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Article #257: Marketing Online - Snail Mail Vs E-mail

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The internet has given birth to the e-mail if they do not identify it as
electronic mail, more popularly known as their regular e-mail. In contrast direct
e-mail. E-mail opened new avenues to the mail is seen with respect and people pick
world of communication. In the beginning, through their mail as a daily routine and
e-mail was only used as another means of open them with a priority.
communicating with other people for Direct mail has a personal feel attached
personal or business related matters. Now to it, one of the reasons why people
people of every age group have an e-mail prefer mail greetings over an electronic
address. Over the past few years, its greeting. It takes time to personalize a
potential for marketing has been direct mail where as an e-mail is instant
exploited to its maximum both in good and and the fate of e-mail is also instant
as well as bad. At the same time, who can i.e. immediate deletion. Researchers are
disregard the services of direct mail constantly puzzled by the mystery
which has been operating for nearly two surrounding why people are so
centuries? It is still the preferred enthusiastic about direct mail. But no
method of communication for many people. worries this only good news for the
E-mail is the cheapest method of marketers that they have something in
communicating available as of now. The their tool kit that works. So marketers
advantage with email is that you can send have the mailing list of potential
email to many people at the same time customers handy and send some nicely
with the click of a mouse. Where as in composed letters to them about your
the case of direct mails, one has to go company and its products.
through putting letters in envelopes for Snail mail has the potential of going
each and every person, make different through the hands of gatekeepers and
address labels, mail it and also has to administrative assistants before actually
bear the cost of mailing. Time is money going to their boss which can end up
and e-mail marketing saves a lot of time. being thrown in the trash. The survival
While e-mail marketing might look easy, chances are rare unless the subject is
comparing the net results of the story is business oriented and has some sort of
totally different. When you are marketing important information. But e-mail wins in
through e-mail, you need to make sure this regard, as it directly reaches the
that you are e-mailing the right person person to which it is intended to go,
otherwise the e-mail is going to end up after that its fate is left to the person
in the junk folder. Also you need to be whether to read or send it to spam
careful that you don't miss the subject folder.
or the body of the e-mail otherwise the A more scientific explanation of why
result is going to be the same. In this direct mail is more effective than e-mail
age of spamming, spammers use a variety is the sensory perception of people.
of subjects, so you have to title the Direct mail uses three of the four senses
subject keeping in mind that it wouldn't of a person i.e. visual, verbal,
send your e-mail to the spam folder listening and touching where as e-mail
again. In contrast, the direct mail does not use the senses of listening or
method gets better treatment. Studies touching. But this can be achieved by
show that direct mail is more efficient adding appealing graphics, text reading
and has better success than e-mail. ability and streaming audio to the
First, it is not as easy to block direct e-mail.
mail as junk e-mail and secondly the Statistics show that direct mail has not
process of blocking mail itself is not died and in fact the volume has grown by
automated like e-mail. The other reason leaps and bounds in the past few decades.
why people hate e-mail marketing is due A typical example is the fact that we
to the constant bombarding of e-mails receive more magazines, journals, mails
from spammers and illegal marketers from from universities, DVDs etc. than we used
Nigerian money scams to porn to online to receive few years ago. This leaves the
prescription drugs to stock quotes to marketers with a dilemma about which
what not. In addition to that, you also method to use. The answer is simple, use
get promotional offers from big email to contact only those people who
companies. People have developed a you know and use direct mail for the
negative perception about e-mail people who don't know you.
marketing and they simply delete or spam






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