Build Your Own Direct Mail Marketing Campaign

Earning new business can be a confusing process for small companies, but direct mail marketing campaigns can be easy and effective no matter what your industry is. The simple steps of your campaign will include picking your target audience, choosing and designing a mailer, and then printing and delivering the results. By taking advantage of the experience and knowledge of a professional each step of the way, you’ll have the best chance of reaching your marketing goals.

Understand and Target Your Customers

Whether you sell unique craft items or valuable home services, there are likely to be specific demographics most likely to buy what you’re selling. If you have existing customers, you can study them to find out who those people are. If you’re just starting out, professionals at a direct mail marketing service company like Caldwell can help you pick a target audience that’s most likely to respond to your campaign based on previous client information.

Pick and Create Your Mailer

There are a lot of different types of mailers available, but you should choose a layout that matches your company’s unique style and vision. Maybe you’re launching a new product and want to show it off? A full page flyer with enticing descriptions and colorful pictures could be perfect. If you’re offering a limited discount, a short postcard that gets to the point can get people visiting your shop. Match your mailer with your company’s colors for consistent branding.

Printing and Delivery

Having a design and target audience isn’t much good if you can’t print and deliver your mailers. The most cost-effective way to get your campaign to your target audience is to take advantage of the resources of a full direct mail marketing service like Caldwell. We have high-tech printers for creating high-resolution quality prints, and we have the equipment and tools to send out a large amount of mailers at the most affordable rate. We can make your unique direct mail marketing campaign a success.

Direct Marketing Mailing Lists

Direct marketing helps all types of businesses engage with new and returning customers, but no direct marketing campaign can be effective without the right mailing list. Due to the costs involved with direct mailers, blanketing your state, city, or even neighborhood with mailers is most likely not effective. By targeting your advertising to people who are most likely to have a positive response, you can get a great return on your marketing investment. The key to creating highly effective direct marketing mailing lists is to know your customers.

Creating Your Own List:

If you’re part of an established business that already has a client base, you can get a ton of valuable information from those existing relationships. Let’s say you sell IT services to local business, and most of your clients have between 10-50 employees. By targeting other small businesses in the area of similar size, you’re likely to find clients who can benefit significantly from your help. At the same time, you’ll want to avoid businesses not within your niche that might ignore the services you have to offer. You can also target firms based on their place in the North American Industry Classification System.

Third Party Mailing Lists:

Direct mailing companies like Caldwell have helped a wide range of businesses of all sizes in creating direct marketing mailing lists to meet their needs. Industry professionals have learned what makes lists work, and they can share this knowledge with you. This can be an especially valuable service if your company is just starting out and doesn’t have an existing list of clients. Caldwell can start you out with a list of highly valuable targets. You can then tweak that list to fit your niche as you figure out who your best customers in the community are.