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  "headline": "Direct mail is quietly resurfacing as a conversion tool for local physical-product brands.",
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  "source_name": "Yonkers Times",
  "source_url": "https://yonkerstimes.com/is-direct-mail-still-effective-for-local-businesses-in-2026/",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ PAPER · Resurgence of direct mail · Local businesses (cohort)\n\nDirect mail is quietly resurfacing as a conversion tool for local physical-product brands.\n\ndirect mail works in markets where your customer is geographically clustered and older than 40, or where you sell a product with high repeat-purchase value (supplements, skincare, home goods). The play: test a 5,000-piece direct mail drop to your highest-lifetime-value customer ZIP codes. Include a trackable QR code on the mailer and offer a 15% discount for first-time reorders. Track response rate and LTV of responders against your email list. If response exceeds 2%, roll to 25,000 pieces.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/local-businesses-cohort-2026-06-23t09-7\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/local-businesses-cohort-2026-06-23t09-7\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/local-businesses-cohort-2026-06-23t09-7",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ PAPER · Resurgence of direct mail · Local businesses (cohort)\n\nDirect mail is quietly resurfacing as a conversion tool for local physical-product brands.\n\ndirect mail works in markets where your customer is geographically clustered and older than 40, or where you sell a product with high repeat-purchase value (supplements, skincare, home goods). The play: test a 5,000-piece direct mail drop to your highest-lifetime-value customer ZIP codes. Include a trackable QR code on the mailer and offer a 15% discount for first-time reorders. Track response rate and LTV of responders against your email list. If response exceeds 2%, roll to 25,000 pieces.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/local-businesses-cohort-2026-06-23t09-7\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/local-businesses-cohort-2026-06-23t09-7\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/local-businesses-cohort-2026-06-23t09-7",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Event & Experiential}\n◆ PAPER · Resurgence of direct mail · Local businesses (cohort)\n\nDirect mail is quietly resurfacing as a conversion tool for local physical-product…\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/local-businesses-cohort-2026-06-23t09-7",
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      "title": "Direct mail is quietly resurfacing as a conversion tool for local physical-product brands.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nPer Yonkers Times, studies show direct mail is making a comeback among local businesses in 2026, positioned as a complement to digital advertising despite less attention in the marketing press.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): direct mail works in markets where your customer is geographically clustered and older than 40, or where you sell a product with high repeat-purchase value (supplements, skincare, home goods). The play: test a 5,000-piece direct mail drop to your highest-lifetime-value customer ZIP codes. Include a trackable QR code on the mailer and offer a 15% discount for first-time reorders. Track response rate and LTV of responders against your email list. If response exceeds 2%, roll to 25,000 pieces.\nWhat that means for you: direct mail works in markets where your customer is geographically clustered and older than 40, or where you sell a product with high repeat-purchase value (supplements, skincare, home goods). The play: test a 5,000-piece direct mail drop to your highest-lifetime-value customer ZIP codes. Include a trackable QR code on the mailer and offer a 15% discount for first-time reorders. Track response rate and LTV of responders against your email list. If response exceeds 2%, roll to 25,000 pieces.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — Yonkers Times: https://yonkerstimes.com/is-direct-mail-still-effective-for-local-businesses-in-2026/.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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