There is a Comeback of Direct Mail for the Future
Often at the expense of more
traditional marketing methods, like direct mail, on e-mail and other Internet
message delivery mechanisms, organizations and Companies have spent many
billions over the past decade.
But to live up to its initial
promise e-mail has failed in some respects. And excellent results are reported
by marketers who are turning back to true and tried methods like snail mail
often better than e-mail.
E-mail is the fastest and
cheapest direct marketing tool and produces
the best return on investment according to a 2005 Direct Marketing Association
(DMA) comprehensive study of marketing tools. But most rentable lists are opted
only by a fraction of the average company's prospective customers.
And sending commercial e-mails to
people who have asked not to receive them can be against federal law. It's
spam. To the vast majority of their prospective customers using e-mail in mailing services, they cannot get their
marketing messages if companies play by the new rules.
Why Direct Mail Works
Consultant Eric Gagnon described
direct mailing as the workhorse of
every business-to-business marketing program in a recent article in B2B
Marketing Newsletter, which is a publication of the Business Marketing
Association.
The mainstay of most
business-to-business marketing and lead-generation programs is e-mail marketing
programs, Google AdWords and direct mail while the buzz these days is all about
Internet-based marketing: where there's a profitable marketing project waiting
to happen, and a mailing piece to send to them, there's a readily-identifiable mailing list of plausible prospects.
On vertical markets, Direct mail
is effective at focusing on marketing strategies that by renting targeted
mailing lists can be reached by Mail services.
Conclusion
In your direct marketing symphony, Direct mail is a key instrument perhaps
the most crucial. Research findings are supported by most marketers by which
the effectiveness of every other form of marketing is enhanced.
If driven
by talented and well-researched executed creatively and skillfully, all
instruments playing together make great music. In selecting the right media
mix, there is as much art as science.
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