Sunday, 20 March 2016

Direct Mail to help you grow

Why not try direct mail postcards?

Direct mail postcards are an easy way to showcase your product or services.  They can be designed in a variety of sizes to ensure that they get noticed in the mail.  You can control the timing of when you want them to reach your customers.  If you don’t have a mailing list, we can help with that.  Just tell us what type of customers you are trying to target, business, residential or both.  The geographic area that you would like to target, the demographics of the people, including possibly age, male or female, income level, etc.  The more that you narrow down your target market, the better results you will see.

Get Measured Results.

Be sure to include a clear call to action on your printed piece. Tell your audience exactly what you would like them to do. Should they give you a call, send you an email, register for your seminar or download a free whitepaper? By including a direct call to action, you will improve your response rate.
You can measure the results from your postcard campaign by setting up a special tracking phone number that will ring to your main number or by creating a unique domain name or Personalized URL (PURLs) for each mailing.  If you offer a discount, you can put a special code on the postcard that the recipient can use when they order online or have them bring the postcard in when they come to place an order.
Social media and web marketing are right for some markets, but the time tested practices of direct mail still generate substantial results. From creative concepts and eye-catching designs, to expert production, mailing list curation, and efficient, effective distribution, Sterling Printing can manage your direct mail project every step of the way. Whatever the goal, we’ll help you get the word out and succeed.  If you would like to give direct mail a try, visit www.SterlingPrinting.com  or give us a call and we will work with you to create a winning direct mail campaign.

5 Steps to Building Your Brand on Instagram

5 Steps to Building Your Brand on Instagram

Instagram, the image-based social networking platform, has quickly become one of the most effective ways to market yourself or your business. On Forbes.com, Griffin Thall, the CEO and co-founder of Pura Vida Bracelets shares these five steps for building your brand on Instagram:
Find your niche
Every person or brand must have a niche– a way to set yourself or your business apart from everyone and everything else. Without a niche, you will blend in and become lost in the social media noise. Finding your niche is creating your personality. To get started, first ask yourself: what am I good at? What do I enjoy doing? What is my brand’s main purpose? You need to not only be unique, honest, and sincere, but also somewhat mysterious. Be sure to keep your purpose and persona clear but always strive to have people wanting to know more. If people are confused at what you do in the first few seconds, you’ve lost them for good.
Find your influencers
Once you’ve found your niche, the next step is to find your influencers. An influencer on Instagram is someone who has power, reach and authority among their followers. Pairing your brand with the right voice is the single most important force in getting the word out. Who do you want talking about your brand and sharing your story? Start with people who have between 5k and 25k followers and classify them as your “content producers” or entry-level influencers.
Find your product photographers
Once you’ve found your potential influencers, you need to find product photographers. These Instagram users are similar to influencers, but you are not looking to them for outreach purposes, you are looking to them for high-quality lifestyle or product photos of your brand in action.
Send out samples
Once your list of influencers and photographers is finalized, the next step is to send out samples. To do this, first draft up a very simple and to-the-point email to these Instagram pros. These days, anyone can detect a “spam” or templated email from a mile away, so take your time to draft up a unique email that caters exactly to the person you’re trying to target. Remember, these influencers are sorting through hundreds of emails a day just like you, so your first go is very important.
Courtesy of www.SterlingPrinting.com