Want More from Your Print Budget? Try This!

Direct mail is a highly effective marketing channel, but many marketing conversations must continue before they bear fruit. Your direct mail piece may prompt someone to visit your website, for example, but they often need another nudge. This is where retargeting comes in. Once a prospect visits your website, you can target them again (retarget them) on social media. This allows you to engage them further and complete the sale.

Retargeting is possible because once people visit your website, you can track their movements even after leaving it. Your target audience will be shown relevant digital ads on social media sites like Facebook based on the pages they visit.

Don’t Let Them Get Away!

Say you are a manufacturer of pool accessories. You have recently dropped your spring direct mail promotion and want to follow up with people who respond by visiting your website to look at fun add-ons like diving boards and slides. Buyers start flocking in, but most of them are only casual lookers. Some, however, are more interested. If they are curious enough to dive deeper into your product pages to look at the detailed specs, these are the buyers you want to capture.

For example, suppose buyers get to the details on your spiral slides but don’t make a purchase. In that case, you might retarget them with Facebook ads with real customer testimonials about how much their kids love the slide they are interested in. If they go further (say, they click through to the customer reviews) but still don’t make a purchase, you might target them with an urgent call to action that pops up in both their Facebook and Instagram feeds.

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Keep the Conversation Going

You make a significant investment in pulling people into the sales funnel, so keep the conversation going until they are ready to purchase. Retargeting makes the most of your investment in print marketing and can be a vital component of any lead-nurturing strategy.

 

Why the Upper Left-Hand Corner of the Envelope Is Critical to Your Marketing Success

Where is the most critical area of the direct mail envelope besides the mailing address? The upper left-hand corner. Yes, where you put the return address! How you use this humble section of the envelope can be the deciding factor in whether someone decides to open your envelope or not. 

Why is this space so important?

1. It’s where customers recognize you. If the mailer is to someone you already do business with, they will often open the envelope simply because of that relationship. Even if they do not have an immediate need for your product or service, they will often open it because it is you. Play up that relationship and make sure your company is clearly identified. Add your logo, use brand colors, and ensure you can be recognized, even from a distance.

2. It taps your brand reputation. Even if the recipient has not done business with you in the past, if you are a well-known brand that the recipient respects, they will often open the envelope out of curiosity. This is why brand-building is so essential. When you invest in building your brand, customers will often open an envelope simply because your brand has become familiar and they have a positive association with it.

3. It’s where their eyes go naturally. In English, we read from left to right, so the upper left is where people’s eyes will naturally go first. This makes the upper lefthand corner the perfect place to add attention-getting techniques such as images, colorful brand logos, and callouts. Some companies have even added the signatures of celebrities. One nonprofit, for example, gained permission to use the signature of actress Natalie Portman above its logo to attract attention. If you go this route, ensure you have the correct permissions and that the signatures (or images) relate to the product or service you are marketing.

Take advantage of this powerful area of envelope real estate. Use it to create an emotional connection and tell a story, even before the envelope is opened.