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#1 (permalink)   07-07-2009 CherishR Contributing Member Company name: Have Your Own Assistant   Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Grand Prairie, TX Posts: 83 Post Card mailing Yeah me!! I just finished: printing, cutting, and labeling my post cards!!! My Dear Husband is getting my stamps on his way home tonight. They will be mailed TOMORROW!!!! I am So exctied. I am hoping to get some good leads. Yippie for me! Just wanted to share!

#2 (permalink)   07-07-2009 Office Goddess Senior Member Company name: The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,885 Re: Post Card mailing Congrats! It's an awesome feeling when you do your first mailing! __________________ Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

#3 (permalink)   08-29-2009 Tess Senior Member Company name: Codehead, LLP Latest blog post: SEO Q&A   Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 8,935 Blog Entries: 3 Re: Post Card mailing I've just sent out a postcard mailing recently and have gotten a really good response so far - my estimation is if I contract at least one client then the campaign has paid for itself, plus all those other eyes will at least have seen the company name and current marketing message. How did your postcards work out for you? I'd love to hear more about any results. __________________ Stuck in startup? Stop dreaming. Start DOING! Get the Become a Virtual Assistant eBook for just $29

#4 (permalink)   08-30-2009 King Business Management Contributing Member Company name: King Business Management   Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 137 Re: Post Card mailing Cherish, I'd love to hear how well it works out for you. I'm thinking of doing one once I'm more prepared. Keep us posted! __________________ Prins Cowin, CPS/CAP, Virtual Business Manager www.KingBusinessManagement.com

#5 (permalink)   08-31-2009 Kathya Junior Member Company name: Emerald Virtual Solutions My latest Twitter: Scanning the VA forum on www.virtualassistantforum...   Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Mill Creek, WA Posts: 328 Re: Post Card mailing Yeah! Congrats to you! I just downloaded a huge file from the Mill Creek Biz association and they've listed addresses of everyone who's a registered member. :-) I just have to draft my postcard and I'm going to do the same thing. Let us know what kind of a response you get! __________________ Kathya Kalinine http://www.emeraldvirtual.com

#6 (permalink)   08-31-2009 Assistance By Faye Banned Company name: Assistance By Faye   Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: PA Posts: 100 Re: Post Card mailing Congrats! It is always exciting moving another step closer to getting clients. Best of luck!

#7 (permalink)   08-31-2009 cbranch Contributing Member Company name: Attentive Assistance, LLC   Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 157 Re: Post Card mailing How wonderful you have moved into the stage of marketing. I will be so excited when I get to that point. How many post cards did you mail and where did you get your listing from? __________________ Cathryn Branch, MPA 'We will either find a way, or make one.' Hannibal

#8 (permalink)   09-08-2009 AdvantageAdministrativeSltns Junior Member Company name: Advantage Administrative Solutions   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Princeton, MN Posts: 302 Re: Post Card mailing Congrats! I have 550 postcards with handwritten addresses to the local businesses. I am just waiting until I can afford the expensive stamps. I may drop the list down to the most important 200 so that it would only cost $55. Make sure you follow up your mailing within a week to 10 days with a call or a letter to make contact with your name again. Then follow up within the same amount of time with another form of contact. Gurilla Marketing says that it takes an average of 5 contacts for a person to act. I hope you get a good response and I look forward to hearing how it goes. Good luck __________________ Erika Glem www.advadminsol.com Let my administrative solutions be to your advantage.

#9 (permalink)   09-10-2009 Essential New Member   Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 29 Re: Post Card mailing I did a post card mailing recently and was a little disappointed by the responses that I received. But what I am finding to be very valuable is reaching out to past employers / employees that I have worked for in the past. Even in this economy there are a lot of folks taking the plunge into entrepreneurship. I may do the post card marketing again; however, I will definitely be more specific as to who I am targeting. __________________ Pam

#10 (permalink)   09-10-2009 King Business Management Contributing Member Company name: King Business Management   Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 137 Re: Post Card mailing Hi, Did you purchase a list or create your own? I'm thinking of doing a small mailing with my own list and specifically targeting certain businesses in my area. __________________ Prins Cowin, CPS/CAP, Virtual Business Manager www.KingBusinessManagement.com

#11 (permalink)   09-10-2009 shadowcat Contributing Member Company name: Shadowcat VA Services My latest Twitter: THE SHADOWCAT VA DAILY is out! http://t.co/QjjNs7i...   Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Greater London, UK Posts: 104 Re: Post Card mailing I worked as a legal secretary in central London for over 30 years so when I get to marketing my company I will use Yellow Pages and send a postcard to every law firm I can find. I won't use email because I know they are ignored even if they dont get diverted into junk mail. I worked for one guy who asked me to go through all his emails and get rid of anything offering any kind of services. He only wanted to see the ones from clients and other lawyers. I feel he was missing out because there were companies offering services which could have made his and my life easier and cost very little. Sandra Shadowcat VA Services

#12 (permalink)   09-10-2009 kazvan Contributing Member Company name: Panache Solutions Ltd My latest Twitter: Panachesols: RT @DuracellUK: Has anyone noticed to...   Join Date: May 2009 Location: london - UK Posts: 55 Re: Post Card mailing Hi I am also thinking of doing a postcard mailing. Please let us know your out come. Thanks __________________ http://panachesolutionsltd.co.uk/home.htm

#13 (permalink)   09-16-2009 micarter Contributing Member Company name: MyPointAssist   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 144 Re: Post Card mailing In the past.. I have found that not only postcards targeted to a specific market but faxing a flyer to their offices as well. That is what I think I'll do while waiting for a list of subscribers to my website.

#14 (permalink)   09-16-2009 AdvantageAdministrativeSltns Junior Member Company name: Advantage Administrative Solutions   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Princeton, MN Posts: 302 Re: Post Card mailing I never thought about the fax. I have a flyer created and I already have a list that has a lot of fax numbers on it. The only reason why I haven't mailed out the postcards is because I can't afford the stamps right now. Thank you for the fax idea, you are awesome! __________________ Erika Glem www.advadminsol.com Let my administrative solutions be to your advantage.

#15 (permalink)   09-16-2009 micarter Contributing Member Company name: MyPointAssist   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 144 Re: Post Card mailing Same here. That's why I'm making a flyer first. I always had access to Publisher though and now I don't so I'm going to have to wing it until I can afford to get publisher. Faxing has been great for me in the past when I was a Loan Officer.