="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuheinecke/">Stu Heinecke does it, though, is unique. Stu is the author of How To Get A Meeting with Anyone and a Wall Street Journal cartoonist and he started his own company using what he called contact marketing. By using cartoons in direct mailing campaigns, Stu proved that people connected to and responded to those mailers, and when he used that method to find clients, he walked away with a 100% conversion rate — unheard of in the direct mail world. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Stu tells his story and discusses his books, explains how marketing has evolved through the years.

3 Takeaways:

Cartoons offer an opportunity to sell something in one frame

The challenge of connecting comes down to humanizing the interaction

Creating value and breaking through to someone is all about providing relevance

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There are any number of ways to approach marketing. How Stu Heinecke does it, though, is unique. Stu is the author of How To Get A Meeting with Anyone and a Wall Street Journal cartoonist and he started his own company using what he called contact marketing. By using cartoons in direct mailing campaigns, Stu proved that people connected to and