 Print Advertising |
If you’ve tried advertising in a newspaper, magazine, or trade publication and you’ve had poor results, the chances are you’ve concluded that print advertising doesn’t work. For many this is the harsh reality. But it needn’t be.
People waste millions of dollars each year on ineffective advertising. It’s not their fault. Their ads are almost doomed to failure before the campaign even starts.
 Direct Marketing |
In business, whenever you identify a new market that you know is going to be receptive and fruitful for your product or service, then you also are soon faced with the problem that advertising in that market is not easy to obtain. This is due to the fact that the best publications are terribly expensive and it is possible that your advertisement might not appear for at least a few months.
A marketing strategy describes how an organization successfully engages its customers, faces competitors without any disputes, and achieves its goal. A key component of the marketing strategy is to keep marketing in line with the company’s underlying mission statement.
To maintain this strategy, a company should focus on three main points of view.
A mailing list is really just a glorified address book used by a salesperson or marketer. The list is a collection of names and addresses which can be used to distribute sales material to potential buyers. Originally, a mailing list was used to send flyers, newspapers, and magazines through the postal mail. However, with advancing popularity and use of the internet, the definition of mailing lists has expanded to include e-mail addresses.
If a business is looking to promote or advertise their services a popular technique is to send out information about their products or services to multiple recipients. A mailing list (postal or electronic) is obviously a critical tool in this process by providing a collection of potential interested individuals and their correct addresses. A mass mailing is considered productive if it brings in business to the company.
There are two types of mailings possible - mailing massive amounts of materials to a large pool of individuals or sending out a smaller amount of mail to a smaller, more selective group. A smaller amount of mail to a more selective group is a more cost-efficient way to advertise. It involves less time, money and effort and will bring back better results. The only way to ensure success is to use a quality mailing list with correct addresses to a smaller number of interested individuals.
Accurate addresses (whether physical or electronic) are a key factor in a quality mailing list. It is a waste of valuable resources to send out advertisements to a variety of recipients that never receive the mail. People frequently move and/or change their e-mail addresses. A quality mailing list needs to keep up-to-date with these ongoing changes in their inventory of potential customers.
Another key factor in determining if a mailing list is top quality is by determining how relevant your company is to the individuals on the list. If you use mailing list that has a fairly random representation of the population, you will hit all types of people in all walks of life. If your product or services are geared to college students, a 50-year-old woman will not be as valuable a potential customer as an 18-year-old boy. The best mailing list is composed of individuals who have asked to be contacted regarding products or services related to those of your company.
There are a variety of ways to obtain a quality mailing list. They can be purchased or rented from businesses who work solely to distribute mailing lists, or with a little bit of effort you can create your own quality mailing list. The first step in creating a quality mailing list is to obtain quality marketing leads for a list of business or individuals who may be interested in your product/services. Then you should at least briefly research these leads and determine their interest as well as their current address.
If you are mailing to a large company, sending the mail to the individual who is authorized to make decisions will increase the productivity of your advertising. The contact information should then be transferred into a backed up document where you keep your contact information. If the mailing is to take place in the near future, the information will probably remain correct. If you have mailings scheduled in the distant future, you should attempt to confirm the information is still current before proceeding with the mailing.
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