GLS / NEXT Precision Marketing AMPLIFY 2017 Issue 3

IN THIS ISSUE New technology accelerates leads and sales with your direct mail campaign House of Charity campaign expands hope for the homeless GLS / NEXT teams for global effort with Feed My Starving Children Explore all you can do with our new HP Indigo 12000 digital press The future is bright: HP selects GLS / NEXT to test new fluorescent inks Sanford Vascular Solutions captures AMP Award

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2017

DIRECT MAIL ACCEL HOW DO YOU MAKE A GOOD DIRECT MAIL CAMPAIGN GREAT?

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CASE STUDY

HOUSE OF CHARITY

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Expanding hope for the homeless

The work that your

team has produced for us has elevated

our image, message and presence to an incredible level.â&#x20AC;?

LESLEY A . CHESTER DIREC TOR OF FUND DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNIC ATIONS, HOUSE OF CHARIT Y

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MEN AND WOMEN

Last spring, NEXT / GLS launched HOCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Capital Appeal campaign. The goal, to raise $23 million for a large expansion of their current facilities.

A personalized self-mailing newsletter A NOTE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Our newsletter aims to bring forward the compelling stories of individuals who have experienced and overcome homelessness, in addition to shedding light on the many programs, legislation, and advocacy efforts that are in abundance in Minnesota.

The perceptions and assumptions of homelessness do not always match up with the reality of it, and House of Charity is constantly striving to change that.

Through our programs, we provide the opportunities, resources, and tools that individuals who are experiencing homelessness need in order to help them to pull themselves out of their situation and into sustainable independence.

With your help, we can continue to help individuals like Rodney. And through your partnership, we will have the means to expand the needs of individuals to come as more adults continue to age and find housing more difficult to obtain.

Strategic positioning and messaging was developed

Thanks to you and your support of the programs of House of Charity, we are making a difference in the lives of hundreds of individuals in the Minneapolis area.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

that allows presenters to tell the story, establish the

Your gift has a profound and immediate impact on people like Rodney.

Just $45 provides supportive housing for someone in need.

Enclosed is my gift of $___________ to help feed, house, and empower as many people as possible. Please make checks payable to House of Charity. Feel free to use the envelope provided.

To make a credit card donation, please visit: www.houseofcharity.org

need and position an affective appeal.

Â&#x2020; I am interested in leaving a gift to House of Charity in my will. Please contact me.

Phone: (______) ____________________________________________________ Â&#x2020; My gift is in memory/honor (circle one) of: ________________________________ Name: _____________________________________________________________ Email: _____________________________________________________________ Â&#x2020; Check here and provide your email above if you would like to receive only our e-correspondence!

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// Current Initiatives:

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// Rodneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Story:

Adults age 55 and older are the fastest growing population of Minnesotans experiencing homelessness.

// Reducing the Need for Publicb Funded Emergency Services

We need your help! Email or call your legislator to let them know you want them to support these important legislative agendas. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to leave a voicemail or message with a staffer. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an easy example to use either via voicemail or email:

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2016 legislative session began on March 8. House of Charity supports the Homes for All and Prosperity for All legislative agendas presented by the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless.

The Homes for Alll initiative is pushing for a $130 million investment in bonds for housing. This would allow the state to develop or sustain 4,100 homes for Minnesotans experiencing homelessness.

The Prosperity for Alll initiative is an appeal to increase the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) cash assistance by $100. MFIP provides work support and temporary cash assistance for families working toward full-time employment. The MFIP funds have not increased in 30 years. The cost of living has certainly increased, but the support for families working toward employment has not.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hi, my name is _____________________ and I live in ____________(city). I strongly support the $130 million investment in bonds for housing through the Homes for Alll initiative. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m calling to ask _____________ to support Homes for All and I want them to also include the MFIP cash assistance increase again in the 2016 supplemental budget. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been 30 years since MFIP cash assistance for lowincome families has been increased. It is time to increase support. Thank you.â&#x20AC;?

