If your goal is to combine digital with print marketing, you are definitely on the right track. With almost all businesses establishing an online presence these days, you would be left behind if you not have official social media pages and a website. It’s well and good to market digitally, but there’s still a part of your audience who are not online. This is what you can target with Every Door Direct Mail or eddm postcard printing. For this, the print shop will work with the USPS to deliver your eddm postcards to every door in a zip code, mailing route, or addresses based on certain demographics. What’s good about this method is that you do not have to put together your own mailing list – the print shop does all the work for you.
Elements of a Great Postcard Design
Aside from distribution, eddm mailing requires an excellent design for it to be effective. Here are some elements of a great postcard design:
- An attention-grabbing headline
This is a one or two liner that’s written on top of the postcard. Since it is the first line that a customer will read, it needs to be compelling and instantly deliver the message.
- Sharp images and high-definition photos
Stay away from chunks of text because people do not like reading lengthy lines. Also, your space is limited in the first place. Combine the copy with sharp images, hand drawn illustrations, or HD photos which are professionally shot.
- Benefits that the reader will enjoy
Are you offering a product or a service? What benefit will a person enjoy when buying your product or booking your services? Highlighting these will entice the reader of your postcard to try out your brand at least once. If they like it, they will surely be repeat customers and that is when you will slowly realize the gains of your postcard marketing campaign.
- An impactful call-to-action
Lastly, include a call-to-action. Place it inside a brightly-colored box somewhere in the design of the postcard to immediately draw the reader’s eyes to it. Your call-to-action could be a QR code which leads to your website or social media pages, or it could be a number that people can call for more information.
With a well-designed postcard, you can impress customers, prompt them to take action, and make them familiar with your brand, enough to establish loyalty.
