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Savvy Direct Mail For 2021

Direct mail has been around for a very long time. If you continue to do the same old pieces you have been mailing for a long time, you will see a drop in your response rates. You must create new, fresh and engaging savvy direct mail pieces to get the results you need. Why should you continue to mail with all the other channel options? Here are two stats from the DMA Fact Book: Direct mail customer response rates increased year-over-year by 43% and prospect response rates increased year-over-year by 190%.

Beat Competitors With Great Direct Mail

In 2021 great direct mail can help you beat your competition! Direct mail has consistently performed well for many years. However, not all direct mail is the same. You want to create great direct mail to drive increased response. There are things you need to do to gain an advantage over your competitors. Let’s check out the segments you can focus on to use great direct mail to its full advantage.

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How to Create New Direct Mail Ideas

If you are like many marketers, direct mail has been a part of your marketing strategy for a long time. This can lead to boring mail pieces with a declining response rate. So, how can you find new direct mail ideas to get your response rates back on track?

Is Your Direct Mail Irresistible?

Creating irresistible direct mail is a great way to increase your response rates. Obviously, you need to make sure you are sending the right offers to the right people and that your design is getting noticed. Beyond that though, there are so many fun ways to engage your prospects and customers to drive response. Have you taken a look lately at the mail pieces you are getting? Now, they are more targeted, personalized and engaging than ever before. Technology has allowed us to continually increase ROI! By adding technology, you can draw attention to your mail piece and create a wow factor to make your direct mail irresistible.

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How To Create USPS Informed Delivery® Ads

What is USPS Informed Delivery®? It allows customers who sign up to receive emails with greyscale images of the address side of letter-sized mail pieces that have processed through automated equipment. Why is this helpful for companies that send direct mail? You are now able to send the post office your artwork along with your mail.dat file to be included in the email that is sent to customers with a link to a web page of your choice for the campaign. Basically customers get a digital preview of their mailbox. This means that prior to getting your mail piece people can click on your link and start buying.

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The 7 Whys of Direct Mail Strategy

Building a successful direct mail strategy is key. Why, is the best question for so many reasons in marketing. Why gets right down to the main point. If you have children, at some point you have been confronted with the inevitable why questions children have such as, why is the sky blue? That curiosity is natural for all of us, but many times when we are busy we do not take the time to ask many of the why’s we should be asking. Are you asking enough why questions about your direct mail program? Why, you ask? Well without a clearly defined why there are many things that can go wrong with your mail piece. Let’s look at how why can help you create a great mail piece with fabulous results.

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How To Get Your Direct Mail Remembered?

Your direct mail is only effective when people remember it and take action. You can drive response when your direct mail is remembered. How often do your direct mail results end up not meeting your expectations? Does your direct mail resonate with your prospects and customers or fall flat? Do they understand and remember what you said? If not, you have a big problem. In order to avoid this you need to be creating direct mail that resonates. Let’s take a look at what you can do to reach maximum results.

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Good Direct Mail Data is Essential

Direct mail data is the backbone to a great direct mail campaign. It is essential to have clean and accurate data in order to run personalized campaigns. Now days, marketers have access to more data than ever before, but that is not always a good thing. So first we will go over common data problems, then we will discuss what your data should be doing for you.

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Great Direct Mail Marketing Execution

Great direct mail marketing execution leads to better response rates. Many marketers are great at generating direct mail ideas, building creative and strategy, but when it comes to execution, they fail. Let’s face it, failure is not an option, so build a great execution plan as you build your creative. We have put together some tips for you.

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Creative Direct Mail To Drive Response

Direct mail has been around for a very long time. Therefore, we often see mail pieces that are boring or left unchanged for years. If you continue to send the same old pieces you have been mailing over and over you will see a drop in your response rates. You must create new, fresh, engaging and creative direct mail pieces to get the results you need. Many times, we get the following question: “Why should I continue to mail with all the other channel options?” The simple answer is because it works!

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Examples of Great Direct Mail

You may wish to call me crazy, but I look forward to getting my mail. Since I work with direct mail all the time, I like to see what others are doing. Of course, I am super critical of what I receive; looking at the condition it is in, if there is personalization, if there are errors and if it captures my attention. Every year I expect the mail people send to get better, however I am often disappointed. As marketers we need to do better! Have you been keeping an eye on your mailbox? What worked on you? I keep a stash of the ones that worked on me for reference on client projects. Let’s look at a couple of great ones.

How To Improve Your Direct Mail Results

The best part about direct mail is its ability to be kept until your prospect or customer is ready to act. However, if you create a mail piece that is not memorable, they are less likely to recall it when needed. How often do your direct mail results end up not meeting your expectations? Does your direct mail resonate with your prospects and customers or fall flat? Do they understand and remember what you said? If not, you have a big problem. In order to avoid this you need to be creating direct mail that resonates. Let’s take a look at what you can do to reach your maximum potential to get great direct mail results!

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