By |Published On: October 1, 2015|

The starting point for any targeted marketing plan is to define your target audience. Then you can optimize a direct Not sure who’s your’s are?

To do this you must first understand your product and how to optimize a direct mail campaign. What is it that you provide? How can you help your customers reach their goals? What type of people or businesses can benefit from your product or service?

Knowing exactly what you have, and how your prospective customers will profit from it, is half the battle.

Once you have this figured out you can begin to segment your demographics. What age groups are most likely to use what you are offering? Will their marital status, income or ethnic background make a difference?

Do you need to target your list by geographic location or maybe occupation and industry? Answering these and other relevant questions will enable you to pinpoint your target audience.

The key is to know what you are offering and who will benefit from it.

The more narrowly focused your marketing list, the more effective it will be. This saves you resources while upping the likelihood of maximizing profits.

Still need help learning how to optimize a direct mail campaign? Prospecting is hard, but Haines makes it easy.

Haines Property Connect can help you grow your business by utilizing extensive property data, allowing users to make informed decisions for client prospecting, identify future investment properties, target mailers to potential customers, and much more.

We have a dedicated Customer Success team with sincere and beneficial support to assist any and all questions you may have. Our directories are designed to be the ultimate prospecting tool to help businesses generate more leads.

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About the Author

Ashley Williams

Since 1932, Haines has been publishing the original Criss Cross directory. Now, instead of a giant book, we deliver the same great information in a digital format. We are a family-owned, certified women-owned business led by me as our first female, fourth-generation CEO. Our Criss+Cross Directory is nationally recognized for delivering essential residential and property data. We serve diverse clients — from government agencies to real estate professionals, mortgage companies, investors, contractors, and more

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