Here is the quick summary of the 2011 Exce4Marketing Direct
Mail Marketing Survey Findings of more than 200 Marketing Firms in the US:
- Marketing Firms use 20% of their total marketing budget on
Direct Mail Marketing. Compared to other marketing approaches Direct Mail leads
with the largest marketing budget share.
- 82% of the Marketing Firms plan to spend the same share of
their marketing budget on Direct Mail in 2011 and 2012.
- The trend recognized by this survey suggests that Email
Marketing and Social Media Marketing are still in continuous growth – 73% of the
marketing firms will allocate more money on Email Marketing and Social Media
Marketing while Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Website Marketing will keep
the same share of the marketing budget.
- 94% of the marketing firms believe that Direct Mail is
still the most effective marketing approach for delivering the marketing message
directly to the end user.
- 87% of the marketing firms agree that Direct Mail has
better credibility compared to Social Media and Email Marketing.
- 93% of marketing firms use Social Media Channels as part of
their Marketing Campaigns.