Performance Marketing Blog

Direct Marketing is a dynamic business, that keeps changing. If you consider the roots of Direct Marketing, you could argue that the first Post Order catalogues date back to the 19th Century. But being part of the modern marketing mix, most companies did not apply Direct Marketing till say, the 1960 - 1970 days. With the rise of internet and email as a new way of contact, completely new strategies for 1:1 marketing emerged. The past few years see new exciting trends with social media and mobile marketing on the move. But also postal direct marketing has lost volume against online solutions. And who has used QR codes as a new way to direct customers to a website or landingpage already? Most important lesson to me as a Direct Marketeer, is that you should keep evolving as a business, and that it is dangerous to repeat proven concepts year on year. Take email marketing. 4 years ago I got 4 to 5 times more response than now, with the same kind of messages. To achieve the same result...