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    This material was compiled from jamsessions across the country in 2010that brought together marketers fromsmall, medium and large business,for the rst time in Deliverhistory, togroove to the wonder of direct mail.Their talents have wowed consumersfor years, and continue to guideconsumers as they cross over to aricher, more rewarding life.

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    Youve probably seen QR (quick response) codes

    in magazines and on billboards. But did you

    know they could add interactivity to direct mail?

    When a person snaps a picture of these two-

    dimensional bar codes using a smartphone

    equipped with camera and reader software

    the codes spring into action, perhaps redirectingthe browser to a personalized landing page or

    showing a phone number or message.

    Te rapid penetration of mobile phones in

    the U.S., increase in the speed of wireless data

    transfer and availability of free bar code reader

    applications have all made QR codes a viable

    option for marketing campaigns, says Ramin

    Zamani, marketing director at software com-

    pany MindFireInc (mindreinc.com) in Irvine,

    Calif. Te key factor is how fast people will adopt the technology.

    One early adopter is online retailer Go Green Items (GoGreenItems.com) in ampa,

    Fla. Te company mailed postcards, created by ampa-based print marketing rm Direct

    Marketing Concierge,to 1,000 prospects in April with a QR code that revealed a discount

    code and a link to its Web site. Within a week, Go Green Items received three orders from

    people who had scanned the bar code. Mindy Charski

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    marketers to understand them better and drelevant and valued offers. Deeper engagepersonalized contact drive loyalty, not mass munications and gimmicks.

    Source:LeadingLoyalty: Feelingthe Love from the LoyaltyClubs, 2010 CMOCouncil

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    We just migt eature it in a uture issue.

    Talking eadsSandou soluons fom m a l l b z m a r

    Join theCompetitionSmall usnesses nd success nooln he maken dollas

    Dont have a big marketing budget? Consider

    partnering with other local businesses to

    make your dollars go further.

    It worked for 32 Cape Cod, Mass., small busi-

    nesses and the local division of a waste collecti on

    provider. Each paid just $1,000 to participate in

    a highly targeted lead generation campaign.

    As a small business owner, its tough to send

    prospect mailings to large amounts of peoplebecause of the expense, says Joe Jamiel, owner

    of Ardeo, a restaurant with ve locations that

    participated in the program. Tis co-op pro-

    gram is an incredibly cost-eective and unique

    way to market my business.

    Dynamic marketing communications rm

    Curley Direct of South Yarmouth, Mass.,

    developed an oversized trifold mailer for

    the group, which was sent to the primary

    residences of 27,700 owners of area vacation

    homes in May 2009.

    he personalized piece included the

    advertisers logos and invited recipients to

    visit a personalized URL (PURL) for exclu-

    sive offers. More than 2,200 people or

    8 percent of recipients went to the PURL

    and clicked on an advertisers link. Nearly1,000 people shared their e-mail addresses

    to receive future offers.

    Tanks to the programs success, a similar

    mailing went out this June.

    Simply carbon-copying your English-language mailer for multiculturalmarkets wont work. In this new day of tighter budgets, all marketers willwork smarter, and the smartest ones are starting to realize that culturallyinformed marketing generates the most effective desired outcome.

    Alberto Padrn,directorofintegratedmarketing,Zubi Advertising

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    WAE P,MARETERS.You say you recognize Hispanicconsumers growing inuence. Still, more than half of you dontmarket to Latinos in Spanish, and 82 percent have no plans tobegin or increase eorts aimed at Hispanics. What gives?

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    Is sending direct mail to green moms mothers motivated by and comissues counterintuitive? Not if its done right, says sustainability,sumer behavior expert Andrea Learned. Anyone whos serving a sustashould be watching green moms, she says. Tese women are very intheir peers, and their momentum is building. Reach them by practicinhygiene, using environmentally friendly papers and inks, and matchinand website messaging. Christine Hansen

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    look for products

    and services thathelp preserve natural

    resources for their kids

    and grandchildren.2

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    Great space has been given online and oine

    recently to tout the newest digital killer app a new e-reader which shall remain name-

    less as the savior for the magazine indus-

    try. No more must we worry about how our

    ever-expanding arsenal of digital devices will destroy magazines;

    this one can help save them.

    So imagine the consternation it must have caused when

    the CMO Council released a study that found that consumers

    actually prefer gasp! printed magazines over their digital

    counterparts. How many? Ninety percent of those surveyed said

    theyll hang onto their print magazines, even with the option of

    an e-reader or online counterpart.

