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5 ways to save money in your Direct Marketing communication

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At Romax Marketing & Distribution we have talked a lot about the impact that printed communication has on brand recognition, sales, and campaign ROI both, individually and as part of the overall campaign. We haven’t mentioned how to reduce the cost of direct mail whilst retaining the quality of the product and service.

Different strategies help you to save money in your direct marketing, and most of them aren't related to the quality of the material or printing process. Here you have 5 ways to save money in your direct marketing communication:

1. Less is more

There are lots of direct mail options such as letters, postcards, catalogues, leaflets, magazines and personalised one-piece mailer formats. You can save money just by switching your actual direct mail format for an option that reduces the size, weight or any other component.

For instance, you can reduce the size of your communication to fit in a letter category instead of a large letter; this will save you a lot of money without changing any message in your mail piece. Check out the Sadler's Wells case study with £7,500 saved in postage from one season campaign - £30K annually. Furthermore, if you reduce the length of your communication, and send a roll-fold A4 instead of a twenty-page catalogue or magazine, you’ll save both printing and postage.

2. Booking in advance

Booking your direct mail job with a direct marketing supplier in advance also gives you a pool of benefits, not just related to saving money. You can secure your print production and delivery which will bring you peace of mind, you'll have enough time for design and text amends and copy proof, and of course, you'll avoid extra charges relate to increases in the price of paper, postage and other components which are the variable component of the direct mail equation.

Did I mention that some companies charge for the last-minute booking or for moving your job along the schedule? That's the same as being charged all your money for buying the last can of coke in the desert!

3. Cleaning data

Did you know that 1.2 million people move house each year and national change of address file contains 24 million records? Moreover, the estimates suggest that 170,000 mailings are sent every day to the deceased.

You can avoid the cost of printing, postage and response management of those records who have passed away or have changed their address, by cleaning your database. Furthermore, you can also avoid a customer lost through annoyance if you keep their records accurate. Direct Marketing suppliers, such as Romax, offer you data management and response services, to reduce this waste of money.

4. Targeting your campaign - profiling

Should you send the same piece of direct mail to all your clients or prospects, or only who is more likely to buy? Within your data, you should have your client profiles, which may include gender, age, marital status, family lifestyle, personal income model, etc. This can help you to create a targeted direct marketing communication, for example, you can send a brochure to your customer who has a high-value history, and the rest send them an informative letter or postcard.

5. Save postage costs with a Direct Marketing company - £13,000 annually

It’s not the same postage cost when sending twenty welcome packs a day, compared with a mailing house who send out thousands of welcome packs per day. Volume is something that always reduces the price of your postage and delivery. You can benefit with your shared access to high volume mail, or any other communication. Thanks to a global direct marketing supplier, you will achieve a discount also. The amount of saving is variable depending on the volume, size of the letter or parcel, destination, etc.

At Romax Marketing & Distribution we work with all sizes of organisations to help them save money on postage when you print with us and use our mailing house services. For instance, we work with one of the largest museums in London, who saved more than £13,000 annually in postage just from their printed membership communications.

Written by Nilda Cerna, Marketing Manager at Romax Marketing & Distribution.

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