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Direct Mail Postcard Ideas

April 29, 2009

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You’ve read All The Teasons why you should be investing in postcard marketing and you’ve finally decided to take the leap. There’s one problem, you don’t have any direct mail postcard ideas. You don’t know where to start or even how to start.

Direct Mail Postcard Ideas

That’s where I come in; I’ve got some basic direct mail postcard ideas that will take you from the concept to customers quickly and easily.

Keep it Simple

Unless you’re a comedian, experienced copywriter or former ad magnate, keep the puns, double entendres and other witticisms off your postcard. The best strategy for a first time direct mail postcard marketer is to keep it simple. Come up with a purpose for your postcard and then state it as clearly as possible. It may sound boring, but this is probably one of the best direct mail postcard ideas I have.

Don’t Spend a Fortune on a Designer

If you’re testing the waters of direct mail marketing and just want to try out a few direct mail postcard ideas, don’t spend a fortune on designers. Instead, use any one of the hundreds of professional, clean and industry-specific Postcard Template designs offered by UPrinting.

Instead of spending days or weeks brainstorming your direct mail postcard ideas and then even more time toiling over the design, you can create a ready-to-mail postcard in minutes using the UDesign tool from UPrinting.

Have a Reason

This tip is closely related to keeping it simple. Basically, you need to have a reason for your postcard and ideally, there should be just one.

Can’t think of one? How about a “Thank You for Your Business” postcard or a “Get 10% off on Your Next Visit” postcard? Maybe an “Annual Checkup Reminder” postcard or a “Check Out This House” real estate postcard? The key is to have a purpose and a call to action. Simply advertising your business isn’t enough, you want to motivate those prospective customers to call you, see you or visit your website.
No, I didn’t give you a list of specific direct mail postcard ideas. But, I did give you the tools you need to create your own in minutes instead of days or weeks. So, what are you waiting for? Go get started with your Postcard Printing today!

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Gino Orlandi - Who's written 95 posts on the UPrinting.com Blog.

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