    If this feels like dj vu all over again, its because it is. Te

    obituaries for print have been many and myriad over the past

    two decades and obviously wrong. While it is true that

    consumers have found much to love about the digital tools

    we now possess, its also true that they havent come close to

    giving up on print.And why would they? o borrow a phrase from the digital

    lexicon, print is user friendly: Its portable, accessible, visually

    compelling, highly eective and a real value. Teres no reason

    for users sorry, consumers to give up on it. For them, its

    not a choice of one or the other, its a matter of using both print

    and digital for dierent objectives.So, should we be surprised that nine out of 10 people want

    to hang onto their magazines? Tat in the past 11 years, as

    search engines have begun to rule our online lives, print

    magazine readership has risen 4.5 percent? Tat print still

    delivers a higher level of engagement and returns a signi-

    cantly higher response rate?

    Its not a surprise to marketers. Spending on all forms of print

    still dwarf the spend on online advertising (direct mail alone is

    more than $29 billion vs. $7.8 billion for Internet display ads).

    Arguing about whether digital will supplant print next year

    or the year after that or the years after that misses the point. Its

    not about independence, its about integration.

    ime after time, marketers have proven that the two media

    work better together. Print is the push that complements the

    Webs pull. As catalogers know well, a print piece not only drives

    additional trac to the website, it increases the amount that

    people spend when they arrive.Prints demise may be overstated, but it would be just as fool-

    ish to ignore the growing dominance of digital. Smart marketers

    are nding ways to blend the two to create an even more power-

    ful connection to their customers. Are you?

    Who Will Save Print?

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    Todays marketers face a

    signicant set of chal-

    lenges in reaching con-

    sumers. Tey must be

    innovative, stretch

    boundaries and really reach to create

    breakthrough messaging or a strat-

    egy that will capture attention and

    engage consumers. Let me give you an

    example of how the Postal Service

    recently helped a marketer do just this.

    A large national retailer created a

    mailing program that included xing a

    coupon card to the outside of a catalog

    to help promote its oer. When cus-

    tomers used the card, the retailer could

    track the business it was generating.

    Would it drive sales? Absolutely.

    But the cards positioning did not meet

    Postal Service standards. So, we met

    with the retailer and its marketing part-

    ners to devise a mailer and a card that

    would meet the retailers needs, while

    meeting the standards we needed in

    order to process it. In the end, the retailer

    got a much-needed business boost, and

    we provided a solution that helped.

    Tats the kind of partnership we

    think would help all marketers. We

    want you to seek innovative ways to use

    Postal Service products and services.

    But make us part of the planning pro-

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    You wouldnt typically expect to

    see origami and tractor in the

    same sentence, but that unusual

    combination sums up the thinking

    behind a dimensional mailer John

    Deere used to distribute a comprehensive collection

    of digital images last year.

    Te Moline, Ill.based maker of farm equipment

    wanted a fresh approach for delivering the stock

    photo library it periodically sends

    to media, marketers and adver-

    tising agencies in the agriculture

    industry. Our video manager hada mock-up of a folding paper auto-

    mobile that hed picked up from

    one of our suppliers, recalls Barry

    Nelson, media relations manager for John Deeres

    Agricultural and urf Division. You could open it up

    and look inside. He said, Wouldnt it be great to take

    a John Deere tractor and do the same thing with it?

    We loved the idea.

    Working from photos and illustrations, an in-

    house team created an elaborate design for a scaled-

    down replica of a recent addition to Deeres 8030 line

    of high-power tractors. We wanted it to be as accurate

    as possible because our target

    audience knows our tractors

    very well, Nelson says. Tey

    can look under the hood and

    know every nut and bolt and

    every part of the engine and

    transmission.

    Te team sent its design

    to Structural Graphics LLC,

    an Essex, Conn., agency that specia

    dimensional marketing pieces and di

    ect presented some paper engineer

    recalls Structural Graphics presiden

    Among other things, we had to co

    of the paper so that it worked with t

    than against it, he says.

    Ten there was the question of ma

    3-D wheels from a at printed sheet

    lots of bends and curves and maki

    kinds of things it isnt designed to do

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    pint-sized tractor that not only rollpaper tires, but also unfolded to let

    at its highly detailed interior. You o

    the cab, and you see the seat, says

    You open the hood and you see th

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    with an eight-page directory of ima

    drives photo library. Ten the com

    boxes to its key media contacts.

