I was informed by another friend that owns his own company...

[ShineTimeDetail]

That right now the post office will deliver up 5000 post cards for 14 cents per item! That's really not a bad deal if you ask me.

Would you do this?

 

[sandmark]

If you are non profit, and you use automation rates ( Think CASS certified Barcode-200 minimum at a time ) you can send a LETTER for around 12-14 cents. I believe the lowest Post Card rate is First Class at about 26 cents.

 

[kimtyson]

I think the 14 cents is correct but it is worth verifying with the post office. So for $700 you can reach 5000 possible customers. Lets say you get a bite from one percent. That's 50 possible jobs for 700 bucks. Not a bad gamble at all. I'd cut it down and see what happens. Do 1000 for $140. One percent is 10 jobs. If it works send another 1000. Let us know how it turns out.

 

[Rav777]

Hmmm might have to look into this. So how exactly does this work?
Lets say I wanted to target the nicer part of town, are you able to send them to a particular area?

 

[sandmark]

Unless you have Non profit status ( are you non profit?- hope not) approved by the Post Office, you will not be looking at 14 cents.

You could send out presorted Standard Mail 200 piece minimum for about 26 cents. These would be letter sized mailings.
Or you could send out First Class mailing- presorted by zipcode - for about 26 c for Post cards. Need 500 minimum. You need the USPS approved software for any presorting ( not cheap) . If this is a one time deal of 5000....The presorting is not worth the investment.

You could contact a local Mail House and ask for their rate for the mailing. They can even supply the targeted demographics list based on your needs. ( I would look into this)


Good luck

 

[BryanBeall]

There's also the cost of the cards and printing. Don't forget to factor that in.

 

[ShineTimeDetail]

I was figuring around 300 extra for post cards

 

[ShineTimeDetail]

regardless if I got 1 percent of 5000 that's a pretty good deal...

 

[Mobile detail]

Hey shine, I know business has been slow for you from your previous posts, it has slowed a lot this month for me as well, but just my opinion, when is the last time you used the services from something you got in the mail? It's called junk mail for a reason. I'm sure you might get a few customers from it, but 1. They are looking for deals 2. Most upperclass/ our target demographic don't read or use junk mail solicitations. I would look into a bit more and see what the return rate is on it. I know from college, the average inquiry on junk mail was less than .98%.

I would look into optimizing your web page and search engine listings.