One of the responsibilities I take most seriously about being a Direct Marketing Coach is sharing my passion for helping you build your business! I want you to be armed with the best tools and information we can farm – together. I want us to ensure you are not simply successful once, but that your […]
I don’t know what your basketball IQ is. But I have a fantastic suggestion to help you achieve Direct Mail success in 2019 – and beyond. And it comes directly from that simple game invented way back in 1891! First, what do you think Dennis Rodman, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Moses Malone, and Hakeem Olajuwon […]
I wish you could have met my grandfather (on my mother’s side). He was a card – an absolute funnyman in every respect. He could make you laugh with a look, or tell a wildly inappropriate joke, or use anything he picked up on about you that told him you’d find whatever he was about […]
Part of my job coaching you all in the arts & sciences of Direct Mail often deals with teaching you about concepts that should help grow your business. Right? I mean, what I’ve tasked myself with doing is passing on to you the knowledge that I’ve obtained so that YOUR efforts in Direct Mail will […]
There are lot of things we encounter in our daily lives which come with an obvious beginning or starting point. You know exactly where to get onto the highway on your way to work, for example. Or maybe the directions for your child’s favorite brownies tell you to preheat the oven. And we all know […]
I don’t know how many of you have a spouse or significant other like my wife but in our house, she is the “Master Keeper of Lists.” She makes lists for all kinds of things, but the most important, and well-manicured, of them all is the Christmas card list. Some of you are nodding along […]
This week, I want you think about excess. Picture way too much of something. Stacks of receipts to fumble through at tax time. Walking into an ice cream store with way more than 33 flavors. A field of tulips in every color you’ve ever imagined, rows of classic cars lined up on Pebble Beach, yadda […]
Partners with Nature saw a 1,100% ROI and overstuffed their calendar with appointments Not all ROIs are created equal and when it comes to what Partners with Nature pulled off, they’ve really figured something out. We love highlighting the successes that we help our customers achieve which is why we’re proud to introduce Brad Hollingshead! […]
How a hardware store launched home installation services and saw a 10x return First off, there are few things more gratifying on this Earth than hearing that our customers are successful. At Opportunity Knocks, we work hard to empower small businesses to increase their sales through marketing and today we’ve got an incredible success story to […]
From expensive coupon books to online ads, Pam Coffee, owner of Costless Blinds in Seattle, has tried everything. It wasn’t until she found direct mail however and partnered with Opportunity Knocks that her business really took off. With an astonishing 90% close-rate on her leads, she still had time to sit down with Jim […]