Any day now, we'll have the decision from the Postal Regulation Commission (PRC) regarding postage increases scheduled to take effect on January 24, 2021. In the meantime, the USPS has already announced their direct mail promotions for 2021 allowing direct marketers to finalize marketing...

Benchmarks are bullshit. There — I’ve said it. The benchmarks that we all live and die by — the well-annotated, appendiced-to-death, 97-page Annual Findings that determine whether you are successful — are crap. Why? Because they don’t represent anyone’s reality. Instead, they embody the reality of a perfectly curated,...

One would be hard pressed to find an adult in America who would not recognize the name “Uncle Sam,” and even less likely to find someone who couldn’t recall the famous “I WANT YOU” WWI recruitment image. Not only has it been seen in...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Simon Sinek, a British/American author and motivational speaker, once said, “Those who know the customer the best, will win.” This has been proven time and again, across all markets. In a results-driven business world, it is easy to mistake...

Throughout history, the hero’s journey is a story told thousands of times, yet it never gets boring or old. It’s that archetypal journey that all protagonists go through and has been used to describe everyone from Jesus Christ and Odysseus to modern heroes like Luke...

Welcome "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” – United States Postal Service motto Well, actually they do. Routinely. And with postal reform and cutbacks in processing facilities, good weather can mean...

Marketers are infamous for picking up new phrases and buzzwords, but they are normally meant to beef up their story. If you have been around a while, you may remember: robust, vertically integrated, solution driven, synergistic, best-of-breed. But it's one buzzword describing their marketing "ideas" that I...