Pick your routes
Use the Postal Service’s EDDM map tool to choose routes near you by ZIP code.
Under $1 mailed · Every home on a route
Reach every home on a mail route without buying a list. The secret is mailing the same route more than once.
From Chapter 10 of the free book: Pick the Moment.
Why it works
It’s not targeted beyond the neighborhood, so it works best for businesses that serve everyone nearby.
Perfect for
How to do it
Use the Postal Service’s EDDM map tool to choose routes near you by ZIP code.
A big headline, one offer, a deadline and your phone number. It has to work in three seconds.
Three weeks apart. One postcard rarely does it. Repetition is the point.
A special code or phone number just for the postcard, so you know if it paid off.
FRONT: $10 OFF YOUR FIRST OIL CHANGE · Valley Auto · 2 blocks from you BACK: Good through June 30 · Code: MAIL10 · 555-555-0123 · Mon–Sat 7–6
I own a [TYPE OF BUSINESS] in [CITY]. Write the front and back of an EDDM postcard for the neighborhoods around my shop: a headline under 8 words, one offer with a deadline, a tracking code and my phone number. Then write two follow-up versions to mail three and six weeks later.
Don’t make this mistake
Don’t mail once and give up.
One postcard rarely changes anything. Plan three mailings before you send the first.
Repetition is the point.
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