Thursday, June 30, 2011

Postcards: one of your strongest promotional tools.

As part of a direct marketing campaign, full-color postcards are hard to beat. In terms of cost, quality and effectiveness, postcards are one of the best ways to reach new clients and customers for a minimal investment.

Recent studies show that direct mail is still more effective than social media advertising, which many marketers are focusing on lately. It's topped in effectiveness only by email marketing, which you may also consider if you're a print broker with Printing in a Box—a well-maintained email list can be a valuable tool to keep in touch with past and future clients.

As a print reseller, you can make high-quality, full-color postcards available to your clients for their direct marketing and mail campaigns, but don't forget that you can utilize these tools to promote your own business, as well! A good postcard can stand out from the rest of the mail that pops up in a prospective client's mailbox each day, and since your message is printed directly on the postcard itself, there's no envelope-opening needed. Your message is seen right away.

Even as new marketing tactics gain in popularity, postcards will still remain a valuable marketing tool, for you and for your clients.

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