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The weather is still cold across many portions of the United States. But it’s just a few short months away from the busy spring and summer season when families and individuals begin the buying and selling process in search for a new place to call home.  Savvy realtors are already planning their 2012 marketing campaigns. [...]

Postcards are such versatile marketing vehicles. They’re available in a wide variety of sizes. They can be mailed cheaply – some sizes qualify for deep discounts with bulk mailing. And they communicate instantly – they don’t have to be opened like a letter in an envelope.

Classic and heartwarming. Efficient and clean. Direct and informative. These are just some of the beneficial aspects of a long time member of the direct marketing family, The Postcard. Stay inspired, stay updated on trends, stay informed on techniques and stay at the top of your direct marketing game with this week’s The Art of Design: Postcards.

Postcards are a great way to reach out to customers and prospects with a short and motivating message that can drive sales. You already have (hopefully) a list of your current customers with which to create mailing labels. To get a list of prospects you can buy one from a list vendor or if you [...]

This unique blog series is based on design submissions from our customers like you! We will feature a different designer each month on our blog, social media and emails, sent to thousands across the country! Great for promoting your work and creating new connections and business.   Want to be our next Featured Graphic Designer? [...]

This week it’s all about postcards! We’re helping keep one of the grandfathers of marketing alive with plenty of postcard design inspriation, tutorials, tips and resources in this week’s The Art of Design: Postcards

Prepare to get inspired.

When it comes to direct mail marketing, the name of the game is grabbing attention, and a great way to draw a viewer in is with a beautiful and bright full color postcard design. Boring and dull colored postcards won’t stand a chance against the other postcards in the mail pile; so the first step [...]

Next Day Flyers’ Featured Customer – Azad: Photographer and Graphic Designer “Good photography makes eye contact.” Azad, of azadphoto, has spent the last 20 years photographing art and he also helps artists advertise their own work by using his talent to design and develop their promotional material. Over the years the Azadphoto team has produced [...]

What’s Next? This month’s topic “Branding Basics” comes from Dena Smith. Congratulations Dena! She just won a credit for 100 free business cards. Branding Basics: Starter Questions and Tips “The American Marketing Association (AMA) defines a brand as a ‘name, term, sign, symbol or design, or a combination of them intended to identify the goods [...]

What’s Next? This month’s topic “Branding Basics” comes from Dena Smith. Congratulations Dena! She just won a credit for 100 free business cards.

We’d all like an ROI that’s 10 times greater, but if you’re still operating your direct mail campaigns in the dark ages of doing generic batches and blasts, well let’s face it, you’re losing money.

What’s Next? This month’s topic “How to Use Mail like Twitter” comes from Matthew Orley of Copley, OH. Congratulations Matt! He just won a credit for 100 free business cards.

“…Comedian Steven Wright tells a joke about a friend who sent him a postcard. On the picture side, there was a beautiful shot of the planet earth as seen from outer space. On the address side was the message, ‘Wish you were here.’

Postcards – even a modest marketing budget can make use of them, but there are so many different postcard sizes, how do you choose? Let’s consider the two most popular sizes – the 4×6 and the 5×7.