The Secret to Being Great
Jaki's feedback on just a few reasons why Gunderson Direct has been named a Great Place to Work along with their great people!
I had three in-person meetings in 3 days for the first time in 2 years. It’s better than I remember.
Here’s what I forgot… and what I relearned. Recently, I had three very different meetings across three days. The first was a lunch meeting with a startup to discuss their positioning and new business strategy. The second was a performance…
Why Brand Guidelines are essential for building a successful Direct Mail campaign.
Providing these creative assets will help ensure that your DM marketing efforts and production schedules are met. In a digital-centric world, many small businesses and startups have limited resources, with in-house design teams focused on developing and executing the company's…
Four steps to building online leads with direct mail
To be successful, DM needs to embrace — and facilitate — online consumer buying behavior. Direct mail is special. How? It’s physical, and that separates it from every other marketing channel. But, no channel exists in a vacuum. As we…
121 Things Account Executives Do
The Accounts Team is the hub of the agency. Between client communications, managing our agency teams, and keeping our projects running smoothly, very little happens at Gunderson Direct that doesn't go through us. Except maybe deciding where we are ordering…
Drive Response with Winning Direct Mail Formats
There are a quad-zillion things marketers can test: offer, key message, brand elements, just to name a few. But one of the best tests in the realm of Direct Mail—and a testing strategy wholly unique to this ultra-tangible channel—is the format test.
Dress your creative for success with informative, insightful briefs.
I’ve seen a metric ton of briefs. But as every agency and every client has their own unique format, the great ones all have one thing in common: they enable winning work.
“How to Create Advertising That Sells”
By David Ogilvy
In 1972, renowned advertising maestro David Ogilvy placed a timeless ad, giving away all the best secrets he’d gleaned from the industry.
Are You Ready to Scale Your Direct Mail Program?
Are You Ready to Scale Your DM Program? You’ve got some DM experience under your belt and it’s paying off—good leads, strong conversions, ROI even better than you’d hoped. Congratulations, you’ve dipped your toe. Now it’s time to dive in.…
How to be my Favorite Client
I get it — it’s probably not your goal to be my #1 client. Even so, it’s my goal to be your #1 account manager at your #1 agency. But, I can’t do it alone. Everything’s better when we work…