What makes our marketing materials express premium value?

Marketing materials express premium value when their physical quality and the content they invite people to explore both reflect the experience you promise. Considered materials make the promise tangible; rewarding content gives people a reason to spend time with it.

Physical quality makes the promise tangible

Texture, weight, colour and binding make handling printed marketing materials part of the experience, not simply a means of receiving information. Consider those qualities together: the physical object should offer something an online interaction cannot replicate. Print can invite people to slow down, browse at their own pace and discover content along the way. The BECK brochure illustrates that approach through a curated visual presentation of BECK's work, encouraging browsing rather than specifically answering audience questions. For premium marketing materials, the practical aim is to give the audience something worth appreciating and handling, with physical qualities that reflect the value of the experience being offered.

Sources: Print isn’t dead: The power of print in reshaping user experience

Give people something worth exploring

Premium presentation needs content that rewards attention, rather than an attractive format wrapped around product specifications. The Fraser Yachts book by Kingsbury Press illustrates the distinction: itineraries encourage readers to imagine a luxury experience, while yacht details remain available. The book offers more than the information needed to describe the product. In the IBM Garage account-based marketing campaign, the creative concept, "Where it happens", focused on the space and the transformational change possible inside it. An interactive physical book and in-browser virtual reality experiences brought prospective clients into the IBM Garage environment. Give readers a way to explore the promised experience, with substantive detail supporting the invitation.

Sources: Print isn’t dead: The power of print in reshaping user experience, IBM Garage: Account-Based Marketing Campaign