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By Carla San Gaspar, Web Marketing, U-Printing


Different businessmen have different approaches to their business. Some go into aggressive advertising. Others do it through direct mail with postcard printing. However you choose to do it, remember that building a relationship with your clients is the most important one there is that your marketing and advertising efforts should do.

Understanding Customers

• Some believe that give the best quality at the best price is the best way to win clients and survive in business. This idea is a very common notion but fails to factor in on what truly the consumers want and which ones do they really want. It’s like asking the same old question, who controls the market?

• There are a million reasons for a customer to stay loyal to a particular store other than the quality of their products. Effectiveness. Aesthetics. Functionality. All of these contribute to a consumer’s wants or needs.

• One to one advertising understands the need for fitting certain products or business to the consumer’s wants, needs, and even fantasy. That’s why business owners from time immemorial have long worked on establishing the relationship of clients to products and such loyalty. Try to find ways to establish common grounds with their customers. Sometimes, it is this common ground or networking that turns a stranger into a customer.

Building Relationships with Customers

Direct-mail-marketing takes advantage of this principle. Sending out postcards to your customers is a way of communicating your intention to maintain your business relations with them.

• The beauty of direct-mail-marketing is the ability to target clients individually. You may print a standard postcard by the bulk, but you may always have small personal notes printed or better yet handwritten for your customers. This way, the client feels a close one-to-one personal relationship.

• When you deal with a target market, you have to take into consideration their needs and desires. This is very important as it is the basis of your business. It is your job to fill in particular needs and to fulfill what your clients need or want in your products or services.

Placing Customer Interest to Heart

• As a businessman, you should always think that purchasing your product will help improve the lives of your customers. By reminding them to purchase your goods and services, you are reminding them to improve their lives. When you have this mentality, reflect it in your advertising copy.

• If you feel your products and services are a hard sell, relying solely on advertising to convince clients can be difficult. Improve on your products and services. Ads are there to broadcast the importance of your goods so make the most of it and align your intentions well.

Designing Postcard
• The postcard should build good will feelings. It should be seen as a tool to improve relationship more than as a simple outright marketing tool. When people feel attacked with advertisements, they tend to be more critical. On the other hand, when they feel like their dealing with a friend, they are more likely to open up and make the purchase.

• Postcards should be informative and focus on customer education. It should talk about the benefits of the technology behind your products, instead of pushing your products as is. Include special offers and discounts. People like to get something for nothing, so include freebies.

• Lastly, include a way to track the success of these postcards. You may include a promo that asks your clients to present the postcards. This way, you can modify cards to achieve the highest success rates. Do these and more for postcard printing and make yourself richer in more ways than one.

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