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Accountants Get Hefty Returns from Tax Postcards

It’s the start of another tax season! Although most humans find the first quarter of every year cringe-worthy, accountants well-versed in taxes, like you know it can be a highly lucrative time. How do you make it even more profitable and maximize the need for your expertise? Two words: tax postcards.

Consider what happens if you don’t reach out to prospective clients – lost revenue. Today there are online accounting services that charge minimal fees along with budget tax-preparers that provide basic, production-line service and are happy to collect fees that could be coming to you. 

Uninformed taxpayers could be attracted to the price, not knowing that you offer added benefits, like tax savings for the current tax period and strategies to reduce taxes in the coming year. What happens when you don’t secure new clients? As attrition naturally eats away at your customer base, your thriving practice could slowly die. 

Let’s explore how you could get a larger share and attract more clients with an affordable strategy that allows you to advertise your accounting practice to a legion of individuals who need your expertise. 

Direct Mail Is Still Popular & Profitable

These days, everything is online – that doesn’t mean that everyone likes it. The novelty of receiving something colorful, fun, and informative in the mail can help small businesses be more memorable. 

Tax postcards create lasting impressions

According to a number of sources, direct mail has an average lifespan of 17-days while an email will only stay on your prospects’ minds for a few seconds. 

Not only will you stay top-of-mind with your targeted audience, but you can touch their friends and family, too. An attractive offer may end up under a refrigerator magnet. When a friend says they need tax help, all the recipient needs to do is share your name and phone number on the mailer or pass along the tax postcard!

Tax Postcards millennial receiving mail webMillennials like mail 

This generation has grown up using digital resources, banking, going to school, and work online. It’s logical to assume that they prefer to get all of their information online. 

Quite the contrary, surveys show that 76% of Millennials say they feel special when they receive personalized mail. With the personalization costs plummeting, thanks to digital printing, it’s worth the cost to make future clients feel special by sending a personalized postcard.

Take the stress out of tax time with tax postcards

Busy clients have a lot on their mind and often have competing priorities vying for their attention. By sending reminder postcards, you’re easing their stress by letting them know that you’re ready to offer expert advice and take a stressful task off their hands. 

Turnkey Tax Postcard Solutions

Attract more revenue by targeting your best clients with a postcard that’s 4.25”X6” in size. According to Accounting Today, this accounting postcard size that gets the best results. 

Next, how to position your accounting and tax service practice to reach your ideal customer? Choose an experienced direct mail marketing service and commercial printer, like One Stop Mail (OSM) to drive the right leads to your business. 

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Mail lists are critical for successful direct mail campaigns. If you don’t get the results that you want from each mailing, experts in list building and direct mail can suggest how to improve results, from changing your demographics or reach new movers in your neighborhood. 

You can also customize a list that’s specific to your practice to optimize your budget and return on investment.  

Eye-catching graphic services for your tax postcards

Reaching your targeted client-base requires standing out among all of the “noise” in the mailbox. If you want to create a one-of-a-kind look for your accounting postcards, OSM’s professional graphic designers can create a design that aligns with your quality, trusted brand. 

Affordable printing options

As mentioned, personalized messages are more memorable and appreciated. OSM’s digital printing services allow you to greet every prospect by name without costing you an arm and a leg. Ask our printing pros the cost of a printed message, and you may be pleasantly surprised. 

EDDM

Every Door Direct Mail” may be the answer if you want every household on a specific mail route to receive your tax prep postcards. OSM will make sure that all of your neighbors receive your message, and it saves you the cost of a mail list, too. 

Consider More Than Tax Postcards

Tax Postcards promotional products webClient giveaways pack a punch. When you provide clients with pens, magnets, and other promotional products with your name, logo, and contact information, you’re reminding them of your service and providing them a way to contact you. 

If clients are presented with copies of returns in a folder that’s personalized with your name and number, they’ll remember you when it’s time for next year’s taxes. 

In today’s competitive business environment, savvy business professionals leverage every advantage they can. When you have direct mail marketing and printing experts like One Stop Mail in your corner, you can create a unique campaign tailored to your practice. 

Don’t delay getting your tax prep postcards on the press – contact us or call 602.962.9243 and start maximizing your tax time revenue today!  

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Hey Fitness Industry. Direct Mail Works!

Pack Your Gym with Next-Level Fitness Postcards Target Marketing

Everybody needs a good kick in the butt every now and then. Fitness postcards, combined with targeted marketing are the best way to drive memberships, especially after those New Year’s resolutions, summer-bod goals, and holiday parties. Gym postcards are an easy, efficient way to stay ahead of your competition and in front of potential new customers, right in your neighborhood. 

There are Many Potential Targets

One of the great advantages of fitness industry marketing is there are always new prospects available. With fitness postcards, gyms and health clubs can saturate the neighborhood to offer great membership benefits.  

Fitness postcards Work direct advertising webWhen I want to hit the gym at 5:00 a.m. before work, I’m looking for a place that’s close to my house and easy to get to.  Targeting the neighborhood of gyms’ locations, especially with fitness postcards that highlight specials, classes, personal training, and smiling, happy people with dream bodies your prospects hope to have is a great way to capture attention.

Lists to use in fitness industry marketing are easy, affordable, and accessible. Keep it simple with an EDDM, a saturation list to keep your costs down and increase your target area.  These types of lists are like a good hot yoga class — they help you stretch your budget farther. You can even create a more targeted list that looks at age, household income, and much more if you offer specialty services or classes.

People Need Motivation, Catch Them at the Right Time

While there is never a bad time to recruit new members, there are definitely great times to invest in fitness industry marketing materials, especially fitness postcards.  People are always more motivated before and after the holidays, at the start of a new year, and in the summer. While it’s always a good idea to stay in front of potential customers consistently, blasting your fitness postcards during these times can only help drive memberships.  

