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Combine the following ingredients
to create a direct mail campaign that
increases redemption rates and sales
revenues by:
1. Increasing new customers
2. Increasing customer’s
average transaction value
3. Increasing purchase
frequency
The recipe for fast casual restaurant success requires more than delicious food. It must include direct marketing that continuously attracts new and repeat customers, while also increasing the transactional value of each purchase.
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Target Best In-Market Buyers
Mirror the demographics and geography of your
existing customers when choosing a list.
You can even request neighborhood postal route
maps from your mailing partner to highlight the
streets you want and avoid locations that will
not visit your restaurants(s).
For Example: Use a 3-5 mile
radius around your restaurant(s) of
homes and apartments with children,
and/or income filters.
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Use Influential Design & Content
Feature mouthwatering images of the most popular and newest menu items to create a craving only your restaurant can satisfy. In addition, use “Trigger-Word Vocabulary” that is known to induce mental states of thirst and hunger.
View Trigger-Word List
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Maximize Redemption Rates
Give people a compelling reason to visit your restaurant immediately. Freebies, discount coupons, seasonal menu items and special events entice your customers to take action; while “Scarcity Statements”, like expiration dates encourage them to act quickly.
View Scarcity Statements
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Make It PersonalUse variable printing to personalize each mail piece with the recipient’s name, your restaurant’s closest location, neighborhood names, etc.
For Example: Your
mailing partner may print
variable neighborhood names
and cross streets that are
associated with the recipient’s
address, like: “Now Serving
Nichols Hills on The Corner of
63rd And Western!”
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Branding DetailsAlways include your logo, website, phone number, and location map to make it easy for customers to find you and learn more about your restaurant. Remember, you may print these variables as one “print-run” even when you’re mailing for multiple locations.
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Coupon Offers-More Is Better!
Increase average sales transaction value and order frequency by including more offers.
10,000 postcards x 2 offers = 20,000 redeemable
purchases for your customers
10,000 postcards x 8 offers = 80,000 redeemable
purchases for your customers
You pay the same price for 80,000 offers as 20,000 offers, yet significantly increase the number of times a customer will likely visit your restaurant.
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Tangible remindersRemind customers to make return visits to your restaurant by including items they will retain and reuse in your various direct mail formats. For example:
Loyalty
Cards
MenusMagnets
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Consistent CadenceSet a consistent mailing schedule to create brand recognition, reinforce messaging stated in complimentary marketing efforts, and boost your conversion rates. Offering a range of special offers that change monthly will keep your restaurant top of mind, and bring you repeat customers.
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Track & Measure Redemption Rates & Sales Revenues
Utilize coupons, PURL’s, website and social media forms, call tracking or other appropriate means to track response rates. Record every redeemed offer on the mail piece with a cash register key that is tied to those incentives making it easy to measure results and determine your ROI.
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About Allegiant Marketing Group (AMG)Partner with AMG to significantly increase sales revenues with proven Fast Casual marketing campaigns. AMG works as an extension of your business. You can depend on us to:
n Provide you with the best lists possible,
n Leverage our extensive knowledge of USPS regulations to get you the biggest impact for the lowest price,
n Print your piece to your specifications, and
n Mail your piece with quality control and on time.
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