When it comes to Business to Business marketing one of the key necessities is to stand out and get past the gate keepers. Reaching qualified prospects with impact is crucial. Creating a positive emotion when presenting your marketing is also very important when you want your clients and customers to remember you.  Using direct marketing and now known as dimensional mail, is now offering new and creative ways to break through the media clutter.

According to the Direct Marketing Association’s Response Rate Report – You can compare any direct response medium flat direct mail with dimensional, 3D tactile mailings and see that measured responses can pull 200-300% better than flat, envelope pieces.  In fact in the Direct Marketing Association’s Response Rate Report states last year, dimensional mail averaged the highest overall response rate, at 5.49 percent, of any direct response medium, according to the Direct Marketing Association’s Response Rate Report, with campaigns for some businesses yielding astronomical response rates of close to 16 percent. (The average response rate for other direct mail ast year was just 2.73 percent.)

The key to understanding dimensional mail is for one thing is that it’s not flat, and it typically arrives in a 3D Cube box or a cylindrical tube.  Consumer marketers selling packaged goods, for instance, have traditionally used boxed mailings to send product samples to hundreds of thousands of consumer prospects at one time. Unfortunately, only extremely deep-pocketed companies can employ this form of sampling to reach wide consumer audiences. The good news is, when used to target business-to-business prospects; dimensional mail campaigns can be dramatically effective in producing results from small, well-qualified, prospects.

Now B2B marketers can create custom small run dimensional mailings. Not all dimensional programs are the same, and they certainly do not offer the same results.  Depending on creative, and whether or not the campaing is long term or short lived.  But most importantly, one objective is clear. Engage your prospect with information that is delivered in a fun and playful medium.

Here are some ideas for creating a 3D dimensional marketing campaign:

1. Pre-qualify your list. Because mail that arrives in a box can be hard to resist, dimensional mailings are rarely discarded or opened by screeners, making them a great way to get your sales materials seen–and noticed–by your prospects. And although dimensional mail has a higher per-unit cost than simple flat mail, the cost for your overall campaign can be kept within modest bounds by mailing hand-delivering your boxes. It’s therefore critical to get your mailings in the right hands. Create a 3D item that creates multiple impressions, engages the audience and tells a story.

Begin by reviewing your company’s database and selecting your top B2B prospects. Do everything you can to clean and pre-qualify your prospects list, including making multiple phone calls to each business on the list until you’re satisfied you’ve found exactly the right decision-makers.

2. Create a memorable campaign. In order to open doors or move prospects further along in the sales cycle, your dimensional mail pieces have to be clever and demonstrate how you’ll meet your prospects’ needs. So tie your campaign in with your company’s overall marketing and advertising campaign.

What should you put in your box? It all depends on the message you want to convey. Just be sure the object is something your prospects will want to keep, and even display, for a while. Avoid overdone advertising specialty items, such as imprinted mugs, and go for something unique. For example, a Washington-area speechwriter once sent a “relaxation kit” to targeted decision-makers at major PR firms. His box included an aromatherapy candle and a neck pillow with his logo on it, along with clever, illustrated instructions on how to use the kit for maximum relief–and the message imparted was that hiring him would relieve the stress of too much work. So take some time to think about just what objects would work with your primary message–and what objects your clients would find unique or useful.

3. Make follow-up a top priority. In most cases, the primary purpose of dimensional mail is to capture the attention of prospects and open the lines of communication. That makes immediate follow-up within one to three business days essential. If your dimensional mail is successful, it’ll warm up your prospects and make them more receptive to your phone call. Of course, with the high response rate of dimensional mail, if your campaign is truly effective, prospects will soon be contacting you.

Touch. Teach. Connect with Three Dimensional Marketing with Magic Cubes. Desktop marketing that creates a positive emotion with your brand to your prospects.  And that Creates Endless Impressions® all year long.  Contact http://MagiCubes.com for free samples.

