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🇺🇸 The American Revolution and Invisible Ink
���� George Washington had an invisible ink method that used two chemicals - one to write a disappearing message, and one to reveal the message. He also instructed his spies to write between the lines of common books. #InkHistory
📃 Fun Facts about the Paper Industry
🍃 The timber industry grows nearly twice as much (in volume) as it harvests annually, and 1/3 of the country is forested.
(American Forest & Paper Association, USFS)
#NowYouKnow#PaperFacts#PrintMarketing#PaperIndustry#Reforestation
From then to now... this is a nod to our printing past!
🔠 Johannes Gutenberg helped make the production of text affordable, with his printing press that used movable type and mechanized inking. #PrintHistory
See the press in action: https://t.co/SYcF8sWpMA
What is Tom Hanks' secret talent? He knows his way around a typewriter... 📃
"You will get ink on your fingers. Deal with it." 😆
https://t.co/VU1Ff3b3r9
#LifeLessons#Typewriter#SecretTalents#PrintHistory
"It’s safe to say that 2020 was a year like no other, and 2021 will certainly not revert back to the old normal. As print service providers think about building business this year and beyond, what lessons from the pandemic apply?"
https://t.co/JY9xCnh0Gt
Statements/invoices have an open rate of 95%, creating an opportunity for cross-selling + up-selling.
If you're using full color marketing/consumer messages in your statements, consider the #USPS Personalized Color Transpromo to save 💲 on postage 👇
https://t.co/xMCTcRrBAi
Transpromotional Marketing:
✔️A business cross-sells and/or upsells through a statement that is already going out to the customer
✔️They may be promoting reward/loyalty programs, supplementary products, and complimentary products
To Learn More: https://t.co/2RLSQOpGGq
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Did you know...
💭The typewriter as a printing tool helped revolutionize business print communication. With its invention in the 1860s, a new era (and a new sound!) was born.
🎵The ink dries once the key strikes paper, and then the rest is like music to our ears. #TimeToType
Fun Facts about the Paper Industry 📃
Yes. It takes a lot of water to produce paper 💧… But did you know paper mills typically reuse the water 10 times before responsibly returning it to waterways? 🌲♻️
#NowYouKnow#PaperFacts#PrintMarketing#PaperIndustry#Recycle
If you're using color messaging with your bills, invoices or statements, this is for you! 🎨👇
The USPS's Personalized Color Transpromo runs from July 1 to Dec. 31. You can earn an immediate 2% discount on postage for approved mail pieces. 🤩🌟📮
⏭️https://t.co/kzXDxF5jAP
⭐AR + DM = a bigger punch!
The fitness industry took a big hit during COVID, but like many of us, they pivoted. How would you use Direct Mail with Augmented Reality to create a lasting impact on your demographic?
https://t.co/6Jg6HzEQ1e
🤩Using all five senses to interact with a product builds recognition in the brain. With AR, many products can appear in your home, fulfilling the visual.
What if you used Direct Mail, with beauty products, to let the person feel and smell your product?
https://t.co/QpDI1zHZOi
📖A Gutenberg Bible is one of the rarest printed books in the world.
🔎Fun fact: When coming off the press, only black ink was printed. But colored ink and even decorative margins were added to some of the books by their owners.
View for yourself at: https://t.co/5E3Qn5zvC5
Why does Transpromotional Marketing work?
➡️Invoices/statements have a 95% open rate
➡️ Privacy and trust have been established with the source
➡️77% of traditional mail is viewed daily
➡️ 66% of bill statements were mailed as of 2018
(Infotrends) #MailTime#FindWhatWorks
Which words do you associate with MAIL as a form of communication? 📬✉️ In a past survey conducted by Royal Mail MarketReach, people said:
📢 MAIL is: Official … Important … Believable … Formal … Informative … Personal … Reliable
#CommunicationIsKey#DirectMail
Waste not, want not.
🌲 The paper industry uses every part of the tree, right down to the bark... even the leaves/branches that are left behind provide nutrients/cover for the new trees to grow in place of what is harvested. (American Forest & Paper Association) #PaperFacts