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Article: Why use direct mail? In the face of e-everything, marketers are rediscovering the impact and reach direct mail has to offer.(Running the Business)
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- August 1, 2006
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Why would any company be using direct mail today? Perhaps the best answer is simply that direct mail reaches people--the right people--in more ways than one.
It's no accident that Web-based companies rely heavily on direct mail to reach prospects. The largest credit card marketers like MBNA, Citicorp and Chase all depend on direct mail to connect with precisely the right prospects.
Even so, it may come as a surprise that 56 percent of the marketers participating in a recent survey increased their spending on direct mail in 2005. The same trend survey, done by Kern Direct, points out that direct mail beat out search engine marketing, print advertising, ...