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    AlPHAMAIOnly 28, CHRIs NEwMANhabecome a leader in direct thanks to aapproach to marketing creativity.

    e caught the advertising bu

    while pursuing a double degr

    in ne arts graphic design anadvertising at Iowa State Un

    versity, then saw his passio

    fully bloom during internship

    at Baltimores Round2 desig

    agency and the Martin Agenc

    Student Workshop. Chris Newma

    is just 28 years old, and his career is re

    hot. Currently a senior art director at Eur

    RSCG Chicago, the young advertising maverick has earned mu

    tiple awards for his work on behalf of several brands. But its New

    mans endishly clever array of mail campaigns for Sprint Nexte

    that have the direct world buzzing.

    While many of his Gen-Y peers focus almost exclusively on th

    Internet, Newman has made marketing headlines by applyin

    Web-inspired dynamics to that tried and true response-gette

    direct mail. I always try to create direct mail pieces that w

    get people to want to interact with them, says Newman. Mayb

    its because Im so used to having the Internet. Its about takin

    that online interactive experience and bringing it into a dire

    mail/print form.

    rue to his philosophy, Newmans direct mailers veritab

    scream, Play with me. ake his award-winning 2009 maile

    ackle Everything Faster. A B-to-B Sprint project that gives fres

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    meaning to the phrase reeling em in, the cam-

    paign was engineered to entice primary decision

    makers at vertical businesses. Devising a tackle

    box that he dubbed a solutions tool box, New-

    man placed his enticing teaser message clearly

    on the outside of the box, cautioning recipients,

    Dont let this one get away.

    Inside the box, recipients are presented with

    shing supplies, including lures, shing wire,

    bobbers, sun block and more. Also included is a

    brochure promoting Sprints work-grade commu-

    nications and a business card for a Sprint salesrepresentative. Sprint produced more than 500

    boxes for the campaign, with more than 5 percent

    of recipients rising to the bait.

    Ten theres Newmans 2008 back-to-school

    Sprint mailer, Dissection. It allowed more

    than 600,000 college student recipients to vir-

    tually dissect a frog by tearing open a center

    vertical perforation revealing a card detailing

    Sprints latest phone components.

    Both pieces underscore for Newman the

    unique sensuality of direct mail. What makes

    direct mail so appealing is finding that you can

    interact with the piece, he says. Since direct

    mail is tactile, the goal for me is to have people

    open it up and examine it. heres something

    powerful about being able to hold something

    in your hand and explore it on your own,whether its peeling something back,

    or scratch n sniff, unique stickers or

    different print techniques. Its defi-

    nitely a real experience, as opposed

    to a virtual experience.

    Which isnt to say he doesnt

    know how to leverage virtual

    experiences with mail. Consider

    the B-to-B mailer he designed for

    Sprint Mobile Broadband: It placed

    recipients into virtual, lifelike working

    environments including a coffee shop and

    a diner a creative device Newman used to

    show that consumers could transform any setting into

    an office using the service. More than 10 percent of

    recipients responded, while Newman nabbed two empo

    Awards for the project.

    He has also won several other honors, including a 2010

    Emerging Leader Award from the Chicago Direct Marketing

    Association and several AMBI Awards from the Kansas City

    Direct Marketing Association. Te Chicago Sun-Times hailed

    Newman as a man on a mission to dispel the misconcep-

    tion that direct mail pieces are dull.

    skys THE lIMITHailing from Sioux City, Iowa, New-

    man expressed his creativity from a

    young age, exploring drama, pho-

    tography, art, music, choreography

    and even politics (he was student

    body president in high school). Tose

    early experiences serve him well in his

    current job. Trough acting and other

    artistic experiences, I learned how to put

    myself in the mindset of others, Newman

    says. When youre acting, you really have to think,

    Who is this person and what would be relevant to them? One

    part about marketing and advertising is that youre market-

    ing to a dierent audience every day, whether youre targeting

    mobile moms, college students or a boomer audience. [Art] is

    a great way to step outside of yourself and be someone else.

    And direct mail aords him the chances to unleash

    some powerful artistic impulses. I love it when I get these

    [direct mail] assignments, Newman says. Te challenge

    is always great but the skys the limit when it comes to

    conveying something.

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    A swEET ffERAnd that approach has led Newman

    to churn out some of the best recent

    work in the business.

