Direct Mail Response Rate Boosters (10 of them)
1. Mail to a different list
Your list is the most important part of your direct mail
campaign. Who you mail to is more important than what you mail.
So if you are persuaded that your offer is attractive, your
creative is compelling and your timing is spot on, mail to a
different group of people and see what happens
2. Change your offer
The offer is the most important part of your direct mail package
after your list. So if your response rates are lacklustre,
change your offer (my thanks to fellow direct mail copywriter
Bob Hacker for this counsel).
3. Improve your creative
Maybe your response rates are depressed because your package is
depressing. Why not mail something else, something radically
different? Instead of a letter, mail a postcard. Instead of a
self-mailer, mail a dimensional mailer. Even hire a brand new
direct mail copywriter, someone who will add a fresh set of eyes
to your challenge. Just make sure that your new creative is
different enough from your existing package that you