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Many companies don’t use direct mail as a marketing tactic anymore. They think it’s outdated. They don’t think they can get the response they get by advertising on the Internet or through other marketing techniques.
Direct mail can be great for your marketing plan because it is relatively cheap, compared with television advertising and billboards, but the down side is the low response rate. A 1 to 2 per cent response rate means you need to send out a lot of mail. Direct mail is helpful because it can help you track your sales, by either using differing coupon codes per region or Zip code, or by color coding your direct mail pieces. But there are ways you can improve your response rate without breaking the bank.
A recent study by Vertis Communications in Baltimore found that 46 per cent of adults responded to direct mail in 2007. This remains steady from 47 per cent in 2003. So what does this mean to you? It means that Internet has not yet taken over the world of marketing and you can and should still use direct mail as part of your marketing strategy.
Direct mail marketing is a system of marketing that is directed at specific people. In direct marketing, the advertisement is directed to a specific individual. This is unlike marketing that is open ended such as a billboard or a television commercial. Direct mail marketing is a very effective means of communication in virtually any environment and for most businesses.
What should your business spend on direct marketing, what type of success rate can you expect and what tools should use, such as direct mail, telemarketing or online?
All too often people look at marketing ROI in terms of response rate: in other words, I sent out 10,000 pieces of direct mail and only got 39 responses which is terrible. This is wrong thinking.
Direct mail is almost deemed old fashioned now a days with the huge move away from offline marketing towards online marketing but direct mail still is a very important marketing tool when used correctly.
The right direct mailing list targets people who want your product or service. The direct mail mailing list is a key factor in a successful direct mail marketing campaign and a major point to consider in small business marketing strategies where marketing ROI (Return On Investment) is a key concern.
Nowadays, with everyone doing a lot of personal business online like paying bills and shopping, it’s a good time to amp up your postcard marketing campaign. You might think that people ignore postcard mailings anymore, but actually that trend seems to be turning. Now people are ignoring spam emails rather than postcard mailing and other direct mail pieces because they aren’t getting as many of those types of mail.
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With the advent and rapid growth of email, some may think that direct mail is a thing of the past. But make no mistake: direct mail is here to stay. Certainly, if not executed well, direct mail can appear impersonal to consumers.
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While choosing a list for B-to-B direct marketing, focus on the important things-such as results. Stop worrying about the unimportant details. Also be sure to determine the objective of your direct marketing with your list and offers supporting your objective.
It is not that difficult to have an effective direct mail campaign that draws in customers both new and old. It only takes a little bit of work to create an effective system for your company.
Find out why direct mail is such a good companion to other marketing methods, and how using it in this way can dramatically increase your response rates.
If you're looking for a simplistic method to calculate the risks and rewards of a direct mail campaign, follow these steps to arrive at pre-mailing analysis and projections. The same formulas can be applied whether you're in the business-to-business arena, business-to-consumer, or if you're a fundraiser.
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