    For instance, as part of a mar-

    keting push for Sprints Wireline

    Convergence Wireless Integrationsystem, which integrates consum-

    ers personal smartphones with their

    Private Branch Exchange business lines,

    Newman took full advantage of mails tac-

    tile power by devising a B-to-B direct mailer that

    included a jar of peanut butter and jar of jelly. We came up

    with the concept of two things that are completely separate

    but really work together as a whole, Newman says. Know-

    ing that we needed a high-impact DM, we asked, Whats the

    ultimate combination of two things? Tats how we came up

    with peanut butter and jelly.

    Te campaign which also included an oer for a gift

    card for pricey steaks exceeded the goal by more than 300

    percent. Our client told us that the Sprint national account

    managers loved the concept so much that when they were

    scheduled to go to appointments, they were actually bring-

    ing loaves of bread to go with the peanut butter and jelly,

    Newman laughs.

    Not long after that, Newman put together a hit B-to-C mail

    campaign for Sprints Handset Upgrade Optimizer, a portfolio

    of new, feature-intensive devices. Newmans job: Entice exist-

    ing Sprint customers to renew their contracts by informing

    them about the companys new, feature-heavy phones.

    He created a gorgeous foldout mailer that spotlighted the

    array of new Sprint phones and carried the theme One. wo.

    Tree. More. Measuring 6 inches by 9 inches when shut, and

    12 inches by 18 inches when fully opened, each page of the

    mailer featured smartphone screen shots highlighting a

    certain PDA feature. Te introductory page is devoted to

    texting (One.), another to the web (wo.), another dedi-

    cated to e-mail (Tree.). A nal page details the full capa-

    bilities of the entire Sprint handset series (More.). Tat was

    the idea when I was designing it to have it continuously

    open, and get bigger and bigger, so that the last reveal of the

    three phones feels exciting, says Newman.

    More than 150,000 pieces were mailed July 14, 2009, with

    an initial intended run of three months. But when the

    response rate topped 10 percent, the Kansas- based company

    extended the mailers run for two additional business quar-

    ters before refreshing the format in 2010.

    Newman says the campaign, which included versions

    for Baby Boomers and Millennial generation users, allowed

    him to explore how technological breakthroughs are further

    Tat sort of thinking has led him to

    view the world as his own personal

    petri dish, where he can collect, cul-

    tivate and grow ideas. I draw inspi-

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    and I see something, I think, Oh,thats really cool I should keep that

    in the back of my mind. Ill tear things

    out of magazines. If I see cool products

    or tchotchkes at trade shows or auto shows,

    Im always trying to think how I can integrate

    something like that into what Im doing.

    But as whimsical as his pieces may seem, Newman quickly

    points out, Strategy is at the center of all my ideas: Who are

    you talking to? What are you trying to say? How can you best

    communicate your message in a way thats relevant to people?

    How can you make the consumer understand it in a way thats

    engaging for them? You look for an idea that has legs.

    Another aspect of Newmans approach is a creative philo-

    sophy he calls Responsible Design. Its just being really respon-

    sible with where you place things really thinking about

    where the headline is, where the images are, where the prod-

    uct and the price points are, he says. It means that every-

    thing has a place, a purpose and a reason for being there.

    Jennifer Wood, Newmans supervisor and Euro RSCG

    creative director, concurs. Chris approaches design from a

    deeper level, using strategy as the center point for develop-

    ment. Everything has a reason, and his thinking lives in per-

    fect harmony with his art.

    boosting the versatility of mail. Te handset upgrade piec

    was a great way for me to learn how I can take advantage

    all todays new technologies and printing techniques an

    how we can customize and tailor a piece toward specic cus

    tomers, he says.

    Of course, Newman acknowledges that he learns some

    thing new with every project. Perhaps the biggest lesson o

    all? Newmans award-winning work has cemented his fait

    in the bulls-eye impact of direct mail. One thing I really lik

    about direct is that you can reach a specic audience wit

    a specic message, he says. Youre focusing your messag

    directly toward a person who has a higher p ropensity to wan

    to respond to your oer. Its great that you can really targe

    an audience like that. d

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    Repeat rewards

    Its widely understood that cultivating repeat busi-

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    better, but also because those huge companies have huge marketing budgets and their

    deals are out of control, like $5 pizzas and buy-one-get-one-free oers, Goodwin says.

    o combat that might, Goodwin says the company wants to showcase its products

    and its distinctive identity, and then hone in on zpizzas best customers to increase rev-

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    The program implemented by zpizza included some key elements to loyalty suc-

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    make a purchase. Also, the pizzeria told recipients what they had won before

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    for loyalty programs to work is for the company to emphasize the fact that the reward is

    contingent on purchase behavior. Tis makes the reward program seem like just another

    pricing trick, she says.Te point is to truly reward loyal behavior and to transform

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    With the successful elements of the loyalty campaign in

    place, both Goodwin and Babb say that direct mail was

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    Goodwin says mail allowed them to target a very

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    locations, which led to a higher return on investment. Te mail-

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    Sure, at Deliverwere always talk-ing about the power of direct

    mail, about how it can inspireand engage consumers. Andthat talk is true: Mail endures as

    a favored channel largely due toits adaptability, unmatched tac-tile power and measurability.

