Drop ship direct mail vendor

[Anonymous]

Chello,

Does anyone know of a vendor who can create hand written notes, take care of packaging and sending swag packages out to customers and prospects?

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

Carlyn

[Erin_Olsen2]

HI Carlyn,

I have used Print For Less at my previous company. They have a pretty nice integration with Marketo. The set-up was cheap (from what I remember). The printing is actually not that inexpensive (despite their name) but it was great quality and they were really flexible with us. I don't believe they do hand written cards. I implemented it at my previous company and it was pretty fun to get creative with the possibilities. We had them stock printed books, swag, and higher-end mailers/gifts for target accounts. I wrote a blog post about our program last year - might still be relevant for you... http://www.responsecapture.com/campaign-optimization/print-marketing-automation/

As for the hand written cards, we looked at a couple of vendors at one point... but never tested it out. Can't speak to that.

Good luck!

Erin

[Anonymous]

Hi Erin,

Thanks! This is really helpful and will check out the vendor and see if they are what we are looking for.

Thanks,

Carlyn

[Jessica_Kao3]

Hey Carlyn, 

How are you?  I used Printing for Less too actually based on Erin's recommendation.  They have raised the prices in the last 2 years, they are much more of full service so if you tell them what you want to accomplish they will make suggestions of pieces, kits, and gifts.  They do have a font that is similar to hand written, and they have print on demand so you don't have to stock inventory.  A post card mailed to the US is about 71cents including postage. A card with envelope is about $2-3 depending on the type of paper.  There is a set up fee and a monthly fee on top of that. 

[Anonymous]

I've used a company called McMannis that offers lots of direct mail services.

[Pierce_Ujjainw3]

Another vote for Printing for Less here. They are also big Marketo users so they understand a good Marketo implementation.

[Erin_Olsen2]

Yeah, I don't have anything to compare PFL with (since it's the only vendor of that kind we have used) but I do remember the implementation people being super helpful and good to work with. They are based in Montana I think?

Good luck!

Erin