Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Know More About Direct Marketing

By JC Morbux

The practice of delivering promotional messages directly to potential customers on an individual basis through a mass medium is called Direct Marketing. It is a type of marketing with a sub discipline. There are two different types of characteristics.

This involves commercial communication like direct mail, e-mail, telemarketing with consumers, and it attempts to send messages directly to consumers without intervening the media.

It is focused on driving purchase that can be attributed to specific "call to action ". This marketing emphasis on track able, measurable positive but not negative responses from consumers and it is known as response in the industry regardless of medium.

A designed specific and quantifiable is Direct Marketing. This is in contrast in which the marketer contacts the potential customer directly. Like direct marketing, direct response seeks to elicit action. It is inherently accountable since results can be tracked and measured. Direct response campaigns perform best if the underlying strategies and tactics are highly competitive. Delivery of the response is direct between the viewer and the advertiser, that is, the customer responds to the marketer directly.

Today's direct marketing is one of the forms of Infomercial. Infomercial companies such as Script to Screen, Hawthorne Direct, Guthy Renker and International Shopping Network. These Infomercials are also known as direct response TV commercials. A commercial which has a time lengths from seconds 30 to 120 is a short form of direct response commercials. Direct response is achieved by Infomercials through Television presentations. Direct marketing's response is also through telephone, internet and credit cards.

The home shopping industry is an offshoot of the infomercial. A host will show the product directly to consumer and encourage them to purchase the item. A lower response rate than television such as magazines, newspapers, radio, and e-mail can be used to elicit the response.

A form of direct response in which customers respond by mailing a completed order form to the marketer is Mail order. It has been advertised by toll-free telephone numbers and the internet and It is slow and the response rate is also low.

Direct response ads like infomercials can be contrasted with normal television commercials because traditional commercials normally do not solicit a direct immediate response from the viewer, but instead try to brand their product in the market place.

Appeal and uniqueness of an offer is a first step for improving response. An appeal is relevant to the wants or needs of the audience, so the choice of media or list carries similar importance as the perceived value is the target of an offer. - 21151

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