    But when it comes to the creative breadthof mail, we dont have to talk. Now, you can seefor yourself.

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    pieces that we think all underscore mails sen-sory appeal.

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    largely on placing scents on paper, providing a potent

    marketing tool for many cosmetics and fragrance

    companies. But the eld has since evolved dramati-

    cally. oday, marketers wield an array of ne w materi-

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    recipients eyes, ears and noses. Tese include:

    mprve paper tck: Marketers can

    choose from an assortment of paper types, fromheavily recycled stock to paper made from stone

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    Holograms diract light by changing normal white

    light to various colors, points out Mike Messmer,

    general manager of NovaVision Inc., which distrib-

    utes holographic paper. Holograms can also show

    unique optical illusions like 3-D depth.

    electrc: Marketers are starting to embedvideo and audio chips in their mailers and other

    printed pieces. im Clegg, the CEO of Americhip,

    which has used the electronic devices in various

    campaigns, says the chips are designed to immerse

    recipients in a fuller brand experience. When you

    combine audio with tactile or audio with illuminating

    technology, it enhances the whole experience, says

    Clegg, whose company also plans to incorporate 3-D

    into its video mailers this summer.

    cete a eble pece: rue to itsname, multisensory marketing means engaging as

    many of the ve senses as possible. As a result,

    marketers are boosting campaigns with items such

    as scented postcards and printing technology that

    allows brands to place a scented varnish onto a

    printing press and then onto a page.

    Meanwhile, First Flavor, a suburban Philadel-

    phia marketing company, works to combine three

    senses sight, smell and taste. First Flavor creates

    edible lm strips that dissolve instantly and give

    you a taste and scent of the clients product. By

    adding a sense of taste and smell for a product,

    you create a way to have that consumer engaged,

    says president and CEO Jay Minko. Tere is an

    emotional bonding that creates loyalty.

    Explaining how these additions could multiply

    the impact of direct mail in an increasingly com-puterized world, Clegg sums up their impact this

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    It goes without saying that companies have to market to those who

    do the buying but, says Xerox Corp. channel marketing manager

    Paul Criswell, its just as important that brands market to those who

    do the selling, too.

    Resellers are looking to get as much out of their relationships

    as possible, says Criswell, who manages all communications

    between his company and about 3,500 top-tier reseller partners.

    Teyre looking for new opportunities to make money.

    raditionally, Xerox has done more than many major companies to

    empower its sales force, but the last few years have seen the company

    step up that commitment considerably, Criswell explains. Blending

    high-level creative with an assortment of communications channels,

    the print giant has crafted an annual marketing eort for its sales

    teams that rivals many B-to-C eorts.

    For starters, Xerox kicks off its yearly push to resellers by pub-

    lishing and mailing eye-catching guidebooks replete with infor-

    mation about the coming years partner program. his year, the

    program uses a sports theme, with eam Up with Xerox as the tag-

    line. Appropriately, sales reps have received a book entitled Players

    Playbook, while owner-operators have been sent the Coachs Play-

    book. Spiral bound and printed in full color, the 85-page guides

    describe the years sales incentives, demo programs and other

    aspects of the overall initiative.

    Tey talk about [all the reasons] why you should partner with

    Xerox, Criswell says. Weve received great feedback on both of these

    books, and I think thats because theyre very targeted.

    But the guidebooks mark only the beginning of the eort to sell the

    sales team. Creative promotional campaigns build awareness and excite-

    ment all year long. In the summer of 2009, for example, Xerox mailed abarbecue-themed sales promotion, tagged Fire It Up, to all its partners.

    Te package was shaped like a grill and contained a number of tools, such

    as a baster. Te company also used a combination of direct mail, e-mail

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    In previous years, Criswell recalls, most of the commu-

    nication had been aimed at the management of reseller

    organizations the owners and operators. Last years

    mailing, though, marked renewed eorts by Xerox to

    address salespeople, too. Te program has worked well,

    says Criswell. We directed communications to the people

    who were getting paid the [sales bonuses], those motivated

    by extra cash, he explains.

