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Council Post: Direct Marketing Is Thriving In Millennial Mailboxes: Here's How To Make The Most Of It (2024)

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It is a direct marketing approach that suggests if you can get your message in front of a prospect three times, that person will be able to recall who you are. After seven times, they will remember you or your brand. After 27 times, that person will develop trust in you and your brand.

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Junk mail, spam email, and texting all are forms of direct marketing that many people can't get rid of fast enough. The most effective direct marketing campaigns use lists of targeted prospects in order to send their messages only to the likeliest prospects.

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The Pareto Principle, or 80/20 rule, is a long-held rule of thumb in business that is based on the relatively small portion of a customer base that drives most of the profits from sales prospecting. Typically, a company generates about 80 percent of its profits from around 20 percent of its customers.

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Con: Response rates are typically low

In additional to low response rates, some recipients lump direct mail in with junk mail. If they don't recognize the return address or aren't expecting any information from a business, your mailing could get tossed.

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In summary, the effectiveness of direct mail campaigns has been proven in capturing the attention and engagement of younger audiences like millennials and Generation Z.

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Insights and Statistics for 2023. In a world where digital marketing has become the norm, you may be surprised to hear that direct mail is making a resurgence. However, this is exactly what is happening as businesses are turning to direct mail as an effective method of reaching their target audience.

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“Advocacy Marketing” or commonly known as “word-of-mouth” is indisputably the most powerful form of marketing.

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Answer: Digital and social media marketing is the fastest-growing from of direct marketing.

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What are the disadvantages of direct marketing?

Intrusive - many people find direct marketing annoying and intrusive. ...
Environment - using leafleting or paper-heavy direct mail campaigns can be bad for the environment. ...
Low response rates - direct marketing response rates tend to be around 1% to 3%.

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