Another pro tip: stand out from the crowd!  Competition in the fitness industry is high. The best way to catch attention is with high-quality, unique fitness postcards that stand out in the mailbox.  

Entice people with new membership offers, motivate them with pictures of fitness enthusiasts in their natural setting (ahem – a gym!), and have a clear view of all the great classes you offer. Utilize great offset or digital print options at One Stop Mail to customize your message, as well as our expert design services to help make sure you stay on top of your competition in the mailbox.   

The Value of Repeat Gym Postcard Mailings 

Fitness postcards Work big printer webYou don’t want prospects to only visit your gym once, so why would you only mail to them once?

In the direct mail advertising world, it’s important to market constantly and consistently.  Salesforce notes it takes six to eight touchpoints to drive a buying decision. 

I know when I try out a new gym and take advantage of a few free workouts, my first stop isn’t at the bench press, it’s to a representative to talk through my needs. That’s a touchpoint.  Direct mail marketing is no different and the most cost-effective way to attract new members is fitness postcards mailed multiple times.  We highly recommend at least three to four touchpoints through the mail over a nine-week period, minimum. Again, utilizing cost-efficient list and data services, high-quality printing, and quick turnaround times extends your budget.

Need to Fill a Class? Send Fitness Postcards Today

Driving membership traffic is always needed, but keep in mind your postcard must stand out with dynamic images, new membership offers, and relevant information about fun classes. Let the professionals at One Stop Mail help you design an eye-catching postcard that will fill up those classes. We can also help you highlight personal trainers, or new equipment, or the gym facilities that set you apart from the competition.

Start a Campaign with Fitness Postcards with One Stop Mail

Pump up your membership numbers today by speaking with one of our direct mail experts.  Highlight your great classes and membership offers to get people off the couch and into your gym. There is no better way to attract more business than fitness postcards in a direct mail campaign to get your neighbors motivated and in front of your sales reps. Contact us or call 602-233-3003 and talk to one of our experts today!

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Direct Marketing Tips for Writing Sensational Copy

When it comes to direct marketing tips, writing plays a big part. In virtually any direct marketing materials, the written copy is the base upon which everything else rests. While it’s nice to have eye-catching graphics, charts, and photographs, the copy is what’s going to sell your product/service and truly determine whether your marketing materials are effective. 

So today, let’s get back to the basics: How to write effective marketing materials. Some of this may sound too basic, but remember that many decades-old copywriting techniques are still relevant today.  

Direct Marketing Tips: Four Ways To Create Great Copy Every Time 

 1. Write for your specificaudience. 

It’s no secret that different groups of people speak or write in different ways, and those differences have only widened in recent decades. Buyers (especially home consumers) are more influenced by materials that have direct relevance to their lifestyle, interests, hobbies, etc. Use this tool to design your buyer persona. This will help you narrow down the people you’re trying to reach and then work through the language that will connect best with that audience.  

These days, most consumers can quickly spot generic marketing materials that didn’t utilize proven direct marketing tips and were written for the widest possible audience. Narrow targeting and a deliberate attempt to engage specific groups on a personal level will work better because it avoids the trap of seeming generic. 

 2. Have a problem, a solution, and a reason. 

direct marketing tips woman opening letterThis is Marketing 101 stuff, but it bears repeating: Virtually all successful marketing is based on presenting a problem and demonstrating how your product is a solution to it. This means you need to do your research! The best marketing copy comes straight from your audience’s mouth. This is the copy that keeps people reading, nodding along, and hopefully converting.  

  • Capture your audience’s attention 
  • Illustrate a pain point 
  • Present a valuable, solution-driven call to action. 

Backing up your solution with solid evidence has become even more important in our digital era of online reviews and comparisons. 95% of shoppers read reviews before making a purchase. 98% of consumers use reviews to search for local services.Make sure your marketing writing matches up with the data and validates what your audience is already thinking.  

3. Make a connection.

Purchases aren’t necessarily driven by logic. They hinge on emotion, whether it’s good or bad. Well-written copy won’t work if it doesn’t push readers to action. Describe the benefits of your product or service in a way that gets people excited! What stories can you tell about your product? What challenges did you have to overcome? And how can it benefit your intended user?  

This blog post has eight psychological hooks you can use in your writing to invoke positive emotions in people. These are all great direct marketing tips to think about, even if you’re not writing an entire campaign or website.  

Focus your copy on the reader. Use the word you more often than your brand and product names. When speaking directly to the reader, active and energetic verbs are more likely to lead to connection. Words and phrases like Imagine, Improve, Discover, Explore, Take Hold, Protect, Compete, Dominate are among the most compelling words you can put in your copy. 

4. Have a killer headline. 

Direct Marketing Tips osm bookletsA viewer won’t read your copy if you haven’t grabbed their attention, and that’s exactly what the headline is for.  A well-written headline creates the interest needed to get them excited for the rest of the copy. As a few basic guidelines: 

  • Keep it short and to the point, preferably less than 70 characters. 
  • Make it directly relevant to the materials – no bait and switch. 
  • Include “loaded” emotional words that suggest a mindset to the reader. 
  • Be a little controversial, when appropriate. 
  • Use a subheading if your headline feels too long.  It keeps the eyes moving downward. 

Sell It! 

Every word in every piece of direct marketing you produce should be written with the intent to sell. The more attention you pay to your copy, the more likely it is to pay off!  

Not sure how to find your target audience? We can offer mailing list services to get your campaign out to the right people. 

Learn more by calling (602) 223-3003 or  send a request for more information. We’re on-call for any of your marketing needs!  

 

Updated 10.12.2021

 

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