, direct mail statistics, direct mail strategy, direct mail success, direct mail trends, direct mailers, direct marketing, Mail, mail design, mail piece, mailing content, marketing, marketing communications, multichannel marketing, personalized marketing