Why Personalization Matters in the World of Offline Marketing
What is it that sends people into a foaming frenzy over anything personalized? It seems as if any flat surface that you can put a name, a logo or a photo on drives consumers absolutely wild. The question is, why? And how can you make the personalization craze work for your offline marketing campaign?
Why People Love Personalization
The industrial revolution made great strides in many different directions. On one hand, we’re now able to mass produce thousands of products that are exactly the same. Over and over again, companies are churning out toys, books, clothes, trucks, furniture, mirrors and millions of other products without any variety. They’re perfect clones, from top to bottom, inside and out.
The problem is, we’re not clones. We’re taught almost from birth to express ourselves as individuals. To boldly go where no man has gone before, to leave our mark on everything around us. We’re taught to dare to be different, but how can we be different when everything around us is exactly the same?
We personalize.
Personalization Marketing
So now that you know why everyone’s crazy about personalization, how are you going to make it work for your offline marketing campaign? There are many, many ways to personalize. You can customize your marketing materials through the use of variable digital printing, changing all or part of your letters, postcards and flyers to suit a particular audience. You can also take advantage of the numerous promotional items on the market, putting your name or company logo on cups, pens, pencils, caps, sweaters, sweatshirts and hundreds of other items, making sure your company’s name is right there where everyone can see.
Why? Because it’s always cooler when it’s got someone’s name on it. It’s going to be used, and it’s going to be remembered, and it really is just that simple.
| Anthony Finazzo is the CEO of East Ridge Printing, a commercial print shop in Rochester, NY that specializes in personal branding, marketing and offset and digital printing and personalized marketing materials for businesses of all shapes and sizes. To learn more, or to request a quote, visit Tony on the web at http://www.eastridgeprint.com.
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