The Advantages of Insert Media in Today’s Market

| MCM staff

With the upcoming postal increase, more and more mailers are looking to insert media for cost effective customer acquisition programs. These vehicles go well beyond the typical package inserts and blow-ins to include shared mail, FSIs, and catalog insertion programs. To compete with the increasingly competitive market of not only catalogers but e-tailers and retailers, mailers are realizing that they need to incorporate this medium into their circulation plans.

Advanced Thinking on Matchbacks

| MCM staff

The myriad offer and order channels used today present multichannel marketers with a growing problem: How to effectively allocate marketing budgets to the promotions and channels that drive demand.

Track Down Those Unaccounted Movers

| Sharon Neuenfeldt

Each year, companies that rely on direct mail campaigns lose millions of dollars on a seemingly uncontrollable problem: unaccounted for movers and inaccurate mailing lists. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reports that 14.2% of the public moves to a new address each year. Of these movers, approximately 10 to 20% never report their new address to the USPS.