The United States Postal Service is encouraging marketers to integrate mobile campaigns with direct mail in an upcoming promotion that will offer businesses a two percent discount on qualified pieces. From March 1 through April 30, the USPS will let marketers place SMS calls-to-action, mobile bar codes, and digital watermarks on direct mail.
There are two ways that marketers can receive a discount—by including a mobile coupon or a click-to-call feature directly on the mail. For the mobile coupon, mail can be marked with an SMS short code, QR code, or digital watermark. For click-to-call offers, the piece must be scannable or enabled with a short code keyword.
Tom Foti, marketing mail manager at the USPS Washington, weighed in: “Our strategy is to bring awareness to marketers, retailers and all our customers about the enhanced value of direct mail in a marketplace, which is more and more reliant on mobile technology.” The USPS recognizes that mobile is a hot commodity for marketers and wants to extend that buzz to its direct mail pieces, in order to enable customers to engage in more convenient and productive ways.
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