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The 5 Top Media for Cold Prospecting

ViewPoint

Direct mail Direct mail, for decades the workhorse of direct response communications for lead generation, still delivers the goods. The DMA’s 2010 Response Rate Report reported a healthy 1.68% response rate to B-to-B prospecting letter mail and 2.18% to its cheaper cousin, postcard mail.

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Best of 2008: Random but Interesting, Part 2

WebMarketCentral

Response rates for email are down as inboxes fill up and your message has a harder and harder time standing out; meanwhile, the volume of physical mail has declined to the point where a well-crafted direct mail piece has a better chance of being noticed now than it has in 20 years.