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The Big Moo
Edited by Seth Godin


Selling in Today’s Tough Market
In today’s tough market with competition in every corner of the industry, it is important to improve your marketing strategy to keep your name and your business in the minds of the customers. But you also have to keep your costs down. Sure, internet marketing can allow you to reach a lot of people in just a few clicks of the mouse. But not all people visit the web 24/7. And this is a costly mistake that most business owners often make. They tend to overlook the marketing potential of offline advertising. But this is where you can take advantage of the situation. This oversight of other businessmen can be an opportunity for you to reach potential customers before your competitors does. For this reason, in order to get maximum return for your marketing dollar, you can consider including postcards in your marketing approach.

Successful Direct Mail Formats
There are a lot of ways to advertise your product through the mail. Some are not as obvious as others and all can be successful.

Increase Repeat Business and Referrals with Direct Mail 
So you have been writing mortgages like crazy now for the last few years. You have a pretty big database of customers and hopefully you have been getting and keeping full contact information for them. An organized database is the first key to customer retention

Direct Mail Postcard Rules
It’s a fact that your customers are your best leads. This means that the most likely people to purchase your products and/or services are the ones who have paid for them before. It’s also a fact that it costs far less money to keep a customer than it does to go out and get a new one.

Ten Elements Every Direct Mail Piece Should Have 
Don’t want your direct mail to end up in the trash with the rest of the unread mail? Studies show an effective direct mail campaign should draw a .5 to 1 percent response. These 10 tips will help you get the results you want.

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