{"id":127694,"date":"2025-07-15T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=127694"},"modified":"2025-07-14T15:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:00:22","slug":"new-industry-research-shows-direct-mail-outpaces-digital-in-performance-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/new-industry-research-shows-direct-mail-outpaces-digital-in-performance-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"New Industry Research Shows Direct Mail Outpaces Digital in Performance Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 15, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Direct mail is proving its staying power, according to new industry research commissioned by Franklin Madison Direct and conducted by Circlebox. The 2025 Direct Mail Marketing Benchmark Report shows 67% of marketers saw improved direct mail performance over the past 12 months \u2013 the highest lift among all direct marketing channels, including email and social media.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/25-0424-s2p-fmdirect-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"SeQuel Response is now Franklin Madison Direct\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-125710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/25-0424-s2p-fmdirect-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/25-0424-s2p-fmdirect-800x600-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/25-0424-s2p-fmdirect-800x600-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/><em>Image caption: Franklin Madison Direct logo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The annual report provides an analysis of the current direct mail marketing landscape and its effectiveness, showcasing data collected from both B2B and B2C marketing leaders and consumers.<\/p>\n<p>The full report is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franklinmadisondirect.com\/directmailreport\">https:\/\/www.franklinmadisondirect.com\/directmailreport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s top brands are leaning into proven strategies that combine innovation, data-driven insights, and omnichannel alignment to capture target audience attention and drive response. Direct mail, backed by its increasingly strong track record and growing consumer sentiment, holds its place as a high-impact channel in this mix.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 benchmark report shows that when mail is tested, personalized, and seamlessly integrated with digital channels, both marketers and consumers see the difference.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Direct mail beats digital: At least half of respondents believe direct mail is more effective than digital marketing in driving key objectives.<\/li>\n<li>The mail channel is a consumer favorite: direct mail is the second most enjoyable form of advertising (second only to TV\/video streaming).<\/li>\n<li>Omnichannel strategies drive performance: 97% of respondents report that integration positively impacts campaign performance.<\/li>\n<li>Budgets follow performance: 87% of marketers plan to increase or maintain their direct mail budgets over the next 12 months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 2025 Direct Mail Marketing Benchmark Report is available for download at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.franklinmadisondirect.com\/directmailreport\">www.franklinmadisondirect.com\/directmailreport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Franklin Madison Direct<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Franklin Madison Direct, formerly SeQuel Response, is a leading direct response advertising agency, providing performance-driven marketing solutions to help consumer and insurance brands reach their best audience and achieve exceptional growth. Franklin Madison Direct is ranked as a top marketing agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEDIA AND CUSTOMER QUERIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contact us here: <a href=\"https:\/\/franklinmadisondirect.com\/contact-us\/\">https:\/\/franklinmadisondirect.com\/contact-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MULTIMEDIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Logo link for media: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/300dpi\/25-0424-s2p-fmdirect-300dpi.jpg\">https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/25-0424-s2p-fmdirect-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 15, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Direct mail is proving its staying power, according to new industry research commissioned by Franklin Madison Direct and conducted by Circlebox. The 2025 Direct Mail Marketing Benchmark Report shows 67% of marketers saw improved direct mail performance over the past 12 months &#8211; the highest lift among all direct marketing channels, including email and social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10017,"featured_media":125710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12804,1,12864,46,264],"tags":[1464],"class_list":["post-127694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advertising-marketing-news","category-ap","category-business-news","category-minneapolis-business","category-minnesota-news","category-research-reports-news","tag-direct-mail-marketing-company","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":4237,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10017"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127694"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127698,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127694\/revisions\/127698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}