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Eleven Ideas to Generate More Direct Mail Responses
  Eleven Ideas to Generate More Direct Mail Responses 1. When writing copy for your direct mail marketing pieces, make sure to indent the first line of each paragraph. It, literally, pulls your potential customers into the copy you've written. ...
  By Chris Burns   Hits: 18548       
How to Overcome Sales Objections With Your B2B Lead Generation Sales Letters
  One of the disadvantages of business-to-business direct mail lead generation letters is that you are selling on paper, not in person. That means you are unable to read your prospect's body language. Unable to hear and respond to his objections.\ ...
  By Alan Sharpe   Hits: 12771       
In Business-to-Business Direct Mail Sales Letters, Make It Easy To Respond
  I have a client who wanted to drive prospective customers to his online store using a business-to-business postcard. Great idea, I thought, and cost effective. He had a terrific product, a compelling offer, and a sound business model. He ...
  By Alan Sharpe   Hits: 7021       
Current Postage Rates
  The Postal Service revenue only comes from the customers that use the postal services. So, this is just a business like all the other businesses. Unfortunately this will also force the Postal Service to frequently raise the current postage r ...
  By Lloyd Lewis   Hits: 7453       
Direct Mail Deadlines: How To Use Them Effectively
  Giving your prospect a deadline for ordering, particularly when that deadline is a date and not simply a period of days ("Order within the next 30 days"), will outpull mailings with no deadline almost every time. But you need to be cautious a ...
  By Alan Sharpe   Hits: 27769       
Direct Mail Envelope Tips For Successful B2B Lead Generation
  In business-to-business direct mail lead generation, more prospects see your mailing envelope than will ever see what is inside. That's because prospects spend only a few seconds examining your envelope before deciding whether to peruse it or p ...
  By Alan Sharpe   Hits: 27261       
In B2B Direct Mail Lead Generation, Work Backwards
  Business-to-business lead generation is one of the few times in life when you should start at the end and work backwards. Before you write a single line of copy or design a single element of your direct mail package, sit down with the sale ...
  By Alan Sharpe   Hits: 21131       
Premiums and Freemiums: Who's Doing What
  This article appeared in the 2005 July/August issue of Subscription Marketing newsletter. Premiums and Freemiums - Who's Doing What? by Shira Linden Just like in the fashion industry, premiums have their hot sellers and their has-beens. Th ...
  By Shira Linden   Hits: 2393       
Make Your Fundraising Letters Personal With The Right Pronouns
  How do you take a mass-mailing fundraising letter and make it sound personal? By using the right pronouns, ones that nurture the bond that you have with your donors. The mistake to avoid is referring to your organization as a faceless organiz ...
  By Alan Sharpe   Hits: 9082       
Testimonials Boost Direct Mail Response Rates In Business-to-Business Sales Lett
  Correct me if I am wrong, but there is nothing more powerful in a business-to-business sales letter than a credible testimonial from a person in your prospect¡¯s peer group. Testimonials are valuable because they say what you cannot. If yo ...
  By Alan Sharpe   Hits: 23916       
Your Fundraising Annual Appeal Letters Need A Villian
  Anger is one of the best emotions that you can arouse in a donor. Anger is a healthy emotion, particularly when your fundraising letter offers donors a way to assuage their anger. "Individuals are more prone to respond to a genuine feeling of a ...
  By Alan Sharpe   Hits: 3729       
Read This, Sell More: Direct Mail Marketing Is About Benefits, Not Features
  Your customer wants a cleaner kitchen, not a kitchen cleaner. Your customers are interested in benefits, not features. So sell benefits in your sales letters. The difference between a feature and a benefit comes down to this: A feature is w ...
  By Alan Sharpe   Hits: 29754       
Write Effective Fundraising Letters By Being Conversational (Includes Examples &
  I am doing what you do, sitting at my computer, trying to get my thoughts out of my head and into a written form that will help you make a decision. In this particular case, I am trying to write a few intelligent remarks about sounding conversat ...
  By Alan Sharpe   Hits: 1831       
Fundraising Letters Are Easier To Write With AIDA
  Learn a lesson from professional direct mail copywriters. They follow a time-tested format in their sales letters, a format that you can also follow when writing direct mail fundraising letters for your non-for-profit organization. All you need ...
  By Alan Sharpe   Hits: 20709       
Dear Friend: Don't Start Your Non-For-Profit Fundraising Letters As A Stranger
  Dear Friend: Don't do it. Don't start your fundraising letters with "Dear Friend." After all, when was the last time you received a letter from someone dear to you, addressing you as "Dear Friend?" Never, right? The days of the Dear Frie ...
  By Alan Sharpe   Hits: 16231       
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