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38% -- response rate uplift vs unsegmented for carrier-segmented direct mail lists (2025)
Direct mail campaigns using carrier-segmented lists achieve up to 38% higher response rates than unsegmented consumer files.
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2025
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30
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45
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95
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Data & Marketing Association
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https://www.emaildatagroup.net/b2b-tele-users/telephone-users-email-lists-mailing-addresses ↗
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TelePhone Phone Users List | TelePhone Vendors Mailing Addresses from Email Data Group
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carrier-segmented direct mail lists: 38% response rate uplift vs unsegmented. Source: Data & Marketing Association (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/carrier-segmented-response-uplift-dma
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