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Direct Mail Marketing in the 21st Century

By Marcia Ming

Keeping Marketing Costs Down

With the economy in a tailspin, smart business marketers are looking for low-cost, high impact ways to promote their products and services. Even with the Internet, direct mail remains one of the most reliable ways to get your message out to the prospects most likely to buy what you are selling.
 
Direct mail
marketing in the 21st century is an excellent way to keep costs down because you only market to prospects that match the demographic, geographic and lifestyle traits research has shown to work for your business. It works especially well for main street businesses when used in tandem with other strategies like tele-marketing or follow-up email marketing.

Branding Is Out  

Most 21st century businesses can not afford to spend money on image ads to build a brand. Only giant corporations like Nike have the budgets to blast expensive commercials at anyone who happens to be watching. If your budget is tight, you need to reach the prospects most likely to buy your product or service. With a good direct mail list, you can identify just the right prospects and send your message often enough to gain their trust.

Use Direct Mail to Drive Traffic to Your Website

 
One of the biggest challenges small businesses face is getting traffic to their websites. Many of the available online strategies generate traffic, but it may not always be the most targeted traffic for your small business. Smart marketers often use direct mail to generate leads that can be integrated with their online marketing strategies. One such strategy is to send postcard mailers to a targeted list of prospects, directing them to visit your website for more information, coupons or special offers. Blending direct mail with online strategies can be a great way to ultimately cut costs by using the most powerful tools to identify new prospects.

Collect Email Addresses at the your Website
 
It is not a good idea to buy or rent lists of email addresses online – it leads to spamming which is against the law. However, it is perfectly acceptable to rent mailing lists offline and drive that traffic to your website. Once prospects visit your website, you can offer a free gift or newsletter inviting them to join your email list.

Follow-up Email and Direct Marketing
 
In many ways, follow-up email marketing has a lot in common with 21st century direct mail. Both are direct marketing techniques. Once you have identified your ideal prospects and gotten their attention with an effective direct-mail piece, you can use follow-up email marketing to stay in touch. Blending direct mail with follow-up email is a highly effective direct marketing strategy for the 21st century.
 



Marcia Ming is a web content writer and small business marketing consultant. Visit her website, http://www.savvymarketingsecrets.com to get a free ebook filled with effective ways to drive traffic to your website.

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