{"id":2891,"date":"2014-05-21T14:06:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T18:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=2891"},"modified":"2014-11-24T13:38:29","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T18:38:29","slug":"direct-mail-veterinary-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/direct-mail-veterinary-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Veterinary Marketing Basics, Part II: Direct Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft style=\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/molly_2.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Corner the Veterinary Market with Direct Mail<\/h3>\n<p>Direct mail is a <a href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/veterinary-marketing-branding.php\" title=\"Learn about our veterinary marketing services\">veterinary marketing strategy<\/a> for your veterinary hospital that provides you with an all-around win-win. A powerful marketing tool that generates new clients and additional revenue, <a href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/veterinary-direct-mail-marketing.php\" title=\"Let us help with your veterinary direct mail marketing needs\">veterinary direct mail marketing<\/a> is a relatively low-cost way to target specific groups and provide immediate, measurable results. How best to achieve success? Begin by understanding \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the four Rs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of your hospital\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s direct mail campaign.<\/p>\n<h3>Follow the RIGHT Way<\/h3>\n<p>The success of any <strong>veterinary marketing campaign<\/strong> begins with knowing your audience. <strong>Direct mail veterinary marketing<\/strong> is a complex discipline that requires balancing four important elements to achieve one direct mission. In essence, you need to focus on four \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 180px;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Deliver the <strong>R<\/strong>ight message<\/li>\n<li>at the <strong>R<\/strong>ight time<\/li>\n<li>to the <strong>R<\/strong>ight person<\/li>\n<li>in the <strong>R<\/strong>ight way<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Direct mail postcards have a number of attractive advantages for all types and sizes of veterinary hospitals. For a new veterinary hospital, they can be used to generate new clients. For a large or existing practice, they can be used to showcase a new technology or announce a new service. For a veterinary specialty hospital, they can even be used to announce the arrival of a board certified specialist.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2939\" alt=\"postcard_mobile\" src=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/postcard_mobile.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/postcard_mobile.jpg 350w, https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/postcard_mobile-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Impress with Flying Colors<\/h3>\n<p>An attractive, full-color, oversized postcard makes a great first impression on your prospective veterinary clients. Include warm and inviting photos, a short well-crafted message or even a discount coupon for a free pet exam.<br \/>\nIf your postcard is eye-catching, creative and informative, pet owners will keep it on the refrigerator or counter as a convenient reminder of your veterinary services.<\/p>\n<h3>Try, Test, Trust<\/h3>\n<p>Additional advantages of a <strong>direct mail campaign for your veterinary hospital<\/strong> include:<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 You can target recipients precisely<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Batch mailing allows protection against an overwhelming response<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Message modification is available for individual batches<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Able to test various messages to determine which campaign works best<\/p>\n<h3>Launch a One-Two Veterinary Marketing Punch<\/h3>\n<p>Brochures and direct mail postcards complement your online efforts and reach pet owners who you may not be connecting with online. Using print <i>and<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/web-services-veterinary-seo.php\" title=\"More about our veterinary SEO services to boost your veterinary hospital's website presence online!\">internet-based veterinary marketing<\/a> provides a better experience for your clients and a better result for you. Consider communicating with clients first by email and then following up a week or two later by direct mail.<\/p>\n<p>The creative <a href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/veterinary-marketing-specialists.php\" title=\"Meet the VetNetwork Team!\">veterinary marketing team at VetNetwork <\/a>understands your target audience and has the skills to develop the four \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in just the right way. With our professionally designed postcards, your veterinary hospital can motivate existing and prospective clients as only a marketing company dedicated to the veterinary profession can do.<\/p>\n<p><em><i>To find out more about how to reach pet owners through a cost-effective direct mail campaign and all that VetNetwork\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s highly skilled marketing and design team can do for your veterinary hospital, please call us at <strong>800-564-4215<\/strong> today. VetNetwork is a full-service web design and marketing company dedicated to the needs of veterinary hospitals. Reach, engage, and grow today \u00e2\u20ac\u201c with us.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright \u00c2\u00a9 VetNetwork, LLC<\/strong><b>\u00c2\u00a0<\/b><strong>VetNetwork<\/strong><br \/>\nMarketing Solutions for Veterinarians and Veterinary Hospitals<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/\">www.vetnetwork.com<\/a><br \/>\n603-743-4321<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Direct mail is a valuable veterinary marketing strategy that generates new clients, additional revenue, and yields measurable results for your veterinary practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,208,1,3],"tags":[540,541,234,239,187,20,539],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2891"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3223,"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions\/3223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetnetwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}