Creative & Marketing Services

Direct mail, collateral, newsletters, dealer programs, and company stores — strategy first, then design, print, and mailing.

Plan a campaign

Agency-style help at a printer's cost

Our marketing team offers years of experience that brings ideas, efficiency, and effectiveness to the table. This value-added service gives you the benefits of a full-service agency at an affordable cost.

Based on your marketing goals, you may need a direct mail promotion, a company newsletter, or a dealer program. Other work includes sales collateral, newspaper and magazine ads, signs and posters, trade show handouts and signage, or a company store.

Planning session with notes posted on a wall

Budget follows the audience

Whether you are selling a $100,000 speedboat or a $1,000 kayak, both require specific steps to reach a target audience. Budget is often the deciding factor, but reaching the full audience still leads the strategy. One thousand speedboat prospects may call for a $12 brochure, while 12,000 kayak prospects may call for a $1 mail piece — the same total budget, spent to fit the buyer.

Creager Press, on planning a mail budget
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What we help with

Direct mail

Promotions built around the audience, the offer, and the budget.

Newsletters

Company newsletters that keep customers in the conversation.

Sales collateral

Brochures, handouts, and other leave-behinds your team can use.

Dealer programs

Materials for a dealer or distributor program.

Newspaper and magazine ads

Print advertising when that channel fits the plan.

Our approach

Before any mailing, before the printing of brochures and handouts, and even before the design, comes the planning and messaging. That is the step that turns a blank sheet into a selling tool.

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Planning and messaging

Who you need to reach, what you need to say, and what the budget can support.

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Design

The design team builds the piece around that plan.

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Mail or fulfillment

Mailing, including EDDM, or fulfillment for the way the piece goes out.

Direct mail and EDDM

We offer mailing solutions for direct mail pieces, including EDDM, and variable data when each piece needs to change. The print side of that work is described with our mailing and variable data notes.

Questions

How do you choose between a brochure and a postcard?

We start with the audience, the offer, and the budget. The piece and the quantity should match who you need to reach. We will recommend a format when we plan the job.

Do you handle mailing lists?

We offer mailing solutions, including EDDM. Ask when you request a quote and we will confirm how the list is handled for your campaign.

Can you manage a campaign from start to finish?

Yes. Planning and messaging come first, then design, print, and mailing or fulfillment. Request a quote and we will scope the campaign with you.