To find out who represents you, go to: www.gis.leg.mn/OpenLayers/districts/

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staff at House of Charityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;particularly his case manager who really invested in his recovery.

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Now living in his own home in a Minneapolis suburb, Rodney is actively pursuing his degree in social work at a local technical college with the long-term hope of being able to help others in Ohio with the same kind of support and help that House of Charity provided to him in his recovery. He is grateful to House of Charity for their help in guiding him to independence and finding a dream and passion to help others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really appreciate House of Charity. It only gets better, and now I feel it. I know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to get better.â&#x20AC;?

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people in difficult circumstances that are transformed

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by HOCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services. Integrated media for the Capital

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relations, email, newsletter, social media and website.

Campaign reenergizes donor base HOC has received unsolicited feedback from donors, and long-lapsed donors have started to contribute

A rewarding endeavor, NEXT / GLS was recognized

PEOPLE ARE FED DAILY AT HOCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FOOD CENTRE

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UNTIL ALL ARE FED FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN (FMSC), PROVIDING RELIEF AROUND THE WORLD Because no one deserves to go hungry

Volunteer at FMSC, it’s fun, upbeat and energizing!

A Christian, non-profit organization, FMSC was founded in 1987 to fulfill a

FMSC offers volunteers a one-of-a-kind experience. You’ll hand-pack rice,

specific mission. FMSC’s heartbeat and call is to feed God’s kids hungry in

soy, dried vegetables and a nutritionally complete blend of vitamins and

body and spirit. Explained by an FMSC leader, “The work we do is deeply

minerals into bags which are then sealed, boxed, placed on pallets and

personal to us, our volunteers, donors, food distribution partners and meal

shipped to our incredible partners working hard to reach the neediest

recipients. And we mean it when we say it: We want to reach everyone,

children around the world.

until ALL are fed.”

To learn more about FMSC volunteer opportunities go to www.fmsc.org.

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FMSC CREATES OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE A LARGER IMPACT. On February 22, GLS / NEXT employees participated in an FMSC MobilePack™ event, in Champlin, MN. MobilePack™, events are hosted in large warehouse spaces making it possible to have hundreds of volunteers simultaneously packing thousands of meals.

MEALS

332 KIDS FED FOR A YEAR

EVENT MEAL TOTAL

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Thirty-one employees packed 121,392 meals and GLS / NEXT donated $2,000 to cover the cost of the food that was packed. According to Jayme Wisely, President/CEO, “We were honored to be a part of the recent MobilePack™ event. Giving back is a priority for all of us at GLS / NEXT and FMSC is a wonderful organization.

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THE POWER OF PRINT D R IVE ONLIN E AN D OFFLIN E SALES WITH TR AD ITIONAL AN D DATA - D R IVEN D I GITAL PR INT TECH NOLOGIES

The GLS / NEXT Print Continuum Data collection and printing technology advances have opened an entirely new world of high-impact marketing applications. From mass communications to advanced strategic solutions, target your audience, market segments or individuals, in more powerful ways.

Mass communications: “one-to-all” print The traditional role of printing is to reach the largest audiences possible with mass communications JIM BENEDICT DIREC TOR OF MARKETING

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such as catalogs, direct mail, brochures, and other published materials — a proven means of generating awareness and inspiring action.

Versioning and segmentation: “one-to-many” print

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Traditional sheetfed offset printing and digital printing technologies introduce the possibilities of matching messaging to the interests of your audience through versioned print, including pre-printed shells, inline

this technology

plate changes and inkjet finishing.

has never been

Segmentation communicates to distinct personas using digital print technology and data to produce

so important. The possibilities are endless.”

multiple print versions with variable text and images. It’s also a great way to drive localized traffic to storefronts and the web.

Personalization and individualization: “one-to-one” print Driven by your customer data, your generated leads, or using purchased data sets in any combination, Data-Driven Print offers an unprecedented opportunity to reach your customers and prospects in the most personal and most relevant ways.

