Posts Tagged ‘Marketing’

Personalized URL’s (PURLS): The Wave of The Future for Direct Marketing

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

A jewel of a new marketing strategy has arrived! PURLS, or personalized URL’s, elevates the impact of direct mail to a new level. What makes this even more enticing, according to a recent DMA study, more than 90% of interested direct mail recipients prefer to respond online. Are you there for them?

The combination of digital printing (or, in some cases, email) with a personalized URL maximizes the power of the Internet’s interactive capabilities. The PURL engages your prospects and customers to respond with their very own landing page. For example, if I were a yoga enthusiast, my mail piece would include: www.SonjaBellem.yoga.com.  I, in turn, feel more compelled to visit a website that features both my name and a key personal interest. What’s in it for me? Many find that a PURL becomes a call to action in and of itself! The person visits the highly targeted and customized VIP landing page, and they find information they expect based upon the direct mail piece. The prospects remain engaged and remain engaged longer.

What’s the best part? The activity of each prospect is tracked and recorded and leads are automatically routed to your sales team for immediate follow up. Direct mail, the Internet and your sales team work together as a cohesive tour de force! With PURL’s you can improve your direct mail response rates, provide relevant content to prospects, engage viewers in a meaningful (and traceable) dialogue, and better convert viewer’s preferences into revenue.

 

© 2009 amhe.com

How to Market with a Tight Budget.

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Fact 101: marketing and advertising need not be expensive.

One cannot visualize advertising merely in the conventional sense… as in buying potentially expensive radio and TV spots, or large ads in pricey publications. That’s because some of today’s most effective strategies are incredibly dollar-efficient and highly targeted. The point is to keenly optimize your marketing budget. For example, there is an evolution taking place in the world of direct marketing with many never-before-seen techniques for customization. The Internet holds an oasis of marketing possibilities… so long as you can get through the vast, mirage-filled desert to get there. For those with finely-tuned negotiating tools, media itself can even offer many opportunities that target your audience with pin-point accuracy.

Successful advertising requires companies to be well-informed in a variety of marketing mediums and to have the bandwidth necessary to keep their program in-line 24/7. Without a doubt, it is a full-time job. Results-oriented marketing never sleeps or takes a coffee break.

 

© 2009 amhe.com