With a variety of shapes, Magic Cubes provides endless ways that TOUCH, TEACH, and CONNECT with potential supporters while they learn the important benefits of your organization. Magic Cubes provides a 3D experience that surpasses ordinary logo only branding, by engaging people with your benefits and values in a way that tells a story, right in your prospects hands. Magic Cubes state of the art printing and surface areas deliver and increase awareness, plus with available QR codes your supporters can now connect to your online content, such as supportive videos and website directly from this desktop marketing machine.

Magic Cubes is a great way to market your messages, plus they help build relationships and provide the opportunity for people to feel a connection with your cause and organization.

Touch Teach Connect with Magic Cubes, 3D Desktop Advertising that tells a story.Contact a creative MagiCubes.com reseller today.

Competition is fierce in all areas of the medical industry. Traditional printed collateral such as brochures are sure to be an important piece of the promotional marketing mix for Pharma, Dental and Medical Marketing, but also easy for your prospects to toss in the trash. When communicating for product launch, introductions and new Wellness programs it is important that important medical information for educational and marketing purposes actually gets communicated.

Finding ways of maximizing your marketing or advertising budget is important for successfully marketing to the healthcare industry. But, the real key is to create an emotional bond and connection with your customers, while providing the educational information industry regulations require. And, when it comes to picking out educational, promotional giveaways, it’s important to keep the perceived value in mind. Let me show you how.

The 3D desktop Magic Cube is a folding advertising puzzle that displays information about your product or services. Complete with all the wonderful emotions the high quality photography will convey, the 100% custom Magic Cube sits on your prospect’s desk or counter-top. And, when they pick it up, they will be engaged in the fidget factor. Add a QR code for a link to your website, where medical professionals can request samples, download product sheets, or ask you a question. Magic Cubes make excellent trade show gifts that continue to communicate and brand long after your marketing event. That’s desktop branding with integrated real-time lead generation. Simply put, if connecting to your prospects adds to your bottom line, then choose what the experts choose. Visit http://www.magicubes.com for your custom Magic Cube and start leaving lasting impressions today.

Challenge: Advancements in technology have traditionally allowed for “virtual proofs” – those 2D images with a logo on a generic product.  This may work for standard “Logo Only” style products with one- or two-colors, but what about custom desktop items that have full color, full bleed, and are interactive and 3D? Further, with the global nature of business – trade shows and offices spread out around the globe – sharing proofs and getting approvals from multiple buyers can slow down production, and increase delivery time and prices.

Until recently, the only way to show a proof or a spec sample of a desktop item was to create a complete pre-production sample – a sure way to eat up a good portion of a client’s budget while increasing the production time by several weeks. Further, looking at a proof on paper or even in a PDF can, well, fall flat when a distributor’s buyer is reviewing a proof. “Our challenge was to find a way to not only showcase the various manipulations of the MagiCubes®, but also help distributors increase their sales,” says Ron Friedman, Founder, PTI Corp, owner of MagiCubes® brand of 3D folding advertising puzzles.

Solution: MagiCubes® offers free 3D videos for both proofs and specs in as fast as one or two days. Since these desktop items are always 100% custom, showcasing the promotional item via a video proof allows clients to interact with the simulated product in the same way as if they were actually physically interacting with the product. For example, buyers can inspect a 3D product by watching a quick video to view all designs on the cube.  Since most MagiCubes® have nine to 20 panels, this is very efficient compared to reviewing nine to 12 static pages of a PDF proof.

Using specific MagiCubes.com templates, the clients simply place their custom images and text on the template. We then put the artwork through a very sophisticated 3D rendering process to create the video proof. In fact it’s the same technology and same software used by Hollywood Studios and Madison Avenue Ad Agencies for creating 3D motion graphics.

Upon completion, the video is uploaded to Youtube.com. We upload them as private, and they are only available to view with the specific link we provide. The Video Channel is safe and is not branded. The videos have a voice over track that explains that the video itself is a proof, and the buyer should carefully review for copy and image orientation, etc.  Distributors can choose to use their own voice and logo branding on the videos they share with their clients.

