Direct Mail, Marketing, Special Offers

Will You Appreciate Your Customers This Christmas?

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Many of us utilise the Christmas (and New Year) period as a time to push our product/service to our customers, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

However, it’s also the perfect time to thank our customers for their valued custom. Often it’s the unexpected gesture that keeps customers coming back. A small gift in the post.  Or a simple thank you. How will you show appreciation to your customers this Christmas?

Now we are not only a printing.com partner, but also now provide a comprehensive direct mail service, we can really help you appreciate your customers this Christmas.  Here are some ideas, all of which we can personalise (both your branding and ‘Dear Joe Bloggs’), print and post all for less than the price of a stamp*:

  • Christmas Cards - obvious, but so many businesses now just send an instantly deleted and forgotten email.
  • Advent Scratch Cards - stand out with this awesome product. Why not offer discounts, prizes and more with an advent scratch calendar
  • Calendars & Wall Planners - not only are these useful, they also keep your brand in front of your customer for the next 12 months
  • Desk Pads & Notebooks - again these are really useful, and keep your brand in front of your customer
  • Coasters - again, all about keeping your brand in front of your customer
  • Pens & Pencils - the higher the quality, the more chance your customer will use it and keep it, so opt for quality ones

There are of course many more options available, but these are all easily insertable into a standard envelope, which will dramatically keep your overall marketing spend to a minimum. As mentioned above, creating a unique set of items, which are then personalised and posted to your customer database all falls under our direct mail service. This means you don’t have to worry about personalising each Christmas card, nor writing out loads of addresses on envelopes, or buying thousands of stamps. We do it as a full package, and often designing, printing, personalising and posting Christmas cards all costs less than a stamp!* How?  Call us to find out!

But you still need more business this Christmas…
Don’t worry, we know that alongside appreciating your customers, you need to bring work in quick to capitalise on this time where your customers purchase more liberally. Here are some ideas, which you can implement into your marketing straight away:

Black Friday and Cyber Monday
 Black Friday falls on the 23rd of November and Cyber Monday on November the 26th. It’s sure last minute but we will do our best to fit you in, it will of course be on a first come (and pay) first serve basis.

Is your business even going to benefit from Christmas?
 Here is a list of the businesses we have identified that most benefit from this time of year:

  • Retail shops
  • Restaurants (‘Remove stress of cooking this Christmas’)
  • Farm shops (Turkey and the trimmings)
  • Fireplace/log burning stores (‘Keep warm this Christmas’)
  • Plumbers/heating engineers ('Boiler on the brink?’)
  • Hotels (Christmas breaks, staff work parties, etc)
  • Travel agencies (last minute Christmas and new year breaks)
  • Garages (winter service, winter tyres)
  • Taxi firms (Christmas and new year parties, airport runs)
  • Garden centres (Christmas trees, decorations)
  • Estate agents (according to Rightmove, boxing day is the No.1 day for users throughout the whole year)

Don’t forget January!
 We typically get largely booked up for January in November, this is because January is such a key month for many clients.   Also bear in mind that promotions due for January often need to be distributed in December, and then re-emphasised in January (drip effect marketing strategy).   Here are the top clients we know love January:

  • Gyms (get fit new years resolution)
  • Dance clubs or martial arts clubs (again to get fit)
  • Weight loss companies (but these must go out AFTER Christmas to have any notice taken of them!)
  • January sales in retail
  • Cleaners
  • Estate agents (new years resolutions often include a home move)

If you want your business to benefit from Christmas then please do email [email protected] or call 01484 598555 today so that we can help you consider your options to make Christmas a very profitable time for you.

*Based on a 4,000 direct mail campaign with an A5 Christmas card on 400gsm.  Other options may vary.