Showing posts with label eddm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eddm. Show all posts

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Online Bulk Postcard Printing and Mailing: Everything You Need in One Place.

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 EVERY DOOR DIRECT MAIL - EDDM

Online bulk postcards printing and mailing services offer lower printing and postage rates. Services such as EDDM will help you deliver inexpensive, direct mail campaigns and ultimately increase the return on your investment.  Reducing the costs of your is important but the quality of the service offered is also paramount to your business. Cost effective bulk mailing can be made possible due to the availability of bulk mailing services called Every Door Direct Mail or EDDM. 

What is Every Door Direct Mail - EDDM?

 Every Door Direct Mail is a bulk mailing services program offered by the US Postal Service using direct mail delivery by individual carrier route. It is a very viable and cost efficient service that gives businesses the ability to target mailers to specific demographic areas without the need for mailing lists or imprinting addresses. Therefore it's an uncomplicated and quick way to reach a wide sector of potential customers with the least cost. In fact, employing EDDM is a proven way to reach wider audience, cut promotional costs and ultimately increase marketing and promotion effectiveness.

EDDM is the cheapest way to send bulk postcards, especially if your business model relies on repetition and regular mailing. By choosing to use Every Door Direct Mail, companies can reap the benefit of a lower cost per item, set at a very reasonable $0.183 per address. Using EDDM, you will be able to quickly target every house and/or business in the zip codes of your choice. Your planning can include individual carrier routes with the detailed maps you can get online. They also illustrate the given demographics for your targeted area.

Compared to the traditional flimsy, mail-merge flyers, your bold and colorful advertising postcards will stand out and grab attention. If you mail a large 9 x 12 full color mini-billboard sized card, it is 300% bigger and more eye-catching than the standard 4 x 6 postcard of traditional choice and conversely $0.9 cents cheaper to deliver!

Of course there are rules for this service and the rule on sizes are a benefit, rather than a restriction. The minimum size of your mail offering needs to be larger than the traditional 8.5 x 5.5 flyer and this gives you an opportunity to add value to your promotional mailing.  The generous weight limit is 3.3 oz. per item that allows you to utilize a quality card stock for your postcards printing. Heavy 14 or 16 pt. card stock is recommended and you can send up to a maximum 5000 items from each post office per day. If you are preparing this mailing yourself, remember that your promotional cards will need to be bundled in 50 or 100 pieces and stacked flat before delivery to your local post office. Want to have fewer headaches, try using full service EDDM when offered by your printer.

Every business person is looking for that branding, advertising bargain as a way of stimulating sales without breaking the bank. Savvy business people are choosing EDDM and reaping the benefits of increased sales from a professional, fast and cost effective printing and mailing campaign. It’s easy to perfect profits with EDDM.

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Monday, July 14, 2014

8 TIPS TO INCREASING SALES USING FLYERS

Here are some valuable tips on how to increase sales with affordable printed flyer promotions. Promotional flyers are not expensive as long as you get a high conversion rate. There are many reasons why flyers may not be working for you as hard as they could be. It may sound harsh but nobody cares about your company, your product or your equipment. What they do care about is great customer service and what you are selling is a benefit to them. Using fast food and restaurants as an example, here is how you can apply these tips to any business, product or service. Take advantage of affordable flyer printing.

1.     While printing flyers, keep in mind that, before you start telling them what you are selling, tell them in your headline why they need it and how it will make their lives better. There’s an old advertising adage, “Sell The Sizzle And They’ll Buy The Steak”. Customers are looking for a solution to a problem. It could be as simple as, “what’s for dinner?”

2.     Write a compelling call to action headline at the top of your flyer. “Buy One Get One Free” could be a great way of getting customers attention. Select the slowest day of the week and make the offer for that day. Near the bottom of the flyer offer a 20% or other discount coupon for those who can’t take advantage of your headline offer. This extends the life of your promotion. Print flyer with one side giving a “two for the price of one” offer or any other offer you want to make. The other side of the flyer could be a take out menu or other promotion that will attract attention.

3.     It makes sense for businesses to use multi-marketing with a flyer thereby drawing the customer to your website as well. Instead of using your home page, an effective way to involve customers is to create a new landing page or a new dedicated URL. This makes result tracking easy and gets fast feedback. Offer discount coupons or a code number for online offers that can change weekly or monthly.

4.     If you are a creative person and would like to design your own flyer, be sure to checkout the printing requirements needed to make your flyer print correctly. Use free flyer templates to start your layout giving you guides for bleeds and safety areas. If you don’t have time or it’s more than you want to learn, save yourself a lot of headache and hire a local designer that specializes in print production. Another option is to find a flyer printing services. The benefits of having someone else design for you are that this is cheap insurance, you won’t have printing problems and the printing service will be responsible for the quality of the printing. You won’t be in the middle if a problem occurs.

