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5 Trends Shaping Direct Marketing in 2026
As digital channels grow increasingly saturated, privacy regulations tighten, and marketers face pressure to do more with disciplined budgets, direct marketing is entering 2026 with renewed strategic importance. Industry forecasts show overall marketing spend continuing to grow modestly, putting greater emphasis on effectiveness and integration.
It Is Not Too Late to Save 4% on Postage!
Looking for a new and creative way to integrate digital into your next direct marketing campaign? Look no further—Polaris Direct has the solution. Informed Delivery offers mailers the opportunity to...
3 Tips for a Nonprofit Direct Mail Appeal
Nonprofits are consistently brainstorming new, meaningful ways to engage with their donor base, and to attract new donors to help fund their mission. Creating a strong and efficient fundraising...
3 Tips for Marketers in a Difficult Economy
With inflation (unfortunately) on the rise, the pressure is on for marketers to do more with less, increasing or maintaining their sales while cutting costs wherever they can. Here are three tips to...
2019 Forecast: Cloudy with a Chance of Growth
What’s in Your Mailbox? Part 2: Direct Mail Trend Predictions for 2019 Change often brings about challenges, but always drives progress and growth. Every January, Polaris Direct CEO Judith Maloy attends the Winterberry Group’s Annual Outlook hosted by the DMCNY. At...
What’s in Your Mailbox? Part 1: Looking Back at the Hottest Direct Mail Trends
With a new year underway, Polaris Direct is on a continued mission to find new and better ways to serve our direct marketing customers. We find that looking at past trends is a great way to learn how to improve in the future, so we saved some of our favorite pieces of...
2019 USPS Postage Rate Increases Are Coming: Here’s What to Expect
New USPS postage rates are coming, but this shouldn’t come as a surprise, especially to businesses working in the direct mail industry. Postal rates have been in a constant state of change since George Washington signed the Postal Service Act into law in 1792. Changes...
‘Tis the Season for Looking Back and Moving Forward
Every year around this time, we start thinking about the past year, and looking forward to the year to come. This year, Giving Tuesday inspired us to look back and reflect on some of the great organizations we've worked with over the past year, and since the company...
Getting Personal with High-Speed, 4-Color Variable-Data Inkjet Printing
Modern businesses know that today’s marketing must be diverse. It is no longer viable to use the “spray and pray” tactic in hopes of generating leads and making a profit. While marketing to audience segments is still better than marketing without parameters, to stand...
Generation X: The Mixtapes of Marketing
Millennials. Millennials. Boomers. Millennials. I am a middle child raised in a middle-class family, born into the middle generation known as Generation X. Oh, and I am fast approaching middle-age. For most of my life and career, advertisers have been obsessing about...