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We want your marketing and sales efforts to be meaningful and hugely successful (aka BIG ROI), so we like to share content and insights that have proven valuable to us as well as our clients for over 20 years.
Three Multichannel Marketing Stats to Inspire You
The creation and full utilization of the internet by the general public opened a door for retail stores everywhere: online marketing and sales. In today’s world, so many years later, there’s a multitude of platforms to sell your products and gain new customers every...
Don’t Miss Your Chance: Maximizing Your Trade Show Success
Participating in trade shows gives a business a leg up in whatever area they are in. It allows people to become more aware of your brand, see what kind of services you offer and hopefully come back for more. When you are displaying at a trade show, you’ve got...
Get More from Your Print Budget with Retargeting
You make a significant investment in your print marketing. You get new brochures, you design new posters and you create new and colorful business cards to represent your company and advertise why you’re the best in the business. Once you invest in all of this,...
Want to Sell More? Keep It Dripping!
If you keep hearing the term "drip marketing," there's a reason: It's a powerful lead-nurturing tool that works. The marketer sends (drips) regular marketing communications, often through multiple channels, with strategic precision designed to move a prospect...
What to Expect with a Best-in-Class Direct Mail Provider
Do you already have a Bay Area direct mail provider? Have you been working with the same company for years and think, “Things are going just fine. Why make a change?” If you are happy with your current provider, great! But it’s always worth asking the question, “What...
Why Your Text Should Have Color Too
When it comes to images, we know that color pushes the needle and motivates Bay Area buyers to take action. A picture of a juicy hamburger topped with bright green lettuce and ripe red tomato is far more compelling than the same image in black and white, after all. ...
Three Ways to Sell More to Existing Customers
Think you have to go out and drum up new customers in order to increase your sales? Think again. Prospecting is certainly an important tool for revenue generation, but there are ways to increase your sales from existing customers too. After all, they bought from you...
Why Does Channel Selection Matter?
When it comes to choosing marketing channels, marketers tend to make many assumptions: Millennials always want digital, the Silent Generation wants print. But the reality is often far different. As Bay Area marketers, if we don’t pay attention to how consumers truly...
Five Ways to Keep in Touch with Your Customers
When’s the last time you reached out to a customer and didn’t try to sell them something? Can’t remember? That’s pretty normal when it comes to the day-in and day-out movement of owning a business. Which is why it’s important not to lose track of its purpose: your...
Direct Mail: The Key to Customer Acquisition
Did you know that six percent of consumers in the United States don’t have access to broadband? That 30 percent of Americans don’t use Facebook? Or that only 83 percent of U.S. adults have cellphones? Even the best email lists only reach 40–50 percent of your list...
7 Steps To Make Sure Your Mailing List Is Getting Enough Love
Quick! If you had to identify the most important component of your marketing, what would you say? Here at PMI, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, we would say our mailing list. If you said that too then good, we’re on the right track. Next question: Is it...
Are You Matching The Right Incentive To the Right Audience?
Do you put as much thought into the incentive as you do into your mailing list, your creative content, and your message? Does the value of the incentive match how much the response is worth to you? Here at PMI, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, we know all about...
