Direct Marketing

Paradysz Research released its 2011 Seasonality Study of direct mail trends. According to the study, key direct mail months and overall seasonal patterns remain relatively stable for most consumer sectors despite continued economic challenges for marketers and consumers.

Citing a recent report from the National Restaurant Association (NRA), PowerDirect Marketing announced increased focus on front-door marketing programs for its restaurant clientele.

Cellfire Inc. announced that consumers ranked its digital grocery coupons higher in a number of key shopping and convenience factors than coupons from newspapers, the mail or printable web coupons, according to a recent survey* of its save-to-card customers by Market Dynamics.

Any Hispanic who isn't a recent transplant from Mars is familiar with big advertisers like Inglés sin Barreras and the myriad companies offering legal services via DRTV. This media type is a primary sales driver for many Hispanic-focused companies. For some verticals (think telecom and insurance) DRTV is also the main branding medium. For the purposes of this article we will focus on more highly targeted media such as direct mail, email, and paid search (SEM). By Cynthia Clotzman / VayaDirect

Kantar Media reported that Free Standing Insert (FSI) coupon activity increased 7.2 percent during 2010 versus the previous year to more than 291 billion Coupons Dropped. This is the highest level of activity observed during the past decade by Marx, a Kantar Media solution and the indus

It's no surprise that Moms are true dealmakers when it comes to shopping and saving money. For decades, marketers have tried to grab the attention of this influential demographic with compelling offers to save more on their brand through coupons.