Above all else, be yourself…

[[NOTE: Over the next few weeks or so the content in this blog will begin to be geared specifically  toward direct mail and direct marketing in general. The reason being we (fmi marketing solutions) will be officially launching a new division called Big Eye Media, which will provide Social [...] Continue Reading…

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Monday, September 20th, 2010 Going Postal: News You Need 1 Comment

Live and in person… I miss those days

I come from a long line of former supermarket workers. I’m the youngest of 6 and all of my 4 brothers and sister all cut our working teeth in a supermarket – either at an A&P or its second-cousin on its mother’s side, SuperFresh. Rest assured, supermarkets are definitely [...] Continue Reading…

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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 Going Postal: News You Need 7 Comments

Direct mail blogs…

As a public service to the millions and millions of people who read this here very blog on a daily basis, I want to share some of my favorite direct mail marketing blogs & sites… (it’s not really millions but a guy can dream, right?)

[[in no specific order]]

Deliver
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Monday, September 13th, 2010 Going Postal: News You Need No Comments

Advertising – When Is Enough Enough?

On average Coke and McDonald’s each  spends $2 billion a year on advertising

Geico spends $244,137 a day on Serach Engine Marketing advertising alone.

actual ad for a McDonald's in India

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And then there’s the Big Pharma companies. How much do you think they spend on advertising each [...] Continue Reading…

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Friday, September 10th, 2010 Going Postal: News You Need 4 Comments

Of Movie Quotes & Social Media…

For those who don’t know me, I am a huge movie fan… not a buff like Keith Hernandez and the Civil War (obscure Seinfeld reference) but a big fan nonetheless. My good friend Mark and I are constantly quoting movie lines to and fro, think it’s a guy thing…

Anywho, [...] Continue Reading…

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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 Going Postal: News You Need 7 Comments

New Customers… Overrated?

First off, let me just say that I’m a big fan of the United States Postal Service. Sure they posted a net loss of $764 million in July alone and for the year-to-date they’ve had a loss of $6.14 billion and hey, what’s an “exigent” rate increase among friends, [...] Continue Reading…

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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Going Postal: News You Need No Comments

Direct Mail Alive And Kicking…

Let’s start this post off Jeopardy! style shall we?

I will give you the answer first then the question.

The answer is “About 8,610,000 results”

The question is what came back when I Googled the term “direct mail is dead”

I’m actually surprised the number wasn’t higher. Go ahead and Google to [...] Continue Reading…

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Monday, August 30th, 2010 Going Postal: News You Need 5 Comments

Dont Ask If You Dont Want An Answer…

Honesty In the Business World
A few years ago I was in a prospect client meeting. It was with a local company that was moderately successful in its chosen industry. The meeting was going fairly well. There was some good dialogue, I was my normal, charming, loud self, in a [...] Continue Reading…

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Friday, August 27th, 2010 Going Postal: News You Need 7 Comments

Dont Make Me Laugh… On Second Thought

“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.” – Bill Cosby

For those who don’t know me, I always, ALWAYS try to find the laughter the [...] Continue Reading…

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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 Going Postal: News You Need 10 Comments

For Those With ADD… Like Me

I love to write. Good thing I’m a writer, eh?And while I can write as much or as little as called upon, my personal attention span is just about infestimal. I think I’ve always had ADD, but in the past 3-5 years, it has become rampant… am thinking it [...] Continue Reading…

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Monday, August 23rd, 2010 Going Postal: News You Need No Comments