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How to Effectively Grow Your Optometry Practice image

Maybe the most important thing for you to understand about marketing for your optometry practice is that "creative content" and "personalized content" are NOT mutually exclusive. This is especially true in the modern era that we're currently living in, where you have more technology (and more DATA) available to you than ever. In other words, it IS more than possible to leverage targeted mailing to do both at the exact same time, and generational marketing is how you do it. Growing Your Optometry Practice Through Marketing: What You Need to Know Someone in their 30s, for example, likely has very different qualities that they're looking for in an optometrist than someone in their 60s or 70s. You know full well that you ...

Marketing Your Pool Service Company for Year Round Returns image

For the absolute best results, your pool services marketing campaign can't afford to take a break just because the weather is getting chilly outside. With the right approach, you can execute your marketing for your pool services company to generate returns all year round - you just need to keep a few important things in mind while you do it. Pool Services Marketing: Breaking Things Down Even if you live in an area of the country that experiences all four seasons, that doesn't mean that your pool services marketing should take a break just because the weather starts getting cold outside. In general, you should always be marketing your services BEFORE the upcoming season kicks into high gear - that way, ...

Maintaining Customer Loyalty and Brand Awareness for Retail Businesses image

Part of your success as a marketer has less to do with your ability to attract high volumes of customers and is more about getting the attention of the right kinds of customers. Loyal customers, to be more precise, are the bread and butter of any business. What would you rather have - a steady stream of one-time buyers who make a purchase and then never return, or a small but loyal army of passionate brand advocates who come back again and again? Obviously, you want the latter - which is absolutely where your direct mail efforts come in handy for your retail business. If you truly want to leverage collateral like direct mail postcards to maintain customer loyalty and brand awareness, ...

Expanding Your Reach Beyond the Grid: Effectively Reaching Prospects image

Although it can be easy to assume that 100% of your target audience is connected to their digital lives all day, every day, recent studies have shown that this isn't necessarily the case. In fact, as many as 10% of Americans live in areas that are deemed "off the grid" in the first place - that is, in places where they don't have regular or reliable access to the internet at all. Plus, more and more people every day are scaling back their digital presence due to security concerns, among other issues. So how does your retail location or franchise reach these people when an email isn't necessarily as reliable as you think it is? It's simple - you use direct ...

Why Direct Mail Continues to Work for Restaurants image

According to one recent study, the restaurant industry as a whole will bring in about $863 billion in sales by the end of 2019. Yes, running a restaurant is difficult and sure, a large number of them fail. But if you can establish a solid foothold for yourself, especially in those fragile early days, there's essentially no limit to what you'll be able to accomplish. For years, restaurants have been leveraging direct mail as a core part of their restaurant marketing campaigns to do precisely that. It's a powerful technique when utilized correctly, and this is true for a number of reasons that are certainly worth exploring. The Power of Direct Mail Restaurant Marketing: Breaking Things Down When restaurants use collateral like plastic ...

Reaching Millennials with Direct Mail image

It doesn't matter what type of business you're running or even what industry you're operating in - if you had to make a list of all your current priorities, "making a deeper connection with millennial audience members" should unquestionably be right at the top. Not only are there a massive number of millennials in the United States, but more and more of them are entering the workforce every year. This means that one day soon, they're going to eclipse their elders as the generation with the most amount of buying power. If you can hook them today you can hook them forever - which is why reaching millennials with direct mail is something you'll absolutely want to explore. The Power of ...

Marketing Tips for Restaurant Delivery Services image

If you had to make a list of some of the industries that are becoming increasingly competitive with each passing day, restaurant delivery services would undoubtedly be right at the top. Thanks to the rate at which technology continues to advance, it's easier than ever to get the critical infrastructure of such a service off the ground. However, that means that competing services are cropping up all the time - which is problematic when you're dealing with already razor-thin profit margins. The right marketing campaign, however, can very well be the key value differentiator that you need when you need it the most. If you truly want to make the most of your marketing strategy in an effort to improve ...

Bring Your Beauty Marketing Message to EVERY Generation image

One of the most important things to understand about ANY type of marketing in the modern era is that things are getting decidedly more niche all the time. Case in point: beauty marketing. Thanks to social networking sites like Facebook and Instagram, influencer marketing has become the new norm. Because of this, most campaigns target one audience in particular: millennials. However, savvy marketers know that for true long-term success, you need to target EVERY generation... and direct mail campaigns are how you do it. Beauty Marketing for the Modern Era: Breaking Things Down While it's absolutely true that social media and online influencers have recently taken the lead in beauty marketing, there IS still ground to be regained - it just doesn't ...

The Top Restaurant Direct Mail Fails to Avoid image

Direct mail is a perfect way to not only leverage the power of targeted mailing to your advantage for your restaurant, but it can also help improve your response rate and your ultimate ROI at the exact same time. It is not, however, a silver bullet. Case in point: there are a few key restaurant direct mail fails that you will do well to avoid at all costs moving forward. Mistake #1: The Fast Expiration Date On the one hand, the logic is somewhat sound: if you want to create a sense of urgency for your restaurant, you want to have an offer that inspires people to act sooner rather than later. That might include sending out a coupon with a ...

Better Back-to-School Marketing for Savvy Retailers image

If you're currently running a retail business that happens to be a clothing retailer or a similar type of e-commerce enterprise, back-to-school marketing is something you're already no doubt familiar with. However, it isn't only the timing of your seasonal marketing campaign that you have to concern yourself with - there are a variety of other factors at play that will also determine just how successful your offer truly is. Luckily, the process itself is actually quite straightforward - you just have to keep a few key things in mind. Back-to-School Marketing: Modern Seasonal Marketing for the Modern Business According to one recent study, the average household currently spends about $606 per year on back-to-school shopping. That number increases as you move ...

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