by Alan Sharpe | May 19, 2016 | Direct Mail
Every direct mail package you drop in the mail should contain an offer. The offer is the incentive or reward that motivates prospects to respond to your mailing, either with an order or with a request for more information. “Subscribe to Hook, Line and Sinker...
by Alan Sharpe | May 19, 2016 | Business to Business, Direct Mail
In direct mail, the offer is the incentive or reward that you dangle in front of your prospects to motivate them to respond to your mailing, either with an order or with a request for more information. Offers follow a “you do this and we’ll do that”...
by Alan Sharpe | May 19, 2016 | Advertising, Direct Mail, Lead Generation
Direct mail is a cost-effective way to make sales and generate leads. But it’s also an excellent way to keep your brand name in front of customers, and to nurture leads until they become customers. At my direct mail lead generation firm, our definition of a...
by Alan Sharpe | May 19, 2016 | Direct Mail
Some companies that use direct mail to sell their products and services are like the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there. They repeat the same mistakes, and enjoy the same poor results. Here are their eight most common...
by Alan Sharpe | May 19, 2016 | Business to Business, Direct Mail
In direct mail, the offer is the incentive or reward that you dangle in front of your prospects to motivate them to respond to your mailing. In business-to-consumer direct mail, for example, a magazine publisher will offer a yearly subscription to its magazine at 60%...
by Alan Sharpe | May 19, 2016 | Direct Mail
Successful direct mail packages contain three things: an attractive offer, a call to action, and a response device. The offer is the Incentive. The call to action is the Imperative. And the response device is the Instrument. The most well-known reply device is the...
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