Consulting
Too many direct marketing programs are designed by executives
who are experts in their own field, but who don’t appreciate the
dramatic differences between direct marketing and general marketing. Direct
is not a type of advertising at all, but a channel to generate sales -
mail orders, sales, memberships, subscriptions, contributions, et al.
Traditional “indirect” strategies seldom work.
Creative
Services
Clever
copywriting isn’t enough. Beautiful layouts aren’t enough.
Successful creative planning must begin with a tactical creative plan
and a dramatization not only of benefits but also of imagery. Our formal
Synergetic work plan is the essential first step in every creative project,
whether it be mail, magazine, broadcast or a website..
Staff
Coaching
We can help you train your creative staffs to think strategically and
produce winning DM creative tactics and strategic plans. This is taught
by Ed Nash who has not only written copy for most of his clients over
the years but also taught creative tactics for NYU, Virginia Commonwealth
University, and The US Postal Service. These training programs are custom
designed for each client.
Continuity
Planning
What’s better than getting more orders? Trade-ups, repeat orders,
club memberships, subscriptions. Our founder ran Capitol Music Club, invented
the GI Joe Fan Club, helped design the Mary Kay “support program,”
and managed MCI’s “win-back” program. Nash Direct won
the Henry Hoke Award (the industry’s highest recognition) for the
Barbie “Pink Stamp Program.”
Database
Marketing
Most database marketing projects fail because there is too much emphasis
on “database” and not enough on” marketing.” Our
“team” helped develop applications for P&G’s brand-preference
database over seven years. We launched home delivery programs, created
couponing promotions, and set upbrand loyalty promotions and conquest
marketing programs. We then applied this experience to Kellogg’s,
Seagram’s, Remy-Martin, Avis, Chrysler, Merrill Lynch, Mattel and
Mary Kay.
Website
Design and Traffic-Building
What good is a “killer” website if no one sees it? As direct
marketers we know that certain basic communication principles are a “must”
in any medium. E-mails and websites are no exception. We build traffic
two ways –”internally” by “optimizing” data
for search engines so it has a better chance of being seen. “Externally”
we use conventional print and broadcast media – to build traffic
– the right traffic that will respond to your offer. Our bottom
line is orders not clicks.
Hispanic
Direct Marketing
For clients who recognize the growing population and buying power of the
dynamic and culturally diverse U.S. Hispanic market, we have a strategic
alliance with RK Hispánica Direct, a New York City based bilingual
agency with unique capabilities for creating and executing Direct Response
initiatives across all media targeting U.S. Hispanics.
We also handle international assignments through the help of allied agencies
in Argentina, Brazil and Costa Rica. |