BY THE
NUMBERS
  • 73% of mail is opened.
  • More than half of adults prefer receiving ad materials through the mail.
  • 54% of business-to-business marketers plan to boost direct mail spending.
  • 98% of pharmaceutical marketers are looking toward direct communications.
  • $24.5 billion is the predicted growth in BTB direct mail by 2007.
  • 33% of people surveyed say they respond to direct mail by going online.
  • A 6.1% increase is expected in worldwide ad spending in 2005.
  • $5.6 billion was spent on online advertising in the United States during the first nine months of 2004.

Source: dmnews 2005