When I think of innovation, one of the last places I think of is the United States Postal Service. So color me surprised when USPS debuted a new app this week at the Consumer Electronics Show that works well and could increase a company’s interest in sending mail again. ... The app, developed with Aurasma, scans a piece of mail and uses augmented reality to make the paper an interactive ad. Ideally, companies that want to engage with potential customers could do so with a new kind of advertising—one that merges digital and physical ads...
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We worked closely with ALC to compile and research the 2012 list of Top 50 Mailers, and that included the opportunity to speak with Susan Rappaport, owner, president and CEO of ALC. Here's what she had to say about the trends and events that shaped direct mail over the past 12 months: "Well, we've got an economic situation that's unprecedented ... They're not technically calling it a recession anymore, but we don't have an economic recovery right now. We've also got an election cycle. The presidential election only happens every four years, and that's got a lot of activity in the marketplace from mailers and in the spending levels.
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