5.  Be sure to design a flyer format that can be used many times so your flyers becomes a recognizable branding tool that people will respond to. Keep this format every time you send out a new flyer to strengthen your branding.

6.     Your flyer represents your business. Don’t skimp on thin paper to save a few dollars. The old adage is “you get what you paid for”. A first impression is instantly made when your flyer promotion is picked up. People will notice the quality of the paper your flyer is printed on. If it’s too thin it will feel cheap.  Flyers printed on a thicker stock create the impression of quality. The minimum paperweight should be no less than 80 lb book weight. For a bigger bang, 100 lb book is not much more expensive and worth the cost. Other heavier paperweights for consideration are 100 lb cover weight and heavy 14 pt or extra heavy 16 pt card weight.

7.     For cheap local distribution consider Every Door Direct Mail(EDDM) a USPS direct mail distribution service that only costs $.175 for each piece. You can target every home or home and business in your best demographic areas, right down to the carrier route. The advantages are low cost and you don’t need a bulk permit, expensive mail lists or imprinting of addresses. It’s faster than bulk mail so you get a quicker response. Be sure to follow the post office requirements and you’ll get an incredible bargain.

8.     Printing flyer promotions is not a one-time deal. Flyers won’t bring high results unless you make it a marketing campaign. Print advertising works best only if it’s distributed to the same people at least once a month with different offers. This is the way to build your business and confidence in your brand.

Implementing these tips while printing flyers will create a high ROI and keeping your brand in the front of people’s minds. When they think of a product or service that you provide you want them to think of you and your business name.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

PRINTING SERVICES FOR STARTUP BUSINESSES

A budget for a marketing plan is most important first step in developing a new business. This is your path to reaching new customer. Of course the best way to start is to use cross marketing, both printing and internet to attract customers. But with a low budget many small business can’t do both.

Full color printing online is cheapest and faster way to getting your message out to lots of people in a short time. Every business needs business cards to hand out. Most business use direct mail postcards, flyers and brochures as standard marketing tools to advertise promotions and new products and services.

Custom printed top quality full color business cards make an impressive first impression. You will need to attract attention, get noticed and remembered. There are many business card options to choose from.  A standard business card should be printed on 14 or 16 point card stock with products on 20 and 21 Pt  plastic stock with round corners. Anything less will feel cheap and flimsy and if it’s heavier it will be to stiff. Inexpensive business cards should be printed in full color with choices of high gloss UV coating, matte / dull coating or no coating. You can write on matte or uncoated cards. High gloss spot UV coating on selected areas on your can add flair to your business card with cards to create a matte / high gloss effect.  It’s a little more expensive but worth it if you want to stand out.

EndurACE cards and flyers on printed on 10 Pt. water proof, tear and fade resistant synthetic paper. It’s the perfect solution for harsh environments both indoors and out.


If you want a truly unique business cards that is so unforgettable it will be remembered even if your name is forgetting choose a WOW FACTOR supper card with eye candy. Choose an elegant smooth silk laminated card that is water and tear resistant. Add spot UV coating and / or stunning gold or  silver foil.

Akuafoil cards print every CMYK color into foil. They are printed  on heavy 16 Pt. card stock and you You can make as many foil colors you want and mix them to make solids, blends, gradations and halftones. You can choose between no coating, UV coating or spot UV  coating. Foil cards are not as expensive as you may think. They use a cold foil process that does not need expensive dyes or hot foil stamping. The foil is printed on the business card using a process using a process the was reserved for book covers, labels and packaging. This foil printing service is not available for business cards, postcards and flyers.

Plastic cards are very popular because they are an eye magnet that’s sturdy. They are available in clear, frosted and white plastic. They last for a long time. They come with rounded corners in your choice of 1/8 or 1/4 inches.  Standard business card size is available on 20 pt stock or

Lenticular cards can tell a story in 2 or 3 flips. They are printed on 21 Pt. card stock and come with rounded corner  to protect for sharp edges. Most lenticular card are printed in China so thay have to go through customs and take a long time to be delivered if there is a problem you will have to pay to print them again. We print lenticular right here in the United States and they are a 100% guaranteed to be printed correctly from you files.  


Postcards are a  great marketing tool. Most of the business card effect are available with postcards.
Local businesses can take advantage of Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM), a USPS service the distributes mail to every home and home and business in your selected carrier route for $ .175 each piece.

When compared to building a website and paying for design, programming and expensive constant search engine optimization and content writing as well as social marketing that’s necessary to get a high ranking to keep you on the first page if you can get there which is unlikely if you have a new url. First page can never be guaranteed no matter how much money you spend on pay per click unless you ready to get in a bidding war with your competition. The truth is very few people ever click on paid ads.

Friday, April 11, 2014

PRINTED CAMPAIGN PRODUCTS THAT HELP GET OUT THE VOTE


It’s campaign season and candidates are getting ready for elections. Business cards, bumper shirts, t-shirts and postcards are necessary items to promote candidacy. Prospective congressmen, senators and other elected officials need name and face recognition and what better way than with printed promotional products.

