I think my letter carrier takes the holidays off. I literally got no mail from Dec. 27 through Jan. 2 but, boy oh boy, did the flood hit yesterday. Amidst some bills and checks (thanks, clients), I got an astounding number of direct mail pieces.

Direct mail?

Yeah, those over the age of 40 remember it. It’s the information that comes in the mailbox from companies who do all kinds of clever things to entice you to open it.

Much of what I got was very nicely done: Solid offers. Pleasing visuals. Conversational content. Well branded.

So it didn’t surprise me when I read that the Direct Marketing Association is estimating direct mail marketing to increase by more than $1 billion this year. That’s a RISE of $1 billion, putting the annual total spent on direct mail campaigns at about $45.5 billion in 2010.

Even more impressive is this result from the DMA’s annual study: Non-catalog direct mail returned $15.22 for every dollar spent in 2009. Wowza.

Are you making direct mail part of your 2010 marketing plan? It’s certainly worth considering in light of those astounding numbers don’t you think?

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