Can Direct Mail Marketing Help You Win The Holiday Season? | G&G Technologies
Can Direct Mail Marketing Help You Win The Holiday Season? | G&G Technologies
1. Use Direct Mail Postcards
Customers are bombarded with catalogs during the holiday season. Cut the fluff and focus on a single marketing message using direct mail postcards instead. Enlist the help of your creative team to make postcards personal and festive. Also, don’t opt for pre-printed text if possible. A personalized note of gratitude goes a long way.
2. Add Texture to Direct Mail
Want to stand out from the rest of the mail? Give your customers a reason to pay attention by adding texture to your card or postcard. A simple raised design is enough to trigger curiosity when sorting through otherwise flat pieces of paper. Want to be extra fancy? Use contrasting colors and texture, like a velveteen snowflake on a blue background, to set your direct mail marketing materials apart from the crowd.
3. Use House Lists to Improve Direct Mail Marketing Results
If your brand specializes in services specific to a particular location or type of homeowner/renter, the use of house lists can greatly improve your response rate while keeping costs down. Using lists to build your direct mail campaign means you can drill down your options to include only the most likely to respond to your marketing materials.
4. Make It Memorable
Much more than visual stimuli, taste and smell are tied closely to memory. The holiday season is a great time to include a treat, such as a small candy, a pack of spices or scratch and sniff sticker in your direct mail materials. Be sure to consider potential allergies or dietary restrictions. Any food or spices should be entirely contained within a protective package and clearly labeled.
5. Don’t Forget the New Year
Are the holidays not the best time for your brand’s messaging? Don’t forget the New Year when crafting your direct mail campaign. Most people take a vacation through the New Year and count on post-holiday sales to purchase home goods, late holiday gifts and New Year essentials.
6. Combine Direct Mail Marketing with a Social Media Campaign
Running a social media campaign for the holidays? Giving out some great prizes and want to reach your audience further? Make sure current and prospective customers know about it by using direct mail to increase reach. Statistics show that direct mail achieves higher open rates than any other digital channel.
7. Mesh Direct Mail and Email to Increase Response Rates
Direct mail campaigns targeting 5,000 people achieve 175 responses compared to email’s 65 responses. When you use both direct mail and email to reach a target market during the holidays, a time when people are already paying more attention to their mail, you can expect to experience better response rates.