Business cards with the candidate’s face, slogan and important information such as QR code to website or email and phone information to sign up are essential. But campaign finances must kept low so finding a high quality printer with cheap low prices are important. Price alone is not the only consideration. Candidates must also make sure that what is printed does not appear cheap and flimsy because this will reflect on them. Business cards printed on 14 or 16 PT stock will give the impression of quality that is passed on to the prospective official.

Postcards must be sent out on a regular basis in order to make sure name recognition grows. Postcards can be sent using EDDM. Political campaigns can customized their mailings regionally targeting their demographics at a small fraction of the traditional direct mail marketing costs. Every Door Direct Mail Retail is a USPS cheap and effective direct mail marketing solution for targeting political campaigns, nonprofit organizations and businesses with affordable direct mail services. You can target local area mailings for only $ .175 cents for each piece. EDDM Retail is a strategy that produces very high returns on a very small investment. It's simple and easy to take advantage of this cheap direct mail service offered by your local post office. You don't need bulk mail permits, mailing lists or address imprinting. You choose the zip codes, city or mile radius and quantity you want delivered. Your message will go to every residential address and business or just residential address in that zip codes, city or mile radius of your choice. Rules for everydoor direct are specific so be sure to check them out.

Bumper stickers are a cheap way to make sure your slogan and candidacy is remembered. They get fast and easy attention.  It is an affordable way to get your message out. Cheap to produce, bumper stickers are cost effective marketing and advertising. Besides bumper stickers, posters and yard signs help keep awareness.

Buttons and t-shirts are also important campaign products. Buttons are a must for any political ad campaign and are great giveaways. But buttons alone should not be used for low cost advertising, t-shirts are a vital election item too. Campaign workers wear custom t-shirts with pride and show their support of their candidate. It makes a great keepsake and can make a political statement that lasts.

Doorhangers, letterheads and envelopes add to the list of political printing.  Reaching people where they work and live, doorhangers are a great alternative to a direct mail piece. Let's not forget that custom printed stationery is also imperative. Custom printed letterheads and envelopes gives validation to campaigns and can carry requests for support.



Whether you are using cards, buttons, banners, bumper stickers and more, these political printed materials all work to increase awareness, gain recognition, or speak your mind. Campaign time is here and now is the time to get started.

Friday, July 19, 2013

WHOLESALE POSTCARDS – LOW COST, HIGH RETURN

Wholesale postcards are one of the most popular marketing tools because they’re cheap and create a very high return. It’s hard to find a better marketing investment than cheap wholesale postcards. Timed direct mail postcard promotions not only increase sales, but also increase brand awareness too.

Wholesale postcards are a magnet that pulls in new business for just about any product or service. It’s easy to attract more new business using a direct mail postcard campaign. Few can resist a deep discount or 2 for one offers especially in this difficult economy. Postcard deals are very popular with past customers and will attract new ones who otherwise may not be interested. Savvy business owners know when times are hard and customers are spending less, postcard-marketing promotions are a very effective way to increase sales.

Consumers get so many spam emails, most are never opened. Postcards have less competition and a high read rate. They keep your business in front of customer’s eyes like a mini 2 sides billboard. Use one side as a poster and the other for details. They can be used for timely announcements to notify existing customers it’s time to renew their contract. Use them as gift certificates, coupons, invitations or tickets. Their uses are only limited by your imagination. Tear-off postcards are perforated so it’s easy to tear off a coupon for redemption.

High quality full color postcards are available in many sizes from small 4 X 6 to jumbo 6 X 9 or larger. Consider 4 X 6 or 4.25 X 6 cards for their cheaper postal rate. Larger cards require higher postal rates. The trade off is size.

The most effective postcards have an eye candy photo or image to attract attention and simple call to action copy. Keep it short with a sweet offer. Don’t go into detail; use bullet points to get your message out. Be sure to make your offer time sensitive and have an expiration date on your offer. Your post card should have a gloss UV coating on one side and no coating on the mailing side so they can be easily addressed.

Another way to stand out and get noticed is to use a WOW Factor printing effect such as spot UV coating which can be selectively applied to both side of the card and you will still be able to address it. A few online printers offer other WOW Factor options like extra heavy 16 Pt card stock, matte finish, metallic silver ink, colored metallic effects and even waterproof postcards for outdoor use or eco-friendly 30% recycled linen postcards.

If you’re new to using direct mail postcard campaigns to increase sales, you can start
slow to test the waters and refine your message. Start with test mailing of 1,000, it doesn’t cost a lot and you will see for yourself how profitable they can be. One last though…if you think you can’t afford a test mailing, that’s the best reason to do it. Remember using cheap wholesale postcards are one of the cheapest ways to grow your business.