5 Reasons Print Needs to Be Part of Your Content Marketing Mix

Digital Is Great – But It Can’t Replace Print! Today, as most marketers know, it’s all about using content to build relationships that will equate to sales. Messages aren’t measured by how catchy your slogan is, or by the number of sales points you can...

How to Create a Corporate Holiday Card That Stands Out

Make It a Card They’ll Notice Sending out holiday greetings to thank those who’ve helped your business thrive in the past year can be a very smart idea. And doing it with a physical card that recipients can read and hold in their hands is even smarter. As more...

It’s All About Direct Mail – Infographic

A Working Guide to the Channel that WORKS I can remember a time when consumers were not particularly enchanted with direct mail. But amidst all the chaotic new developments on the marketing landscape in recent years, a strange and wonderful thing has...

Look Alive! Print Sure Does

Unique Benefits, Creative Uses Mean New Life for Print! If you read all the “print is dead” doom and gloom, you might think it’s a bad time to be in the printing business. Truth is, the self-proclaimed experts who constantly trumpet that fact have a vested interest in promoting that point of view. What they don’t have is all the facts.

5 Ways To Get Your Business Noticed

Being Good Is Important…But So Is Being Seen There’s certainly no substitute for offering your customers a quality product or service when you run a business. Long-term success depends on it. Here at Superior Business Solutions, we pay plenty of attention to...

Want Great Marketing ROI? Just Try a Letter!

Why Not Just Try a Letter? When you are looking to get a great response to a print marketing campaign, have you ever considered just sending a direct mail letter? The results are in and as I recently told you, Direct Mail works, but why not just try a letter? Letters...

1:1 Campaigns Are Easier Than Ever

It used to be that, in order to create powerful 1:1 print campaigns, you had to be both a marketing wizard and a database master. No more. Today, the software does much of the database work for you. The secret is in the Web portal where your content, your templates,...

Make It Funny—Make It Stick

Is your marketing funny? Maybe it should be. (At least sometimes.) Humor is a great way to differentiate your product or service, making your message memorable and increasing your visibility. At the same time, you must balance humor with marketing information....

QR Codes Being Scanned at Home

Want to hear a surprising statistic? New research by Nielsen (“Mobile Shopping Report” 2013) shows that two-thirds of smartphone shoppers and four out of five shoppers on tablets do their shopping at home. That’s right — they are using their mobile devices to shop...

How to Create Effective Sales Literature

Looking to freshen up your sales literature? Think carefully and create a plan. Sales literature stands in for you when you’re not around, carrying your brand identity and reputation to the marketplace. It plays a critical role in your business and needs to be planned...

5 Reasons to Care about Infographics

According to IDG’s B2B Content Marketing Trends survey, infographics are the fastest growing content type on the web. Twenty-percent of B2B companies say they are using infographics as part of their content marketing efforts. This is up 150% over year over year. There...

Survey: Traditional Media Still Strong

In a survey conducted by MediaPost for “Engage: Affluent,” traditional media came out on top when it came to marketing luxury goods. The survey asked consumers and specifically a subset of those defined as “affluents” (those with incomes of $75,000+) about the...

Database Marketing: It’s Worth Your Effort

One of the biggest misconceptions about 1:1 (personalized) printing is that marketers don’t have the data to drive it. This might be true in some cases, but it also can be more perception than reality. Often, marketers have more data than they realize. Maybe their...

Want More Loyalty? Reward Your Customers!

Want more customer loyalty? Considering developing a loyalty program if you don’t already have one. Not only do loyalty programs help you hang onto those customers you’ve worked so hard to get, but active participants spend more money with the companies whose loyalty...

Direct Mail More Effective Than You Think

We’re used to hearing that the average direct mail response rate is 1.0% – 1.5%. But according to a new study from the Pew Research Center (“Internet and American Life Project,” April 2013), this view needs to change. According to the project, the average...

Are You Benefitting from Personalized URLs?

Have you joined the ranks of marketers benefitting from personalized URLs? If not, why not? Personalized URLs are a highly effective way to increase response rates and gather more information about your customers. Personalized URL campaigns use the ability of digital...

Planning Your Next Print Project

Most successful printing projects don’t happen by accident. They start with a good plan. By developing a plan in advance, you can save money, time, and energy throughout the process. Good project planning starts with some very simple steps. Share your design with us....

Thinking About Ink?

When planning a job, it’s a lot easier to think about the design and paper than the ink. But understanding the ins-and-outs of ink is critical to successful design, too. Inks are formulated differently for different purposes and equipment. When manufacturers make ink,...

Staying top of mind

Quick! Name a soft drink. Chances are you thought of Coke or Pepsi. These beverage giants spend millions in advertising to stay top of mind (TOMA). How about you? If someone asked your customers to name a company in your product category, would your company come to...

Understanding Coated Papers

When you look through paper samples, one of the first things you probably notice is whether the sample is coated or uncoated. Coated papers feel smooth to the touch because they have a coating of clay and other substances. This coating causes the paper to reflect...