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The 2023 State of Direct Mail report reveals how marketers use direct mail to drive growth, how they measure the impact, and how marketing budgets are changing.
In this guide, you’ll learn how you can effectively harness intelligent direct mail to improve the ROI of your direct mail campaigns.
Learn how intelligent direct mail by modernizing and optimizing your financial services direct mail practices to deliver stellar consumer experiences.
Learn how developers can show others how sending personalized direct mail can be as simple as dispatching an email campaign with this high-level resource.
Learn which marketing channels and tactics maximize your ROI and ensure the marketing budget you spend is strategic and laser-focused on generating revenue.
This practical guide will give you real-life methods pro marketers use to keep customers engaged, loyal, and buying more.
This guide will share real-life winback strategies from marketers using intelligent direct mail to re-engage, reactivate customers, and increase revenue.
Learn how to apply advanced acquisition strategies to your direct mail with real-world examples of how marketers are combining online and offline channels.
Our 2022 survey of 2,100+ US consumers age 18+ to understand their usage of, attitudes toward, and preferences around direct mail.
Get the best tips and tricks for personalized direct mail that will help you stand out from the competition and create memorable customer experiences.
Get the best tips and tricks for personalized direct mail that will help you stand out from the competition and create memorable customer experiences.
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A successful reactivation campaign helped thredUp re-engage customers.
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BlueChip Financial reduces potential mail costs by 50% with Lob Address Verification.
TMF Reduces Direct Mail Costs by 50% with Automated Donor Acknowledgement Letters
Congress.Cards Drives Advocacy through Direct Mail
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Inside Real Estate Improves Response Rates by 5x with Personalized Direct Mail
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Spire Law uses Lob to ensure accurate delivery addresses and seamless mail workflows
VillageCareMAX Saves Over 4,000 Hours a Year by Automating HIPAA-Compliant Direct Mail
Couchsurfing Uses Postcards & Address Data to Build Trust With Their Users
How Booking.com Saves Thousands of Hours & Reduces Fraudulent Activity by 97%
Myriad Sends Trigger Based Direct Mail & Improves Collections by 20%
RealMailers Automates Direct Mail Marketing to Help Their Clients Sell Homes
B-Stock Eliminates Manual Oversight with CASS Address Verification
Carewell Uses Lob Address Verification API to Build Customer Loyalty and Cut Costs
Current Reduces Compliance Spend While Improving Their Customer Experience
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Do people ever mistake your personalized mailers for junk mail? These direct mail best practices will help you reach more customers instead of getting trashed.
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Economic concerns are influencing direct mail marketing budgets. Here's how to optimize and future-proof your marketing budget to supercharge your ROI.
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Google will be phasing out third-party cookies. Here's what that means as a marketer and how you can supercharge your omnichannel strategy with direct mail.
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Not seeing the response rates for direct mail you expect? Discover four common pitfalls direct mail marketers face and how they hurt engagement and conversion.
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Ready to create the best direct mail campaign in the telecommunications space? Get inspiration from these fantastic examples from brands like AT&T and Xfinity.
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Discover how adding direct mail to your current marketing campaign allows you to better connect with customers and get higher interaction and response rates.
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Pinpoint your business's direct mail challenges in 2022 and discover what you can do to fix and optimize them. Get success insights and options from Lob.
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Catch up on the most popular marketing blogs of 2022 written by Lob before it's time to welcome 2023! From direct mail templates to ROI, we've got it all.
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Direct mail is a highly effective marketing tool offering options for inbound and outbound marketing strategies. Learn how to incorporate both.
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Looking for examples of the best direct mail campaigns for nonprofits? We've got you covered with the picks for our December Best Direct Mail Campaigns blog.
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As 2023 approaches, it's time to start thinking about marketing workflow processes. Discover our top suggestions to improve your marketing strategy today!
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The use of influencer marketing is rising, allowing companies to better connect with their audience. Here's how to maximize your partnership via direct mail.
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Get the takeaways of the webinar, The Intelligence Behind Next Insurance's 4x Increase in Campaign Performance, to learn how to use direct mail in insurance!
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We've got something to be thankful for, helping our customers raise direct mail ROI to the next level with the help of Lob's marketing automation tools.
Get the key takeaways from Lob's direct mail webinar, "Navigating the 3 Cs of Financial Services Communication with Intelligent Direct Mail." Continue reading!
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We talk a lot about marketing, but now it's time to walk the walk and talk about our own marketing campaigns. Let's review our own Lob carbon neutral campaign!
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The buck starts here! Learn how to get started with buckslips in your direct mail marketing campaigns by looking at these real-world examples.
