by Bob McCarthy | May 12, 2015 | Direct Mail, Direct Marketing, General, Lead Generation, Online Advertising, Web Marketing
On the surface, Direct Mail vs. Google Adwords seems like an odd comparison. To be sure, these are two very different types of marketing programs. Direct mail is traditional offline marketing. Google Adwords is the cornerstone of online marketing. Apples to oranges,...
by Bob McCarthy | Apr 25, 2015 | Direct Mail, Direct Marketing, General, Lead Generation
Which direct mail strategy is better? Frequent mailings to the same audience or fewer mailings (maybe just one) to a broader audience? This is a common problem for many business owners and marketers who look at their market size and then look at their budget – and...
by Bob McCarthy | Apr 12, 2015 | Direct Mail, Direct Marketing, General, Lead Generation, Online Advertising, Web Marketing
I get calls occasionally from people who want to know what I charge for a sales lead. For a while, I was confused by this … because, frankly, I didn’t have an answer for them. I never know what it will cost to generate a lead for a particular client until after we’ve...
by Bob McCarthy | Mar 29, 2015 | Copywriting, Direct Marketing, General, Online Advertising, Web Marketing
Even if you have no experience or interest in Twitter, this technique could work for you. ——————- Thanks to John Jantsch’s blog at Duct Tape Marketing, I discovered a new tool yesterday called DashThis. It’s a marketing app...
by Bob McCarthy | Mar 18, 2015 | Copywriting, Direct Mail, Direct Marketing, General
This may be counter intuitive for many of you. But bear with me. I think it might make sense in a minute or two. So you’re planning a direct mail campaign and you’ve decided to use a letter package – and now it’s time to spec out the package. You have the three...
by Bob McCarthy | Feb 18, 2015 | General, Lead Generation, Web Marketing
What’s not to love about search engine marketing? As a direct response marketer, I spend a lot of time worrying about my target audience – trying to find the right list or the right media for my outreach campaigns. It’s an uphill battle because no...
