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TheVoiceOfBob
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1000 postcards! Wow, that's an impressive number! Is this mailing done from a list that you have cobbled together over time, or were there many new targets in that lot?
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, that's what I mean too.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I attended a marketing seminar yesterday and postcards were mentioned repeatedly as a highly effective marketing tool. I definitely intend on doing this very soon. A good design and consistency is key.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it should be mentioned: postcards ARE a great marketing tool, however sending postcards should be followed up with a targeted marketing campaign. A marketing campaign which is quantifiable and substantiated with results.

One impression (or ONE advertisement) will do little to get your name in front the right audience.

The object of marketing is to get your name or impression of your talent in the brains of new customers and clients. To make the proper impressions a VO Artist will need to create twelve to twenty-one impressions before a potential customer will know who you are; what you do, how to contact you, and REACT to his or her needs and desires.

How many contacts did you make today? How many impressions did you make today with potential clients and customers?

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi All:

This is a new concept for me as I have always sent cds. What specifics do you include and how "designed" are the postcards? Does anyone have an example they are willing to share as a prototype?

Thanks so much,
Nancy
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todd ellis
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are several examples in This Thread
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Todd:

Appreciate it!
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anthonyVO
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

wow! I just wanted to share information and reference on postage (and hopefully save someone a couple of pennies) - I didn't mean for it to become a discussion on postcards, their design, their role in marketing, etc. since that has been discussed before (Thanks for the link, Todd!)

Gotta love this place Wink

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So my postcard mailing from last week got me TWO auditions from an agent I met way back in November. Who knew?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's great, Tom. What was on the card that sparked their interest?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i obviously don't send out postcards enough. the main response i got last time, was "garsh, i thought you was dead." actually the cards have indeed prodded some long-time clients into remembering (and casting) me again.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rowell, you IS a card. Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

that's great, tom!!!





did everyone get my postcard from italy? Laugh
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Brett Mason
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

imaginator wrote:
...the main response i got last time, was "garsh, i thought you was dead."...


Oh, geez, Rowell...for some reason that caused me to mess up my monitor. Too funny.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Diane Maggipinto wrote:
did everyone get my postcard from italy? Laugh

Diane,

I did, but I thought I emailed you a thank you note. Maybe I only meant to and never actually did? Embarrassed
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