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Postcard Marketing

Postcard marketing doesn’t get as much ‘air time’ as other methods of direct marketing, but is nonetheless a very useful and cost-effective form of direct marketing.

It has one major benefit over direct mail. There’s no action required by the recipient prior to being able to read the offer. Direct mail sales letters inside sealed envelopes are at a major disadvantage compared to postcards. A large number of mailed letters never get opened, whereas a postcard at least has the chance of a quick skim before being trashed.

The disadvantage of a postcard is it’s size. It’s a challenge to fit an eyecatching image plus the asociated sales message onto the constrained printing area of a postcard. It requires a high impact marketing message to entice action for any type of direct marketing campaign – but in the case of postcard marketing, the message has to fit in a very small space.

Don’t discount postcard marketing. Through adopting a few innotative approaches to constructing your marketing offer, and designing the overall ‘flow’ of your marketing campaign, you could be surprised with the return of investment postcard marketing can deliver.

To help you discover more on this useful medium of direct marketing, we’ve assembled a number of articles to help you better understand and master postcard marketing.

Postcard Marketing Articles

The 4 Step-Program For Using Direct Mail To Recruit

So you’re are looking to recruit for new mortgage brokers. When you think about doing that you probably hope that you can create enough interest in your company that you have enough hiring prospects to choose from and still be able to get the cream of the crop. There are many options out there for [...]

7 Reasons Why Your Brochures Are Not Working

Are those color brochures not performing as well as you would hope? Do not worry too much. You just need to know where you got things wrong with your brochure printing and then try again.
Do not give up your brochure printing project just because of one failure. In my experience, there are seven common reasons [...]

Let Them Know Why They Should Listen

If a complete stranger walks up to me and says, “I’d like to sell you something,” I’m not going to care that much about listening to them. They can tell me that this will change my life, make everything better, or save me a lot of money, and I still probably won’t give them much [...]

Postcard Marketing – the Absolute Easiest Way to Increase your Sales Quickly


Postcard marketing is one of my favorite things to do to generate quick interest. Postcards work so well with prospects because the readership is so high. Almost everybody reads a postcard thatâ??s delivered to them. If you can make a postcard valuable and easy-to-read, allowing the reader to take easy action, postcards are extremely effective.

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55 Tips For Postcard Marketing Success


Direct mail postcard marketing is one of the most versatile forms of marketing available. With its versatility, postcard marketing can serve small businesses and large companies alike.
But as with any form of marketing, you only get out of it what you put into it. To help you get the most from your postcard marketing efforts, [...]

7 Tips for Successful Postcard Marketing

Simple low-cost postcards have become a valuable business tool for modern marketers. They can produce a surge of traffic to your web site or a flood of high-quality sales leads. The following 7 tips will help you…

How to Print Your Marketing Postcards For A Penny, Address Them For Free, and Automate the Whole Process

This article will show you how to cut your printing costs to a penny and have your postcards addressed for free without doing it all yourself, reducing the time you invest in your mailing to almost nothing….

Postcards Make It Rain Referrals

One of the simplest ways to expand your marketing efforts is through the consistent use of postcards. Create a list of narrowly targeted prospects and then hammer away at them with powerful marketing messages.

One of the most effective ways to get a prospect’s attention is to talk to them about problems you know they are facing….

Four color postcard printing: Made easy

Every company is thinking of a better idea how to introduce their company in the market. But because business postcard is widely known for its capability to capture the interest and to gain more clientele, every single creative style of business card is maximized….