• We lower your cost per order

  • We deliver quality subscribers

  • We maximize your ROI

  • We know audience development

Newspaper Mail Co-op — direct marketing that drives subscriptions.

What we do

We target smarter, move faster, and look deeper — so you can close more sales.

Strategic

The Newspaper Mail Co‑op brings together the best circulation direct marketing practices in one easily accessible place.

Effective

Established in 2005, the co‑op serves more than 25 metro newspapers across the country. Our track record for driving low‑cost, fully‑paid starts is unmatched in the industry.

Efficient

By combining the monthly mail volumes of all co‑op participants, we lower costs for everyone. So you get a full agency experience at a printer’s direct price.

Nimble

There are no annual contracts to sign or volume commitments to keep. We are happy to be judged by the results we deliver each and every month.

Our Work

We produce targeted, measurable, and cost‑effective solutions.

Winning Controls

Combining mailings for all co‑op newspaper partners allows us to continually test new offers, formats, and mailing strategies. We use this cumulative knowledge to create core programs that help you meet cost‑per‑subscriber goals.

Innovative Creative

Every direct mail package is customized to support your brand, and each subscription offer is designed to match your marketplace.

Custom Contact Strategies

Analytics, client preferences, and market conditions drive our unique contact programs to former subscribers. Creative package rotation can also incorporate email as part of the mailing mix.

Cutting Edge Analysis

Modeled prospecting data, response tracking, and analysis drive our strategic and creative co‑op recommendations.

About Us

Everything you need for direct mail. Nothing you don’t.

Formed in 2005, Direct Resources Group’s Newspaper Mail Co‑op works with circulation marketing managers across the U.S. to maximize direct mail subscriber acquisition and renewal programs. The DRG Newspaper Mail Co‑op handles every aspect of your mailing, including customized creative that supports your brand, subscription offers to match your marketplace, data processing, printing, and mailing. We transform ideas into strategic campaigns that sell.

Our experience, meticulous measurement, and tracking let you know exactly which programs are producing sales, which are not, and why. This gives you a deeper understanding of the behavior and motivations of your customers, which translates to richer engagements and higher sales and retention. In short, a greater return on investment for you. And improving your ROI is our mission.

Leadership Team

DRG’s leadership is a well‑oiled DM machine: strategic, analytical, creative, and ROI‑focused.

Stephen Jensen, Co-Founder, President

Stephen Jensen

Co-Founder, President

After several years working in the direct marketing field, Stephen co‑founded Direct Resources Group with Scott Zorn in 1993. Today, he manages a variety of customer retention and acquisition programs for clients such as T‑Mobile and The Atlanta Journal‑Constitution, as well as donor acquisition and renewal programs for a variety of non‑profit organizations.

Scott Zorn, Co-Founder, Managing Partner

Scott Zorn

Co-Founder, Managing Partner

Scott co‑founded DRG with Stephen Jensen in 1993. He created a nationwide fundraising program for one of the country’s largest healthcare providers, and currently manages a variety of successful lead generation, customer acquisition, and membership programs for clients such as PEMCO Insurance, T‑Mobile, the High Museum of Art, and many others.

Brad Douglas, VP Client Services

Brad Douglas

VP Client Services

Brad has more than 25 years of leadership experience in agency‑side and client‑side direct marketing, including deep sales strategy expertise in the financial, insurance, telecom, and resort industries. Since joining DRG in 2007, he has managed client relationships with Banner Bank, Insight Communications, The Hartford, and T‑Mobile, among others.

Real‑world results

We measure our success by your ROI. Our proven process is based on response data and real‑world results gleaned from more than 10 years of newspaper co‑op projects and performance testing. Here’s how we do it.

Understand the newspaper industry. We are an experienced direct marketing partner with deep knowledge about the newspaper industry. We ask the right questions and listen closely. The foundation of our partnership is clear communication. 

Craft the publication's strategy. We develop clear strategies and action plans. Whether your goal is acquiring more subscribers, reactivating formers, or retaining current circulation levels, our analysis means better results for you.

Collect and crunch the data. This is our passion. Data is often the key difference between acceptable and great, so we obsess over it. Our expertise allows us to turn research and data into strategies that lead to more effective lists and measurable performance improvements.

Develop winning creative. We create direct mail that sells. It’s that simple. Direct marketing is part of the sales process, so increasing sales and recapturing former subscribers is always the goal. Delivering the right message to the right targets means higher returns for you, along with valuable insights into your campaign performance metrics. This includes bi‑lingual campaigns so we’re speaking to consumers in their native languages in your markets.

Test. Then test again. It’s the only way to know what moves your market to act. Without rigorous testing, you’re missing opportunities and leaving money on the table.

Track, measure, refine, repeat. Engineering a successful direct marketing sales engine is an evolutionary process. We regularly refine our analysis and reporting methods to help you better understand customer behavior and motivations. Clearer insights mean more qualified leads and higher ROI for you. We hit your targets over and over to achieve incremental improvements with each campaign. And then we do it again.

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Summer Savings Package

Seasonal/ holiday
Packages

It's That Time Again

Depending on the time of the year and the holiday we've got you covered. All the way from Valentine's Day to Christmas and everything in between.

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Football is here!

Sports Packages

For the Big Games

For the communities that are big on sports, we've got you covered there as well. We can do any sport that's out there for you be it football or field hockey.

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It's Almost Here

Premium
Packages

Custom Design Strategy

Customize your monthly direct marketing by using a splash of color or unique window die-cut. Check with your account manager for pricing.

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Paquete Español

Spanish Packages

Bilingual Campaigns

We create bilingual campaigns so we’re speaking to consumers in their native languages in your markets.

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Contact

Direct Resources Group

1122 E Pike Street #1292
Seattle, WA 98122

T 206.455.6157
F 206.749.0005

results@drg.com