During the holiday shopping season, you’ll see more offers, promotions, teasers … well, more bribes to drive sales than any other time of the year. With holiday consumer spending forecast to reach $619 billion, brands are scrambling to ensure they get their piece of the pie. Is the “bribe” necessarily a bad thing? Well, it […]
For many marketers reading this column, data is fun! We love the challenge of figuring out how to find and use data to solve problems and drive all kinds of marketing initiatives. However, we also operate in a business environment and have to ultimately answer the question of value. How do we create true value […]
Brand is a term you hear thrown around a lot lately. It seems to be the latest business buzzword. Everyone wants a strong and powerful brand. And rightly so. Your brand is one of the biggest assets you have, perhaps the biggest. There is a real value that can be attached to it. And just like any […]
Join Lois Brayfield to learn what a brand campaign can do for your multichannel marketing efforts to create customer engagement and advocacy. Hosted by McKay Allen, LogMyCalls.com Presented by Lois Brayfield, J.Schmid CEO Note: What follows is a quick synopsis of the webinar. However, make sure to watch the video for in-depth explanations of the […]
Lois Brayfield, catalog industry thought-leader and CEO of J.Schmid and Associates talks us through the physics of catalog design. Learn how to capitalize on catalog hot-spots, eye flow and create a graphic hierarchy. Watch Now >>
Lois Brayfield, CEO Lois Brayfield (J.Schmid CEO) gives her take on the catalog industry today in the recently published DMA Statistical Fact Book 2014. Learn more about the book here. Marketers continue to ask the question, “Are catalogs still a viable part of the marketing mix?” The answer? Yes; absolutely. In fact, many traditional “brick-and-mortar” […]
Increasingly, ecommerce marketers are learning what we catalog marketers have known for years: that a tactile, physical medium (aka, printed catalog) is a powerful part of a multichannel mix. You can hold it, thumb through its pages, turn down the corner of a page to mark something on your wish-list. It’s proactive, in that it […]
Lois Brayfield gives you the basics of a brand campaign, and what it can do for your direct marketing efforts. Find out how a brand campaign can serve as a beacon for your customers, create engagement and advocacy when used to guide your multichannel marketing strategy. Watch Now >>
Originally published in February 2014 on the LogMyCalls blog; Interview by McKay Allen. Tell us a little bit about J.Schmid, your role there, and the type of companies you work with. J.Schmid is a boutique direct marketing agency that specializes in Omni channel strategies. For over 30 years we’ve been helping our clients embrace growth […]