Results: 3D virtual proofs are eco- and budget-friendly, and, in many cases, increase sales. Friedman shares a recent example: “Distributor Bob Levitt sent in an order for 1,500 MagiCubes. Shortly after we sent the video proof to Bob, he forwarded it to his corporate buyer, who, in turn, re-distributed the 3D video proof to the company sales team around the world. The original order was 1,500 pieces, a $5,000 value. In the end, the order increased from $5,000 to $12,000.”

Adds Levitt, the V.P. of Sales for Tangerine Promotions [Now  CEO @  Brandsavvy Promotions], “Being able to provide such a quality proof in video format via a simple link, which could then be emailed to various department heads, was the key to tripling the order quantity. Usually, I am only provided one or two physical proofs, which are kept under wraps with the primary buyer. But with the 3D video system, I am able to get this product proof presented to multiple recipients in the far corners of globe in less time than it takes to drive through my Coffee Bean for a latte. Within hours after I circulated the video link, I received a call from my client that  not only was the proof approved, but yet another sales manager who viewed the video wanted to increase his allotment. After all was said and done, that week I received two more calls from the same buyer to keep increasing the order quantity. That video proof in effect doubled my commissions. I love when technology works ‘for’ you.”

The 3D video proof of the promotional item went viral throughout the client’s management resulting in substantial new business. Having a link that corporate buyers can forward is like having the video be the “inside rep” for the distributor. See the actual videos proofs here- http://www.magicubes.com/3dproofs.php

(LOS ANGELES) – February 7, 2011 – MagiCubes.com® has taken its 3D promotional products to the next level of customer engagement. Magic Cubes are utilized as Promotional Products that are given away as gifts at Trade Shows and business meetings. Now, Quick Response (QR) code placement on all Magic Cubes products allows B2B and B2C marketers to link their 3D physical desktop promotional product to the online world.

MagiCubes® are a 3D promotional item that can be manipulated from nine to twenty separate images/messages that are printed with stunning graphics. The advertising puzzles can be changed into a variety of shapes including a business card or soda can. The QR codes drive prospects from the 3D MagiCube® instantly to mobile websites, videos, eCoupons, surveys, online quizzes, blogs, and more with a simple click / scan from a mobile phone using QR reader software. Most new phones have the QR reader installed, or it can be easily downloaded from Apple App Store, Android Market, and BlackBerry App World.

“When it comes to picking out promotional giveaways, it’s important to keep the perceived value in mind,” comments Ron Friedman, founder of http://MagiCubes.com. “Can simple branded items reinforce your MarCom objectives with tangible ROI? MagiCubes already engage and have lasting impressions, now they also drive customers directly to your digital content and can push a new offer again and again as frequent as you like, via a QR code, and that’s desktop branding with integrated real-time lead generation.”
A marketing plan that includes a fun and interactive promotional product can be important to the bottom line, but you need to be able to track the ROI to justify spend. Friedman explains, “QR codes are of particular interest to marketers because it gives them the ability to measure response rates with a high degree of precision for demographic and geographic analytics. This allows for easier ROI calculation, thus helping justify spending on marketing budgets. ”

For additional information, visit www.magicubes.com.

About MagiCubes®
MagiCubes® are a patented 3D promotional item that can be manipulated into nine separate images/messages. For 20 years, PTI Corp. has been developing and manufacturing these 3D advertising puzzles that can be easily changed into a variety of shapes such as the iconic cube, a 20 sided diamond cube, and even a soda or beer can. The MagiCubes were designed as a promotional item that people will hold on to – literally. As such, the product has the “Best Fidget Factor” and now it also has digital connectivity. For more information, visit www.magicubes.com.

For images or videos, contact: Chantel Fiedler, 818-301-5313, Chantel.Fiedler AT magicubes.com
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