Direct Marketing is an important component of any business’s marketing strategy. It is often given a lesser status compared to traditional advertising - but that is not a reflection of the effectiveness of direct marketing - rather an indication of the misplaced attention business gives to media advertising.
Direct marketing offers a capability that advertising cannnot deliver - the ability to address an individual with an offer, and then to track the response. Advertising is far more shotggun in approach, and so its effectivness if far more difficult to measure or tweak.
While advertising lacks an accurate way of measuring the effectiveness of adspend, direct marketing offers the ability to track each and every marketing campaign. Testing and tracking is key component of direct marketing. As such, no campaign can be considered a failure if the campaign data is analysed - as the marketing team learns how not to market a particular product or service. Advertising offers no such direct feedback mechanism, and so is far more hit and miss in terms of determining how to tweak, or whether to totally revise a marketing campaign.
Direct Marketing Articles
So how do you do it? Direct mail marketing. When it comes to marketing your product or services there are two basic challenges: 1. How do you obtain new customers or clients? 2. How do you get your existing customers to come back for more?…
John Wanamaker, a 19th century entrepreneur, once famously made the statement, ‘I know that half of my advertising is wasted, I just don?t know which half.’ Fortunately for today’s marketers, there are scientific ways to determine which half is wasted, and which half is not, through the use of common direct marketing measurements….
Here Are The 11 Secrets To Direct Response Marketing - How To Get More Business To Come To You In A Month Than Most Get All Year! Discover The Real Reason Virtually All Businesses Never Make The Money They Could -And Should Be Making!…
One key discipline of successful direct marketing has been to test marketing communications tactics to continually improve results. There is now an alarming trend according to a recent survey that we conducted among business-to-business marketers who are readers of Sales Lead Report….
In my professional experience as a sales and marketing coach/consultant, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a number of small business owners on various issues related to sales and marketing. The owners who are struggling to keep their businesses afloat tend to engage in some, or all, of the following mistakes that reduce profitability….
Some of the simplest marketing tactics often produce the most profitable results. Here are 4 examples that have proven highly effective for any business. 1. Focus on Your Best Prospects Imagine how profitable your business would be if more of your new customers were like the best customers you have now….
Direct Response Marketing works because it is “conversation in writing”. So, if Direct Response Marketing is so powerful, how can we as marketers use it effectively - to keep the business we have … to find new business …
While there are definite similarities between a sales call and a successful ad, there are also very important differences. This article covers the 7 major mistakes when implement direct marketing…