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Find inspiration for your next direct mail campaign by studying what elements ensure positive results in the finance and insurance industries. Read more!
Get to know Lob's CMO Ritu Kapoor and her journey from computer engineering to marketing direct mail technology in this Humans of Lob blog post. Read more!
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With 2023 just around the corner, find out three steps to ensuring your direct mail strategy maximizes ROI for your marketing campaigns in the new year.
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Run through this marketing automation checklist to ensure your eCommerce brand is ready for the busy holiday shopping season. Read more!
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Miss our webinar on Real-Life Direct Mail Strategies to Crush ROI and Budget Goals? Read the recap and get the key takeaways from the direct mail webinar here.
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Learn more about white space and how to effectively use it in your direct mail marketing campaign designs. Plus, get a few additional design tips!
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Hear from Lob's CMO and CRO on how they're navigating the current macroeconomic conditions and advice they have for executives and marketers in this new normal.
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Want to send the best holiday direct mail campaign for your brand? See what elements make a winning piece of marketing mail in this review of holiday campaigns.
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Bring your direct mail marketing strategy back to life with these tips, as well as learn how to raise the dead with your direct mail messages. Read more!
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Learn how a well-planned direct mail marketing strategy can improve customer retention, heighten engagement, and up your ROI like no other form of marketing.
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Learn how to increase your ROI with direct mail automation, more intelligent marketing touchpoints, and combining channels for maximum effect.
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Discover why myths about direct mail's reach, cost, and returns aren't true. Find out the truth about direct mail marketing and its value in this blog post!
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Get ready to be shocked and shaken by seven direct mail marketing stats showing how and when consumers like to receive direct mail.
Meet Eddie Flaisler, Lob's Senior Director of Engineering, Products! Learn more about what he does at Lob and why he enjoys creating direct mail software.
Expanding audiences through print mail: Lob's direct mail APIs can integrate into existing software to generate and send personalized mailpieces on-demand.
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Discover how consumers can better connect with the financial services industry through direct mail - including letters, brochures, and postcards. Read more!
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Marketers are thinking smaller by using micro-marketing tactics to battle the current macroeconomic conditions and drive more ROI. Learn more!
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Interested in creating a flexible direct mail campaign that converts? Learn how Lob can help you customize and personalize your next modern postcard campaign.
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It's the most wonderful time of the year to start creating holiday marketing campaigns! Get inspired with these 21 festive holiday marketing ideas. Learn more!
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Thinking of using a letter format for your next direct mail marketing campaign? Review our favorite letters to create your own best letter-based direct mail!
Miss the Lob and Who's Mailing What! webinar on Advanced Acquisition Strategies for Intelligent Direct Mail? Read the recap and key takeaways here.
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Lob just became the first carbon neutral direct mail platform in the United States! Follow our journey toward this sustainability milestone.
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From ID validation to QR codes, these are just some recent product updates rolled out at Lob. Read up on the releases to see how they impact your direct mail!
Klaviyo’s webhook functionality within their Flows interface provides an easy connection point to trigger mailpieces with Lob
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The evolution of direct mail has led to intelligent campaigns that are more personalized and measurable than ever. See how direct mail has evolved!
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Marketers need to be resourceful with budgets and the time it takes to execute campaigns. Learn how to create high-performing direct mail in under an hour!
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We sat down with Paul Bobnak, Who's Mailing What! Content Lead and direct mail expert, to discuss direct mail marketing best practices. Read his expert advice!
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Miss our webinar on the State of Direct Mail Consumer Insights? Get the key takeaways from this recap blog to see how consumers feel about direct mail!
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going! Learn three marketing strategies you can use to grow your business even in a down economy. Read more.
Miss the direct mail marketing education at DigiMarCon Los Angeles 2022? No problem! Discover the top three takeaways for modern marketers using direct mail.
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It's never been simpler to set up a direct mail campaign on time and on budget. Learn how to expertly set up your first direct mail campaign for success!
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To get the most out of direct mail campaigns and lower customer acquisition costs, marketers need high-quality prospect lists. Learn how to build quality lists!
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The secret to mastering your customer journey and capitalizing on your direct mail campaigns? Engage each audience segment according to their generation.
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In 2022, marketing budgets are closely watched or even reduced. Learn how to build a marketing budget that maximizes ROI, even when times are tough.
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How to integrate Lob's Direct Mail APIs into your Hubspot Workflows to automatically send Direct Mail.
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As enterprises leverage the opportunities surrounding digital transformation, experienced marketers are automating many marketing tasks, including these five.
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No-code and low-code marketing platforms are a marketer's best friend, especially in the direct mail marketing space! Learn more about the ROI of these tools.
