
Direct Mail

The debate has been raging for decades. Add a teaser to the outer envelope of your direct mail appeal. Or don’t. Which is better?
If you are looking to increase your direct mail response rates in time for your year-end appeal, time is running out. Here are some tips based on behavioral science to help you right now.
Informed Delivery can increase the effectiveness of your direct mail fundraising campaign while decreasing your postage costs.
It’s important to secure a new level of insight and operating discipline regarding direct mail, based on these two critical decisions.
Since 2015, so much has changed that it's making sustainer giving much easier for donors and nonprofits. Payment platforms; donor database; smartphones; and growth in email, social media and other channels have made a huge impact.
Fundraising is the biggest challenge nonprofit organizations face. There are, however, tried-and-true methods that are essential to the success of a campaign. One of the most effective methods of marketing for nonprofits is direct mail.
Nonprofit marketing teams and agencies can now automate the creation, integration and tracking of direct mail marketing campaigns with innovative new software that has just launched in the U.S. from Postalytics.
Storytelling can entertain, educate and entice people to act. Nonprofits have more stories at their fingertips than any other organization. Nonprofits that create an internal storytelling culture can excite staff and volunteers, entice new supporters, strengthen relationships with donors, and raise more funds.
The “Ensuring Accurate Postal Rates Act” requires review of recent postage increases and is meant to subvert frequent rate hikes.
As a nonprofit, every penny spent on direct mail needs to be accounted for. It also needs to be justified. However, if you find a simple way to increase your ROI, you should jump all over it. That simple thing is direct mail personalization.