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Getting a direct mail campaign from concept to letterbox involves more steps than most people anticipate — and more opportunities for things to go wrong. Print quality, delivery timing, format specifications, supplier relationships — all of it needs to be managed carefully to ensure the campaign lands as intended.
Print and distribution liaison takes that coordination off your plate. Managing the relationship with print and fulfilment suppliers, keeping timelines on track and quality standards maintained — so your campaign arrives on time, looking exactly as it should.
Print and distribution liaison is the management of the relationship between a client’s marketing activity and the suppliers responsible for printing and delivering direct mail or other physical print campaigns. It coordinates briefing, proofing, production timelines and delivery scheduling — ensuring the campaign is executed to specification, on time and within budget.
You need this when your product range or service offering needs a physical document that customers can take away, browse and reference, when a digital brochure alone isn’t enough for a high-consideration purchase, or when your sales process involves in-person meetings where leaving something physical behind makes a meaningful difference to how prospects remember you. A well-produced brochure is a statement of intent as much as it is information.
This service includes a briefing and content planning process, copywriting, design, artwork production, print specification and production management for a multi-page product or services brochure. Covers photography sourcing or direction where required. Delivered as a finished printed brochure in the agreed format, quantity and finish.
Most marketing companies focus on channels and tactics.
We focus on reaction.
Before selecting platforms, formats, or media spend, we define how your audience thinks, feels, and decides. We use behavioural psychology to understand what will capture attention, build trust, and motivate action — then choose the channels that best support that outcome.
Every channel we use has a clear purpose, a defined role, and a measurable objective. Nothing is done “because it’s popular” or “because it’s expected”.
The result is marketing that feels natural to engage with, works across multiple channels, and is designed to deliver meaningful, long-term results.
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The coordination between the campaign’s design and messaging, the print supplier who produces the mailing, the mailing house that fulfils and posts it, and any data processing that connects these stages — ensuring all elements arrive on time and to the correct specification.
A mailing house receives printed materials and addressed envelopes (or prints address data directly), assembles the mailing pack, applies postage and delivers to Royal Mail or an alternative carrier for distribution.
By sharing the mailing house specification with the print supplier before design is finalised. Envelope sizes, insert dimensions and paper weights all have practical implications for how the mailing is assembled and handled.
Print production typically takes five to ten working days from artwork approval. Mailing house processing adds two to five working days. Royal Mail delivery takes one to four working days. Total lead time from final artwork to delivery is typically two to three weeks.
Yes. A physical printed sample should always be approved before the full print run. This is particularly important for variable data mailings, where the personalisation output should be verified before the full quantity is produced.
A door drop delivers unaddressed materials to every household in a defined postcode area, without requiring a named mailing list. It’s broader and less targeted than addressed mail but lower cost per piece, effective for local awareness campaigns.
Paper sourced from sustainably managed forests (FSC or PEFC certified), vegetable-based inks, recyclable envelopes without plastic windows and efficient print quantities that minimise overrun all contribute to a more sustainable direct mail campaign.
Responsibility is distributed across stages. A clearly documented production schedule with agreed responsibilities at each stage and a named contact at each supplier provides the accountability framework needed to manage issues when they arise.
Through version-controlled tracking mechanisms — different unique phone numbers or URLs for each mailing house’s output — you can attribute responses to specific batches and compare performance across suppliers.
Yes. Records of what was sent, to whom, on what legal basis and with what response results are important for both GDPR compliance and commercial learning. Each campaign’s data enriches the brief for the next one.