Postal communication started its journey long back in history. And with time it has evolved and developed to make itself a useful means of communication. And today, the postcard mailing services are being used for high corporate marketing communication, devising new opportunities for enhanced business success.
Postcards are used to invite guests, sending wishes and even advertising one’s business. A corporate house can use postcard services to convey small and brief announcements. For example, postcards are best for short and crispy announcements of launching new products or services. Even to maintain high standard customers’ relationships, an organization can use this service to deliver season’s greetings and other frequent wishes to its regular and potential clients.
Online Postcard marketing
Since postal services have gone online with the advent of Internet, postcard mailing has become a very popular and economical way of marketing one’s business. The online postcard mailing companies offer various services to their growing clientèle. Some of the most common services offered by them include:
– Providing and preparing mailing list
– Mailing services
– Providing graphic designs
– Printing postcards
– Addressing
– Lamination
These services are available at a very affordable price and thus anyone with a small advertising budget can obtain this facility. The online postcard mailing companies provide their clients with the most accurate data available, along with the targeted prospects the clients need for marketing their business.
Selecting the mailing list
It is very important to choose the mailing list correctly and accurately, since most of the part of a marketing campaign’s success depends on it. Before preparing the mailing list one should have a clear knowledge of the targeted customers and the products or services offered to them. To make the list perfect one needs to understand certain elements of mailing procedure along with the methods used frequently. Some of them are:
– Business Mailing list: This type includes list of business houses including geography, type of business, revenue and number of employees.
– Consumer Mailing List: This includes list of consumers including geography, income, age, whether the individual owns home or lives in a rented home and number of children present in the household.
– Occupant Mailing List: Occupant lists include all the addresses in a particular geographical area. The list contains the address, city, state, and zip code but not the name.
– Specialty Mailing List: This list contains information about the boat owners, medical, schools, new constructions, and pre-screened credits.
– House List: The names and particulars of previous and existing customers are compiled in the House list.
– Compiled List: This list is compiled from the accumulation of public sources such as phone books, deed information, directories, newspapers and courthouse records.
– List Selection: A mailing list created using specified criteria such as age, income, homeownership and others.