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Sending messages to potential customers is a cornerstone in helping you establish a connection with them. In the increasingly digital age, people are under constant bombardment of promotional emails and letters. Rather than reading every single message in its entirety, many consumers instead choose what they look over and throw the rest out.

In a world of automated procedures, automated marketing is standard. Yet, many businesses are missing out on one key aspect – automated direct mail. Direct mail may bring to mind dated mass mailers that get tossed in the trash without thought, but technology advances have changed the way direct mail marketing interplays with customers. Direct mail is not dead; in fact, 42% of Americans still read catalogs. 

Yes, it is more difficult to track print marketing campaigns than digital marketing campaigns. There is no concrete way to judge how many people read your ads, so your statistics will be less thorough. You will, however, track how many people follow up on your ad, giving you general information about how effective your efforts have been. Try these five methods to track your print marketing campaign.

Movement Mortgage, named as one of the fastest growing companies in the country four times by Inc. Magazine, has grown from a team of four to over 4,000 employees in 47 states since its inception in 2008. The company sought to brand its new Norfolk, Virginia offices while remaining consistent with the surrounding buildings in the area. Boingo Graphics ultimately helped the Norfolk office establish its own uniqueness from the start of the process to project completion.

Executive Summary

Desiring to improve brand consistency, produce the highest-quality marketing collateral and make the collateral easily available to their employees, ettain group wanted to create an online ordering portal. Specifically, the company was looking for a single-source vendor to provide a solution, while delivering outstanding service and meeting three objectives:

• Self-service access and direct shipping of business cards, branded print materials and marketing collateral
• Quality/version control of marketing collateral
• Streamlined budget tracking by department

Boingo Graphics delivered an online ordering portal that successfully met ettain group's needs. The company was able to consolidate all printed materials to a centralized vendor for easy ordering and high-quality printing while improving brand consistency and tracking expenses.