Why are Postcards so Effective?
Using postcards to market your business can produce high impact results in a relatively short time. Why? It's natural when you receive a post card in the mail to turn it over and read who sent it to you. Unlike mailing out letters, which often times end up in the trash never opened, never read.
On the other hand with postcards, not only do people read them, but often times keep them and pass them on to friends and family!
Advantages of Postcard Marketing
- Incredibly high readership when compared to letters
- Inexpensive each campaign will run you about $1 per contact! That includes the card, printing your message AND postage!
Uses of Postcard Marketing
- Announce specials, new products, and up coming events
- Publicise your web site
- Research your market
- Conduct product surveys
- Inexpensively keep in contact with your clients
- Build your brand
- Promote company awareness
- Send out thank you cards to old and new customers
Direct mail postcards are the workhorse of direct marketing. Direct marketers have used postcards for decades, for the simple reason that they work. Why else would they still be around after all these years?
But as with any form of marketing, Direct mail postcards need to be optimized in every possible way. In order to get the best return on your investment, you must seek constant improvement in every aspect of your postcard marketing campaigns.
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