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What is Certified Mail? This guide covers everything you need to know about Certified Mail and its place in your direct mail marketing strategy.
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Direct mail is an effective channel to reach your target audience, and we have the research to prove it. Read the direct mail stats every marketer should know.
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Get the most out of direct mail marketing with an omnichannel approach that connects all of your marketing channels. Read more!
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In this final webinar recap in the Modern Marketer's Best Practices Series, you'll learn how to use real-time analytics to improve the ROI of your direct mail.
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Don't give up on unengaged ex-customers who have disappeared. Win them back with the best practices for direct mail marketing campaigns.
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Your direct mail cost per acquisition holds the key to revenue growth and more effective marketing. Learn more about measuring CPA in direct mail marketing.
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How can marketing data influence your direct mail campaigns to drive conversions? Check out these unique ways to use your data to optimize direct mail.
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Starting July 10, 2022, the USPS is expected to raise postage rates for a variety of mailpieces. Learn more about this increase and its direct mail impacts.
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Maximize your marketing results this summer with these direct mail campaigns. Plus, learn how to automate them so you too can enjoy some summer vacations!
Need the highlights from our recent marketing webinar on retaining customers and boosting revenue with personalized direct mail? Find them here in this recap!
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Paper and color have a unique relationship in direct mail. Learn how paper impacts color on printed mailpieces and how to get consistent quality results.
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This webinar will give you real-life methods that today’s top marketers use to keep customers engaged, loyal, buying more, and coming back.
Learn how to run direct mail acquisition campaigns that drive conversions by combining online and offline marketing channels in our latest webinar.
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Learn how to utilize Lob's APIs to integrate and customize your offline communications with your current systems in our latest demo.
Learn how to drive donor engagement with highly personalized letters and postcards through Lob for Salesforce in our on-demand demo.
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As we head into 2021, an air tight loyalty strategy rooted in first-party data will be critical for marketing teams that need to hit their number.
Watch direct mail examples of successful companies that execute across digital and direct mail channels with learnings you can apply to your own campaigns.
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Having sent mail to one out of two households, Lob has a deep understanding of how mail travels through USPS and how recent changes are affecting them.
USPS reviews their newest initiatives that allow for companies to push the envelope in ways that make direct mail more efficient and insightful.
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Learn how marketers across industries can leverage new technologies to increase engagement and LTV.
There are four main challenges every business faces when setting up direct mail programs at large scale: resourcing, budget, optimization, and execution.
Learn how technology is transforming direct mail processes, and allowing organizations to be more responsive while reducing costs in our on-demand symposium.
Learn how enterprise organizations use modern technology to simplify workflows and create strategic advantages that drive real business results.
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Learn how insurance leaders transformed their customer engagement and outreach offline by leveraging modern technology to coordinate across multiple channels.
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Learn how these organizations are using automated direct mail to save on operational costs and compliance with triggered mail and detailed tracking analytics
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Learn how to automate direct mail campaigns from within your marketing automation or CRM tools in our on-demand webinar.
Learn how to integrate Lob’s direct mail automation into Blueshift’s data activation platform, and get the most out of your omnichannel marketing campaigns.
Learn how to increase the scalability, reliability, and flexibility of your direct mail efforts and mitigate the risks of sending direct mail in our webinar.
Learn how you can effectively leverage direct mail throughout your customer journeys and innovative direct mail use cases across the customer lifecycle.
Use Address Verification API to identify fraudulent activity to reduce erroneous entries in your KYC solution and eliminate costly undeliverable mail.
Learn how you can integrate Lob Address Verification API in minutes to reduce bad address data by 97% and stop sending mail to an undeliverable addresses.
Learn how you can integrate Lob Address Verification API in minutes to reduce bad address data by 97% and stop sending mail to an undeliverable addresses.
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Direct mail has long been utilized by marketers. While this proves its importance, it fails to give insight on what strategy marketers are utilizing.
Reduce bad addresses by 97% so you don’t waste another dime on undeliverable mail, watch our demo video and start verifying addresses in minutes.
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Whether it’s for retargeting, retention, or re-engagement, these direct mail best practices can supercharge campaigns across the customer lifecycle.
The future of direct mail is automation and enterprise brands are ditching legacy workflows for better, more efficient ways of executing direct mail that drive greater response and ROI, can be triggered based on customer behavior, tracked, and are carbon-neutral.
Lob shares the secret sauce to direct mail with dos and don’ts to make your direct mail as effective as possible to drive more customer lifetime value.
Paul Bobnak at Who's Mailing What! interviews Lob's own Summer Hahnlen about how driving ROI through personalized direct mail.
