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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 campaign is based on one simple word: Trust. So, what strategies can help...
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...
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...
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...
In Baseball & Business, Leadership Makes the Team
The 2012 Red Sox were a disaster. As a die-hard Sox fan, it brings me no great joy to say that, but it’s the cold, hard truth. The season began with high hopes. The roster was stacked with future Hall of Famers. Ace Josh Beckett, slugger David Ortiz, infield phenom...
Turning Innovative Ideas Into Innovative Solutions
Innovative. Imaginative. Inspired. It’s not just our tagline. It’s our way of thinking at Polaris Direct. It’s the cornerstone of our culture. In the spring of 2003, Polaris opened its doors with just five employees and a vision of creating a better lettershop. It is...
For The Love Of Mail
As a child growing up in rural New Hampshire, going to get the mail was an occasion. For some reason or another, our mailbox was located about a mile away from our house, so my siblings and I would often strap on our helmets, hop on our bikes, and tear down the dirt...
Five Musts for Direct Mail Fundraising
What do the USO, Smile Train, American Cancer Society and many other large (and small) non-profits have in common? It's not just that they provide life-changing services or that they are household names. Another important commonality is that they also all send direct...
What Will You Do With the Gift of Lower Postage?
It took more than two years, but the day finally came. April 10 marked a momentous occasion when the 4.3% surcharge on postal rates was rolled back—if I listen closely, I can almost hear sighs of relief from direct mail marketers all over the country. Suddenly,...
Best Practices for Keeping Your Data Files Clean
As they say, “Spring has sprung and the grass is ‘ris…now start scrubbing.” Well, maybe the saying doesn’t end quite like that, but spring cleaning is one of those necessary evils we all have to tackle around this time of year. After we kick off the dust and haul out...