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Monday, May 12, 2008
Email marketing continues to shine as postage rates go up again
Josh
Josh Nason
Business Development

Unless you live under an e-rock, you have heard that postage rates went up again today. While it was just a penny, the cost of mailing continues to rise, as does printing costs. However, the "lusterous" 1% hopeful return people get on direct mail pieces continues to stay stagnant. Direct mail is dying a slow death, despite what people would have you think.

If you haven't reviewed your email marketing campaigns lately, there's no better time than now.


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Posted by Josh on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 2:22 PM in Industry News and Thoughts

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