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mercredi 12 septembre 2012

Improving Your Direct Mail Response

By Ernestine Newman


Most people get involved with Internet marketing believing that business will take place completely online. It's completely at your discretion whether you want to operate business completely online or are willing to consider alternatives. You'll see success story after success story about Internet marketers who have made their fortunes completely online. If you really want to bring in a high ROI you need to combine the two advertising methods. One of the best offline advertising methods to consider is direct mail. Direct mail is a great way to open up your business to people who may not have known about it otherwise. These tips will help you turn an even bigger profit from direct mail.

While you already know this; it bears repeating. Never send out any direct mail literature without carefully proofreading and editing it first. You need to check a lot more than just grammar. Read every word and be positive that this is the right word for the message you're trying to send. Add a little polish and shine to your direct mail material too. The best rule of thumb to follow is that you should proof the document three times (in different sessions) before sending it out. Something as small as a typo can really sink your direct mail efforts. If you aren't sure if there are errors in your piece, hire a professional proofreader and editor to help you out.

Generally speaking, most people believe that they are good at copywriting virtually anything. When you consider this, some people are good at copywriting, others cannot do it at all. Polishing your skills at copywriting is a good goal to have, but not with a direct-mail campaign that you are sending out. If you do not have very good copywriting skills, or if you are trying to be better, your best bet would be to hire a professional copywriter for this. You will find the copywriting is certainly very complicated. Although it will not look like it, people that write great copy can manipulate you, yet you will simply believe you are reading something that is informative and entertaining. Professional copywriters understand how to do this right. What's more, a good copywriter's work will almost always recoup the investment you made in getting it done in the first place.

Always have a plan for following up after you've sent a piece of direct mail. You have two options available to you really. You can use a phone call to follow up or you can use a second direct mail letter. It's one more way you can set yourself apart from your competitors. This doesn't work with huge lists of direct mail flyers going out though so keep it small if you plan to follow up with phone calls. This is well worth the effort - any way you look at it. You don't have to have a long "spiel" prepared just let the customer know you sent them something in the mail and ask their opinion. This is often what it takes to get a prospect to become a client.

There are a lot of things that you can do to increase the efficacy of your direct mail campaign. As with any marketing endeavor, it can be easier or harder than it looks depending on your approach. We've talked about some of the things you can do to increase your success within this article. As you keep reading and learning you'll turn up plenty of other tips and tricks you can try.




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