Pressing Thoughts

Forward: Direct Mail Trends in 2016

After the hustle and bustle of the gifting Holidays are over, the lull before the obligatory New Year's celebration is typically reserved for ...
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The QR Code Quandary

The QR code—that little circuit board-like maze that whisks you directly to a website with just a quick smartphone scan. Instant connection, no ...
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AWXII Recap

With hundreds of seminars and workshops to choose from, AWXII (Advertising Week 2015) left us with a lot of insights and information to digest. But ...
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Inside the Box: Heights Financial Corporation

Inspired by our recent (and on-going) Direct Mail Toolbox series—today we’re going to try something new. We’re going to open up our mailboxes to the ...
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Direct Mail Toolbox: Part 4

Now you know how DM essentials like headlines, CTAs and Johnson boxes work. You’ve figured out strategic elements like FAQs, testimonials and P.S. ...
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Direct Mail Toolbox: Part 3

We’ve already explored how to effectively use several textual elements in direct mail packages in the first and second post of our Direct Mail ...
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Direct Mail Toolbox: Part 2

A couple of weeks have passed since the last post in this series, but the key components used in direct mail are timeless! In our first post we ...
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Direct Mail Toolbox: Part 1

In the 1800s, an idea emerged from Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch that there are really only 7 basic story plots that are just retold in thousands ...
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Pioneering Print: Wilen Grows 4-color Variable Data Printing Capabilities with Kodak

About 18 years ago, we broke ground on our first direct mail manufacturing facility in Deerfield Beach, Florida. You might think that entering the ...
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4 Ways to Maximize Postage Savings

As you may have heard, the Postal Regulatory Commission recently approved a 2% postage rate increase. While this is good news for the Postal Service, ...
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