    Weve seen some really positive results from commu-

    nicating what they like to hear, said Criswell. Te owners

    and operators denitely have dierent needs than their

    sales reps. [Resellers] care about the value that Xerox brings to their

    business and to their company. We talk about nding discounts when

    theyre buying product from distributors. We talk volume incentives

    and rebates and demo discounts. We have a training tool speci-

    cally for the owners on compensating their partners and reps

    around managed print.On the other hand, sales reps want to kn ow, Whats in it for me?

    But Criswell says owners of reseller outfits also stood to gain

    from the various incentive programs for salespeople, thanks to

    rebates Xerox gave them for reps sales activities. he approach

    for each group was tailored differently, and grand prizes of cash and

    merchandise were awarded, he recalls. It increased sales and the

    visibility of the partner program.

    Although Criswell wont reveal ROI gures for the campaign, he

    insists the marketing push has helped bolster sales. Meanwhile, in

    April Xerox announced rst-quarter results that included a 33-percent

    increase in revenue.

    BEO ICEIEShe marketing programs also have proven to be educational as well

    as lucrative for the sales force, says Criswell. Among the companys

    triumphs has been the success of Xeroxs efforts to teach its part-

    ners new ways to sell. Instead of selling on speeds and feeds [print

    speed and specifications], were taking resellers a step further in sell-

    ing value and selling a solution, rather than just selling hardware,

    explains Criswell.

    Xerox has become an expert in building mutually benecial relation-

    ships with its channel partners but n ancial incentives alone arent

    enough to ensure success. At the end of the day, [we need to communi-

    cate] to resellers what we bring to the table and that our value proposition

    will translate into more customer sales, says Criswell.

    Marketing eorts such as the guidebooks help Xerox surmount

    communications barriers that confront many major channel market-

    ers. For instance, because resellers typically dont have the resources or

    time to train every salesperson on all the companies and products they

    might represent, product education is often insucient. And engag-

    ing, informative marketing only enhances attempts to teach and

    captivate a resellers sales team.

    Programs like these reect the companys long history of reaching outto its channel partners, and they are frequently cited as examples of best

    practices among major businesses. In April, for instance, the company was

    named overall winner byCRNmagazines annual Channel Champions

    Awards, a recognition Xerox has repeated for four consecutive years.

    Te quality of a vendors partner program determines how prot-

    able its partners will be, said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice presi-

    dent and editorial director of Everything Channel, CRNs publisher, in

    a news release last year that announced Xeroxs win.

    Understanding the channel relationship is important to gaining

    knowledge about how to motivate partners. Companies use channels

    to carry the cost of sales, while channels seek to minimize their sales

    costs by encouraging companies to perform services for them, accord-

    ing to BNE business blogger Georey James.

    IXI CHAES, SERI EESIn building bonds with his sales partners, Criswell has developed a

    potent multimedia approach to addressing their varied needs. With

    the [advent of] the digital age, a lot of people have begun to go elec-

    tronic. But we try to have a good balance a mixture of electronic and

    print media, says Criswell.

    Criswell believes his multichannel str

    competitive advantage over rival marketer

    digital communications alone. Our compet

    their partners, Hey, weve posted [marke

    tion] online. Go and print it or save it, h

    laugh. We take the extra effort to send it o

    because we know that way, it will sit on the

    there at their fingertips.

    Along with the guidebooks and mail inc

    oers webinars, road shows and nationwid

    training. Programs such as Te Builders Seri

    sales representatives create high-quality cu

    ing tools from PDFs that can be customresellers call-to-action and website URL to

    web builder that speed promotional eorts

    For other companies looking to sell thr

    partners, Criswell says its important to st

    competitors and in constant contact with cu

    important, keep things simple. Make it eas

    ness with your company than others, he ad

    your partners. each them to sh instead o

    the sh. Can you provide training, educatio

    to improve their business? raining is a bi

    cially in this crazy economy of ours.

    Te rewards of selling the sales team are

    and intrinsic, according to Criswell. We d

    at nancials. It really is a balance, he insist

    how engaged [channel partners] are with

    demos they have purchased with us, how

    tions theyve created using our marketin

    we can accurately see if were making an im

    helped them grow their business.

    Because in doing so, Xerox also helps to g

    At the end of the day, [we need to communicate] to resellerswhat we bring to the table and that our value proposition will

    translate into more customer sales. Paul Crisell , Xerox Corp. channel marketing manager

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