Archive for February, 2008

Why You Need to Market Your Business Offline

Although the Internet is an extremely cheap and easy way to market your business, don’t think that your business is going to take off just by sending out a bunch of emails. This is a common mistake made by many companies. If you want to reach the public and get your name out there, you need to market yourself offline as well as online.

In a blog entitled, “60+ Unique Ideas for Marketing Your Business Offline & Locally” on the Freelance Design Business website, the author lists the many different ways you can market your business and product or service offline. According to the author, “Although online promotion is important for your freelance business, it’s crucial to remember to go back to your basics and do offline promoting as well locally, nationwide, and worldwide depending on who you are marketing to.”

An online statement printing service and fulfillment and direct mail service are great ways to market your business offline. By partnering with these companies, you can market your business in your statement printing as well as in a direct mail piece.

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Why Direct Mail Marketing Programs are a Great Way to Market Your Business

If you want to be successful in business, you need to find new customers and keep old customers coming back. A direct mail marketing program is a great way to do this. By sending out a direct mail piece or adding discounts and advertisements to bills and other statements that an online statement printing service is already helping you regularly mail out, you will have a much better chance of being successful.

In the blog entitled, “How Direct Mail Can Boost Your Networking Efforts,” Joy Gendusa says that in today’s world you need to market your business in order to be successful. According to the article, repetition is the key to a successful direct mail marketing program.

According to Gendusa, once you send out a mail piece, those people who act on the offer will then act as referrals, resulting in new customers. This will happen each time the mail piece is sent out. Gendusa says that “Eventually it is going to snowball because it’s coming in from all different places! You are really putting your communication out there consistently in a big way and you are going to get consistent and continuous growth.”

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How to Test Your Direct Mail Piece

There are many different factors that determine whether or not a direct mail marketing program is going to be successful. With all of the different types of fonts, envelope sizes, colors, headings, and offers, it’s difficult to pick which one you want for your direct mail piece. Luckily, with direct mail you can test several different direct mail pieces before deciding on one.

In a blog entitled, “How to Plan and Execute Test Mailings” on the Avery Print and Mail Center website, the author explains how to implement a test mailing. According to the author, the ability to test various types of direct mail marketing programs is one reason why direct mail is so effective. The author says, “To conduct a test, you divide your mailing into two or more segments of equal size and mail one package to one segment and another to the other. Let’s say that you wanted to test price. Your mailing pieces would be exactly the same with the only difference being the price.” According to the blog, you can measure the response of the mailing by coding your mailing piece.

By testing different types of direct mail pieces, you can find which type works best for your particular industry and product or service. Just because a direct mail piece works for one company doesn’t mean it’s going to work for you. Test your piece before investing your precious marketing dollars.

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Why You Should Pay Attention to “Junk Mail”

Many people are constantly complaining that they are getting too much “junk mail.” What they don’t realize is that they could benefit from many of the direct mail pieces they receive. It only takes a few seconds to look at a direct mail piece and actually read the offer.

In the blog entitled, “7 Ways to Save Money In the (Expensive) Big City” on The Creative Career website, the author instructs you to take the time to look at the direct mail pieces you receive in the mail. According to the author, “I get all sorts of coupon mailers sent to my apartment. I used to just throw them away, until I realized that these mailers were filled with magnificent buy-one-get-one coupons from local restaurants. Dinner with a friend for half the price! Not a bad deal.”

If you pay attention, you might find similar savings and discounts in invoices and other types of statements you regularly get in the mail. Whether it’s in the form of a direct mail piece or a mailing created by an online statement printing service, you might be able to take advantage of some great deals.

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