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Building Together: Celebrating 22 Years of Polaris Direct (Part 2)
In Part 1, we shared the inspiration behind our 22nd anniversary celebration, a day devoted to creating connections. At the center of that event was a collaborative art project: a hand-painted mosaic mural created by the Polaris Direct team. Now, we’re proud to unveil the completed mural… And it turned out even better than we imagined.
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...
3 Trends Marketers Should Consider in 2022
Social Responsibility Millennials have led the charge in considering WHO they’re buying from – not just WHAT they’re buying – and this trend continues as Gen Z enters the consumer conversation....
QR Codes are Big Enough for the Big Game!
If you thought QR codes were already having a moment, they’re having an even bigger moment now thanks to the Coinbase commercial that ran during Super Bowl LVI. Over 92 million of us were tuned into...
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...
Importance of Women Entrepreneurs
Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Beate Chelette, and she wanted to decorate her bedroom with posters of beautiful places, but could not afford them. One day, she realized that if she ordered the posters for her friends and became a distributor, she...
The Omni-Channel Experience
Not long ago, a friend of mine was asking if I had watched the series ‘Mad Men’. She was quite surprised when I admitted that I had not — especially since I work in marketing and advertising. This particular friend is also “in the biz”, and she was imagining a career...