Rich Gebbie, CEO discusses how to save on postage when mailing first-class or standard mail, also known as marketing mail. Options include commingling your mail to achieve a discount on your postage. Mailers can also learn about USPS promotions with postage discounts.

Rich Gebbie, CEO on 2021 Postage Increase

Join us for a quick interview with Rich Gebbie, CEO of Midwest Direct, as he shares some quick updates on USPS rate changes, the announcement that first class, presorted postcard sizes have been upgraded to 6x9", and the revised delivery standards for the coming 2021 holiday season.

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2021 Updated USPS Rate Book

2021 New Presort, First Class Postcard 

2021 USPS Revised Delivery Standards

Rich Gebbie on How to Achieve Your Best Combination of Discounts and Delivery in 2021

To succeed in marketing in 2021, you’ll need to be flexible, well-informed, and ready for anything! Subscribe now and stay up to date strategies like: 
- Scaling your company using our data services to find, target, and build new markets
- How to use our one-stop marketing solutions to boost fundraising
- How to save time and money with professional guidance on your next mailing
- Why you should add another channel to your retargeting efforts, and more!
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A New Chapter For The Plus Podcast

Listen to this episode of The Plus Podcast to learn strategies and tactics to boost your nonprofit fundraising and how to do it within a reasonable budget by using nonprofit postage through the USPS.
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Resources: 
https://www.mw-direct.com/blog/posts/how-to-qualify-for-nonprofit-mail-rates/
https://www.mw-direct.com/data/
https://www.mw-direct.com/data/digital-plus-post/
https://www.mw-direct.com/marketing/strategic-marketing/
https://www.mw-direct.com/blog/tags/nonprofits/

42: Real-World Strategies and Tactics to Boost Fundraising

Today we will deep dive into what it takes to answer these questions and how Midwest Direct can help you with them. Listen to this episode of The Plus Podcast to learn more about developing your strategic marketing plan. 
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Resources:
https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en
https://www.mw-direct.com/blog/posts/25-26-the-power-of-creative-with-expert-graphic-designer-sheila-hart-part-1-2/
https://www.mw-direct.com/blog/posts/financial-services-and-the-future-of-advertising/

44: How to Develop a Strategic Marketing Plan

We are nearly 40 years old and began as a presort mailing company. Our growth is a product of years of service for our clients and strategic capital investments. We have expanded our business lines from presort and commingled mail to also include:
- Data Services ranging from list purchasing, data appends and data hygiene to data warehousing, analysis, and data auditing services
- Marketing Services that include online direct marketing such as IP Targeting, display ads, and social media marketing
- Print/Mail Services including a full inhouse print center and lettershop
Start with this episode of the Plus Podcast where we sit down with Sean Gebbie, President of Midwest Direct, to learn more about the “why” behind the company and what Midwest Direct is truly about.
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Resources:
https://www.mw-direct.com/about/
https://youtu.be/ILw94x56aiw
https://www.facebook.com/MidwestDirect/photos/2235447216756230
https://www.mw-direct.com/resources/newsroom/
https://www.mw-direct.com/about/management/sean-gebbie/

41: Who is Midwest Direct? An Interview with Sean Gebbie

As we jump into 2021, many businesses will have to choose how to spend their marketing dollars very carefully. Over the last 20 years, I’ve seen more than my fair share of small to mid-sized marketers break the bank with bad marketing decisions. This year feels critical for many clients, so here’s some free advice on the top 5 marketing tactics you cannot afford to get wrong in 2021!
Listen to this episode of the Plus Podcast to avoid these painful marketing pitfalls in 2021. 
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43: Top 5 Marketing Mistakes You Can’t Afford Make in 2021

The world has seen many changes over the past year with the COVID-19 pandemic, a new president, and much more. These changes have been difficult for many businesses especially those in the hospitality, retail, and restaurant industries. For these industries, it has been especially difficult to bring in new customers and maintain relations with current ones due to travel restrictions, limited hours, and other precautions put into place. As things start to take on a new normal, bringing on these new customers is vital. Now -- more than ever -- you need to market your business. 
Listen to this episode of the Plus Podcast to learn how to use our marketing tools to build a highly targeted marketing campaign.
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47: How To Use Our Marketing Tools to Build a Highly Targeted Campaign

Marketers are usually well aware of their primary persona. However, driving new growth, new segments, or multiple business lines requires developing and managing multiple personas. These personas form the foundation of all successful content creation. There’s just one small problem -- creating subsequent personas from data can be incredibly hard to do.

45: Dispelling Myths: Building Personas

What is OTT Advertising? What is Targeted OTT Advertising? How are those different and which will have better source attribution, function without cookies and show provable ROAS? In this podcast, hear Michelle Toivonen and Abigail Griggs of El Toro discuss OTT Advertising options and the future of streaming ads.

46: OTT Advertising for CTV An Overview with Abigail Griggs of El Toro

Midwest Direct is a marketing and communications company focused on helping marketers deliver engaging messages. We deliver over 2 million messages every day that land in mailboxes, inboxes and in online ads -- then help our marketers understand where their ROI is in advertising.

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