“Document Design” Category

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Is Poor Customer Document Design Hurting Your Company’s Business?

FSSI logo Kelly McConville on March 3, 2017

The Importance of Effective Communication in Customer Documents The old saying goes that you only get one chance to make a first impression and that is so true when marketing to consumers. Using outdated design strategies and layouts for your client communications could be costing your company valuable...

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Achieving Brand Consistency Through Color Management

FSSI logo Kelly McConville on February 23, 2017

See the new updated version of this post here, Brand Consistency and Color Management What Is Color Management? How Can it Affect Brand Recognition? Color management is the process of controlling color production and quality. This occurs when reproducing color on various devices and across different...

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Document Design Strategies for Millennials

FSSI logo Kelly McConville on September 2, 2015

Millennial Marketing A quick word of caution for any brands with a document management strategy. Marketing to Millennials matters to your future growth. Ignoring this growing demographic's need for ease, simplicity, and convenience could cost you dearly. Marketing to millennials can be tough, but we will...

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What is USPS Dimensional Mail and How Can you Benefit?

FSSI logo Kelly McConville on June 24, 2015

USPS 3D Mail Innovations: Direct Mail Dimensional mailers are not flat like other traditional mail pieces. Dimensional mail shapes include tubes, boxes, spheres, and other unique formats. This type of mail has much higher response rates compared to traditional mailing. Taking advantage of the creative use of...

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Getting More Business Value out of Transactional Customer Documents

FSSI logo Kelly McConville on May 26, 2015

Document Value Checklist: Turn Paper into Gold In an earlier post, we explained that even a transactional customer document can have way more value to your business than most think. A bank statement, invoice, bill, or regulatory document can become a valuable touchpoint to interact with your customers. We...

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5 Things to Consider Before Moving to Full-Color Digital Printing

FSSI logo Kelly McConville on April 20, 2015

Is Digital Color the Right Choice for your Business? If recent trends are any indicator, high-volume statement mailers will soon consider moving from black-ink on white-paper customer documents to those that incorporate inkjet digital color. Studies suggest that the business advantages, including greater...

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How to Select the Right Colors to Match your Campaign Objectives

FSSI logo Kelly McConville on January 15, 2015

Why Job Appropriate Color is Just Enough  We, humans, are a highly visual bunch.  How else can you explain why our species collectively consumes hundreds of millions of hours of visual content each day, including TV, movies and of course online video. Globally, we support each other’s visual...

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