Direct Mail Express

Nat Bodian, a direct marketing veteran who remains on the cutting edge of the field, delivers tested guidance on all aspects of direct mail; card packs; mailing lists; list brokers, compilers, and managers; telemarketing; printing, production, and letter shop procedures; and mail-order print ad techniques. Full treatment of each topic helps you define it, use it to your best advantage, avoid pitfalls, evaluate other options, and measure response. Yet, while the coverage is truly broad and up-to-the-minute - including new FTC regulations and emerging technologies - you need not wade through long sections of secondary text to find the information you seek. "Each of the more than 1,000 entries is the 'pure' idea expressed in the simplest terms and fewest words", the author notes. "Each entry is complete, succinct, and easily digestible". Some examples: . Rule 20:04 - Heaviest Single Day's Response from Mailing: As a rule, says Hershell Gordon Lewis, a mail order expert, you can expect the heaviest single day's response to a mailing on the second Monday after the first order arrives. Rule 55:04 - Best Ad Position in Business Periodicals: As a rule, an advertisement in a specialized business periodical will attract the most attention on the page facing the table of contents. To complement its wide scope, Direct Marketing Rules of Thumb also provides greater in-depth coverage of specific direct marketing aspects than any previous book on the subject. For example, it devotes full chapters to reply cards ... return envelopes ... response devices order forms ... card-pack design ... virtually all types of mailing lists, including business, consumer, professional, medical, periodical, andfund-raising ... typography selection ... and the use of 800 numbers in space ads and inbound telemarketing. Extensive key-word indexing and careful cross-referencing help you further pinpoint relevant data.

First there was direct mail. Then came the database marketing revolution. Now comes Consumer Guided Marketing- a new kind of marketing that combines the personal approach of direct mail with the processing power of the modern marketing database to create one-to-one marketing that is far more personal, and consequently much more powerful, than any type of marketing that has preceded it. Solving the privacy problem inherent in the use of third-party databases by involving each customers as an equal partner and co-participant from the very beginning of the marketing process itself, Consumer Guided MArketing predetermines whether a potential buyer is actually interested in the seller's product before the mailing decision is made. The results? Mailing costs drop to all-time lows, response rates rise to all-time highs, and customer loyalty reaches levels never thought possible. Written by direct mail expert Dick Shaver, this practical resource contains all of the information you need to understand and implement this dynamic new database marketing method. Going beyond the one-shot sell, The Next Step in Database Marketing shows you how to establish and develop an ongoing" Mailing Dialogue" with your customer that maximizes sales both now and in the future. With real-life examples such well known companies as American Express, General Electric, Marion Merrell Dow, MCI, Reader's Digest and many others, this books takes you step by step, through every element involved in creating consumer-specific mail.