What about sending stickers? They're a nice flat alternative to buttons. ->Ben
On Sep 3, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Daniel Jalkut wrote: > I love the idea and have pondered doing something similar even if only on a > partial/random basis. > > I thought of sending out a button to everybody who purchases, but then I > realized after doing some test sends to people on Twitter, that it's actually > a bit difficult logistically to send buttons, since they cause an uneven > envelope. This technically means you have to pay a bit more to mail them, and > it seems like they could worm their way out. > > Of course, for a surprise free thing, I guess it wouldn't be the worst thing > in the world if a few didn't make it. > > Daniel > > On Aug 19, 2010, at 1:31pm, Tyler Hall wrote: > >> Not sure if this has been discussed before on the list, but for the >> last month or so I've been hand writing thank-you cards to all of my >> customers as orders come in. It makes me feel good, but I'm mainly >> interested in seeing if it has any impact on sales, word of mouth, >> etc. Nearly half of my orders are from outside the states. I haven't >> coughed up the overseas postage yet, but I've been mailing the >> domestic cards within a day, which means they arrive the same week the >> customer ordered. >> >> It only takes about 15 - 20 minutes every morning to catch up on the >> previous days orders and get them in the mail. >> >> So far I've had a bunch of very positive email replies, a good number >> of tweets recommending my products and mentioning the card, and even >> one snail-mail reply! >> >> Sales are slightly up for what is traditionally a slow Summer sales >> month, but I doubt that means much. It's probably too early for any >> measurable impact to have happened. >> >> Anyone do anything similar? >> >> Tyler >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > MacSB email guidelines: http://tinyurl.com/2g55d6 > Use MacSB-Talk for off topic messages: > http://groups.google.com/group/macsb-talk > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -- Ben Lachman Acacia Tree Software http://acaciatreesoftware.com email: [email protected] twitter: @benlachman mobile: 740.590.0009 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