Studies show that even the simple step of personalization, introducing the customer’s name into your printed piece, lifts direct mail response rates by an astonishing 3X to 10X, over non-personalized mail.

MASS COMMUNICATIONS > VERSIONING > SEGMENTATION > PERSONALIZATION > INDIVIDUALIZATION

One-to-all

One-to-many

One-to-one

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Give us a call and we can share how you can use print to drive online and offline sales.

Jayme Wisely 763.971.3278

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FLUORESCENT INKS ARE HERE! GLS / NEXT partnered with HP Indigo in the research and development of newly formulated Fluorescent ElectroInk. This technology will give new meaning to the phrase, “vibrant print”.

Currently, Fluorescent Pink ElectroInk is available for jobs printed on our HP Indigo 7800. Testing is ongoing to bring additional Fluorescent ElectroInk colors to market and will be available on our HP Indigo 12000 presses in the future. Watch for updates!

WE LOVE NEON INK Printed on a substrate from GPA – a Fedrogoni Company

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GLS / NEXT Digital Studio was called upon to do Fluorescent Inks R&D for use on the HP Indigo Presses. Yana Reznick came here from HP Indigo Israel to work alongside our digital pressmen to print several Posters using the Fluorescent Inks.

Pictured from Left to Right: Don Schmalz, Yana Reznick, Larry Knutson,

BRIGHT ER Printed on a substrate from GPA – a Fedrogoni Company

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Jim Benedict and Nick Gawreluk from HP Indigo North America.

HP 12000 OFFERS EXPANDED CAPABILITIES To ensure we continue to meet your digital printing needs, our digital studio continues to grow. In January, a new HP Indigo 12000 press (12000) was installed and brings even more possibilities for our customers.

For this installation, GLS / NEXT Precision Marketing was recognized with a very prestigious award from HP, our partner in printing and marketing, for the 500th installation of a Series 4 press.

The 12000 offers innovations in quality, applications, and color reproduction.

It also enables larger formats and direct printing onto photo canvas, plastics, paperboard, synthetics, and metalized substrates up to 18 pts. thick.

HP Indigo 10000 technology upgrades We take continuous improvement seriously; to-date one of two HP Indigo 10000 presses have been upgraded to the HP Indigo 12000 features. Plans to upgrade our other HP Indigo 10000 press are on the schedule.

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CONGRATULATIONS TOSANFORD CONGRATULATIONS TO UNITRON, WINNER HEALTH, WINNER OF OF THETHE AMP AWARD. GLS / NEXT AMP AWARD! Created specifically for the medical device community and Unitron, a global company that designs piece and matches surgical physicians, Sanford’s award-winning manufactures instruments, concepted an their world-classhearing brand. Chosen for its innovative design and manufacturing, it has many intriguing qualities. impressive, dimensional, 12-piece product launch

kit for distribution to dealers.

Sanford Vascular Innovations advances the state of vascular carepartnered through innovation to reduce the cost of care GLS / NEXT with Unitron to manufacture, while improving outcomes and quality of life for patients.

assemble and distribute nine versions of the kit.

INSPIRING AND ENTERTAINING

YOUR ROADMAP TO GREATER SUCCESS BY CREATING DEEPER CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS

ANDREW DAVIS PRESENTATION

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FULL HO U SE AT RECENT GL S / NE XT L EAR NIN G EVEN T

BRIDGING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN PRINT AND DIGITAL

People in attendance for “Inspired— How Brilliant Brands Create a Sudden Urge to Act” were not only inspired, they were engaged and entertained by Andrew Davis‘ unique energetic presentation style and fresh content.

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Attendees enjoyed time to network, have a cocktail and sample hors d‘oeurves before the presentation. The event closed with a prize drawing. Six lucky attendees went home with an autographed copy of one of two books authored by Andrew Davis.

SAVE THE DATE!

COMING TO THE GLS LEARNING CENTER, THURSDAY MAY 4TH

Ask your account representative to contact you about any upcoming events.