Falco Design, a full-service graphic design and web site design agency headquartered in East Brunswick, New Jersey, created two direct mail campaigns for their client, ALL-STATE LEGAL (ASL). The chocolate mailers were sent to hundreds of ASL’s best law firm prospects in May and July of this year. Falco Design created and managed both projects, from concept to fulfillment.

Both campaigns were themed around the upcoming “summer” season. The packages included custom-designed chocolate flip-flops with a personalized note card from ASL’s local sales rep stating they wanted to ”get their foot in the door.“ The boxes also contained freezer packs and ‘grass’ to protect the chocolate. Within one month, the client had achieved a 27.6% response rate for the May mailing and a 22.4% response rate on the July mailing. Both campaigns are expected to generate revenue over 25 times the cost of the entire campaign.

A second theme, targeted at a different set of ASL’s best prospective customers is planned for October. This package includes a chocolate football, with a personalized note card stating, “create a winning game plan in 2012 by considering ASL.”

“Although many people are saying that direct mail is dead, these results prove otherwise,” stated Carl Falco, owner of Falco Design. “Direct mail, when done correctly, provides a powerful message that gets people’s attention and makes them respond. We have found that chocolate has a particularly strong response rate, resulting in a very high ROI for our clients.”

“Falco’s creative ideas are always a perfect match for our needs,” said Susan Jacobs, Director of Marketing, for ASL. “From concept to final product, they bring a unique creative flair, a can-do attitude and professionalism to whatever piece they are developing for us, whether it’s a 5”x7” postcard or our 60 page, 4-color catalog. We always know that we’ll get a compelling creative piece, on time and within budget.”