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October 16, 2024

Advertiser’s Survival Guide for the Final Weeks of Political Ads

By now, you’ve already heard that 2024 election spending is on track to be a record-breaker. The question is how much more can competing advertisers expect? And more importantly, what they can do to stand out. Three key facts about the remaining political ad spend. $569 million worth of ad time booked is already booked from October 1 through the election.* 86% of that remaining ad spend will focus on the 7 battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.* Pennsylvania has a chance at seeing the largest ad spend, including Senate GOP candidates. *Source: CNN What advertisers can do to survive the final rush of political clutter. While making a drastic decision to wait out the rest of the election season is an option, there are plenty of better ways to make intelligent use of your marketing resources. Consider these top 5 options: Look beyond overcrowded channels: While traditional...

January 10, 2024

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by Patricia Uhrich

Does direct mail have a powerful role in your 2024 marketing mix?

Here are 5 reasons it should. In a world of ad blockers and spam folders, direct mail feels like a safe haven for marketers and consumers alike. Even new brands are turning to direct mail to make a larger impact on key audiences. In a USPS survey, 72% of Gen Z respondents said they're "excited to discover what the mail brings every day." Let’s hit the pause button on the AI and social media hype and rediscover the power of direct mail. You may want to reshuffle the marketing mix for your 2024 campaigns. Reason #1: High Open Rates. According to Earthweb, the average person receives 100 to 120 emails per day with an open rate of between 20 and 40%. On the other hand, people in the U.S. receive an average of just 2 pieces of marketing mail per day. The Association of National Advertisers reports that up to 90% of direct mail gets...

August 30, 2023

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by Patricia Uhrich

Who do you follow for inspiration?

Ideas and advice can come from anywhere outside of your own brain. The challenging part in our age of information overload is separating the wheat from the chaff as the old expression goes (and as expressions go, that’s one of the oldest with roots in the Bible). We’ve filtered out a lot of noise and distilled our list of experts down to a comfortable number of sources to follow. Whether you’re in a creative rut and need some inspiration, looking for latest marketing trends, or simply want to spend your screen time reading something that will enrich your career/business, this is for you. Mostly Creative: Design Taxi: Since 2003, we’ve been gaining inspiration from brilliant ad campaigns and new product designs featured on their website. It’s no surprise that they have over 400,000 followers. If you crave new ideas or fear missing out on the innovative campaign everyone is talking about, tune in. Twitter Creative...

November 17, 2021

in Marketing, Uncategorized

by Patricia Uhrich

Supply Chain Holiday Blues: Questions & Answers for Marketers.

It’s not just the title track of the 2021 Holiday Season. This year’s supply chain issue is a heavy dose of reality that has retailers scrambling to meet demand and end the year in the black. As marketers, we’re kind of caught in the middle with more questions than solutions. Our Q &A tackles some the broad questions behind this unprecedented Holiday marketing season. Why isn’t the supply chain keeping up with demand? The pandemic is ultimately to blame but there is no simple answer. Three key factors have led us to be unprepared for the uptick in demand. Just in time inventory management: Rather than keeping warehouses full, companies have switched to having raw materials and finished products arrive exactly when they need them. It’s a way of running leaner by eliminating excess inventory. Unfortunately, it leaves little room for surprises like a pandemic. Lack of warehouse workers and truck drivers:...

January 15, 2020

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by Patricia Uhrich

THREE MEGA-ISSUES FOR MARKETERS IN 2020 and how we need to address them

If your New Year’s resolutions include staying ahead of the curve, this article is for you. We’ve separated the wheat from the chaff (sorry for that paleo & gluten-free friends) to focus on today’s mega-issues for marketers. 1: The Steady Rise of Voice Search. Yep, just when your SEO team thought they had mastered the game, Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri change the way we all search. Now it’s less about keywords and more about answering very real and human questions. Smart speakers play a huge role in this trend. According to Canalys research, smart-speakers grew by 82.4% in 2019 and will overtake tablets by 2021 with over 400 million installations. In fact, the use of Google Assistant has quadrupled in just one year. What to do about it: Start thinking about the questions that prospects and customers will be asking and insert those questions in headers. In addition, adjust web content so that...

January 7, 2019

in Marketing

by Beth Harvath

BRING IT ON!

Embrace 2019 with Marketing Savvy. What will the new year bring us? That depends on what we bring to the new year. Looking back on 2018 as a 365-day learning experience, we have plenty of marketing knowledge to carry us forward. Consider these five facts as you finalize your 2019 marketing strategy. Direct mail delivers: In 2018, we saw an increased demand for oversized and dimensional mailers among our B2B clients. Smart marketers continue to invest in direct mail because the ROI is strong thanks to campaigns that are increasingly data-driven and micro-targeted. In addition, digital marketing overload has made direct mail more personal, novel and interesting, especially among Gen-Y audiences. Video views are rising: This is a trend that shows no sign of slowing down. Adding video to a website or landing page keeps visitors engaged with your site longer which leads to two important outcomes – better connections with your audience...

May 24, 2018

in Marketing

by Bill Rogers

DCI Earns BEST IN SHOW at PDMA Benny Awards!

“Reach for the Sky” was the theme for the Philadelphia Direct Marketing Association’s Benny Awards honoring our region’s best of direct marketing. Most in attendance would agree that we accepted that challenge and then some, after accepting three “Benny” awards, including BEST IN SHOW… ...

May 8, 2018

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by Bill Rogers

Spotlight on Patricia Uhrich, Marketing Manager

How long have you been with DCI? Patti: I've been with DCI for almost 2 years. Prior to this, all of my experience has been on the client side. It seems most people tend to move in the other direction (agency to client side). What attracted you to the agency life? Patti: I like the fact that I have opportunities to work with clients from a cross-section of industries with a variety of goals and campaigns. I also enjoy DCI because I’m able to work with a more tight-knit group in a less corporate environment. It’s challenging yet more enjoyable and relaxed at the same time. As trendy and current as you have to be in the marketing world, I hear that you enjoy kicking back with a classic movie when you’re at home, right? Patti: Within the past few years, I've become a Turner Classic Movies nerd. I probably watch at least 2 old...

February 1, 2018

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by ecityAdmin

How To Motivate Millennials To Consider Making A Purchase From Your Brand

We live in interesting times, not just on the global political stage but also in the world of retail marketing. In recent years consumers have rapidly taken control of the buying process and expect a memorable customer experience (CX) along the way....

Marketing News Tag

Advertiser’s Survival Guide for the Final Weeks of Political Ads

Does direct mail have a powerful role in your 2024 marketing mix?

Who do you follow for inspiration?

Supply Chain Holiday Blues: Questions & Answers for Marketers.

THREE MEGA-ISSUES FOR MARKETERS IN 2020 and how we need to address them

BRING IT ON!

DCI Earns BEST IN SHOW at PDMA Benny Awards!

Spotlight on Patricia Uhrich, Marketing Manager

How To Motivate Millennials To Consider Making A Purchase From Your Brand

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