Happy New GDPR Year!

Maybe the mere mention of GDPR at the beginning of January, when you’ve just got back into work after a festive couple of weeks is something you think you need like a hole in the head. Maybe this wasn’t top of your New Year’s Resolutions list—Make sure we are GDPR compliant before 25th May. However, …

Being Ahead of the Direct Mailing Game in the New Year

After a few glasses of good cheer and a rowdy chorus of Auld Lang Syne, New Year’s resolutions made at midnight on December 31st are almost bound to fail. Statistics show that only 8% of these resolutions are kept for more than a few days, and, as we all know, statistics are always 100% right… …

Direct Mail at Christmas – Tis Nearly the Season to be Jolly

Oh yes it is, like it or not! There’s a temptation to think that everyone will be too busy to bother with direct mail in the hectic run-up to Christmas, but who can resist opening a cheerful envelope containing a greetings card? It’s a golden opportunity for any company to nurture or develop personal connections …

Communication Developments in the Last 20 Years

Twenty years ago, what was happening in the world? In no particular order: Tony Blair won a landslide victory in the UK general election Céline Dion was topping the charts with, “My Heart Will Go On.” Hong Kong was handed over to China Dolly the sheep was cloned The first Harry Potter book was published …

Always Look on the Bright Side of GDPR!

We’ve been talking about it for a while now, but if you’ve been on an extended trip to Outer Mongolia, you might have missed the news that on 25th May 2018, the UK’s current Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), will be replaced by the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). “What?” we hear you saying, …

Does Holiday Time Mean Suspension of Marketing Initiatives?

Marketing in August? When it seems that everyone in the entire world is making sandcastles on Bognor Regis beach or sipping cocktails at sunset in Bali (apart from you)? You’d think not, wouldn’t you – unless your business involves buckets and spades, sarongs or sun tan lotion. Actually, there’s no need to stop at all, …

Time to Spring Clean your Data?

For any direct mail marketing campaign you need data – people’s names and contact details – and for an effective, cost-effective campaign, the data you use must be accurate. Out-of-date data – does it matter that much? A great big YES in answer to that question, for a number of (quite obvious) reasons: Using inaccurate …

What’s Happening on 25th May 2018?

It’s Julian Clary’s 58th birthday It’s 41 years since Star Wars was released GDPR replaces the current DPA Cause for celebration all round? Maybe – but certainly, cause for preparation – and we don’t mean saving up to buy Julian Clary’s dog a diamante collar. So – there’s less than a year to go and …

Millennials – Forget the Hype, Learn the Truth

What is a millennial, anyway? It seems to be one of the most common media buzzwords of the moment, particularly around General Election time, because this section of society is one which all political parties are keen to capture. In fact, there are a number of definitions of a millennial, but in general it refers …

When is an Envelope More than an Envelope?

No, that’s not a riddle – it’s a serious question we’re going to answer in this blog post. First, be thankful we’re not living in 3500 BC (although it may feel like it sometimes!) In that era, in the Middle East, envelopes were hollow clay spheres! It wasn’t until the 2nd century BC that paper …