The same read from
our side of the table.

Three TransAct cases: one before digital, one digital, one now in the AI era. Even though technology changes, the judgment to critically read the market has been time-tested.

Before Digital
American Express · Coolidge Bank
The Audience That Hadn’t Arrived Yet

Amex was certain the ideal Gold cardholder was already wealthy. We disagreed. The wealthy find you on their own. The card belonged to the people on their way up.

In 5 years, 3X the gold cardholders
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Through Digital
A Non-Profit
The First Recommendation Wasn’t Marketing

They hired us to grow the donor base. What we found came first: fix how the organization saw its donors, before spending another dollar to find more.

Donors up double digits
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Now, in the AI Era
A Solo Founder
The Idea Was Right. The Route Wasn’t.

He had found a real hole in the market. The idea held up under scrutiny. The path he had chosen to reach the buyer did not.

Before AI the product was not possible
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Judgment Won Best of Show

The Diamond ECHO Award: the Direct Marketing Association’s best of show, chosen from the gold winners in a competition running since 1929.

The client was CIT Financial Corp., then one of the largest commercial finance companies in the country, today part of First Citizens Bank. They were confident they knew their best prospects. We thought differently and found pay dirt. We challenged every assumption then engineered a uniquely integrated program around how best to draw in the prospects by speaking to them in their own voice. That judgment won the Award, and that thinking set the standard behind every engagement since.

“John was a step ahead of most. Those who worked with him regularly went home with a feeling of accomplishment and pride in what we were building.”

Former Executive · The Direct Marketing Group, Inc. (now TransAct)
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