A substantial portion of my communication is done electronically through e-mail, texts, blogs, Twitter, websites, etc. It’s fast, convenient, efficient—but you know all that.
Even so, since I was a small child, I have loved getting real mail: envelopes and packages delivered to me by the USPS. In the last year, the volume of snail mail arriving at my home and office every day has seriously dwindled.
Direct marketers are clearly evaluating the cost/benefit ratio of bulk mail and many are probably purging their lists to reduce costs and better target their prospective customers. That’s just good business and we all applaud it.
Because of that, a truly personal letter, a hand-written note, or other targeted communication arriving in the mail has a better chance of getting read now than in recent years. This could be the right time for you to consider the role of traditional mail in your marketing efforts.
Jacquelyn's latest book is Christian Business Almanac: The Ultimate Daily Guide for Kingdom-Driven Entrepreneurs and Leaders.
She is the author of the nonfiction books Simple Facts About Self-Publishing (Second Edition), Words to Work By: 31 devotions for the workplace based on the Book of Proverbs and Finding Joy in the Morning: You can make it through the night as well as the novel Choices (A Joyful Cup Story). With her husband, she is the co-creator of several coloring books for adults and the novelty My Book About series.
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