{"id":1588,"date":"2007-06-27T07:50:58","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T14:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2007-06-27T07:50:58","modified_gmt":"2007-06-27T14:50:58","slug":"ask-the-audience-can-i-get-rid-of-that-snail-mail-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1588\/ask-the-audience-can-i-get-rid-of-that-snail-mail-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the Audience: Can I get rid of that snail-mail newsletter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hilary Shantz<\/a>, a real estate agent from Oakville, ON asks:<\/p>\n

Hi Brian, <\/em><\/p>\n

You are on the cutting edge of marketing\/blogging. Do you think that it is sufficient to have a business blog and forgo having a newsletter, just send people a reminder every time you post a blog which they can go to if they want or if it interests them? I am trying to decide. I have neither and have been in business 2 years. <\/em><\/p>\n

Signed,<\/em><\/p>\n

Hilary from Oakville, Ontario, Canada.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for the kind words, Hilary. I notice from your website that you have a MBA and a background in banking. I’ll speak somewhat academically here and then give you some practical suggestions.<\/p>\n

Blogging is a marketing communication. Think of it like writing an article for your hometown paper, Oakville Today<\/a>. The first time you had an article published, you’d probably call all of your friends, past clients, and family and tell them to run out to the newsstands; that would be fine. If you wrote a weekly column, however, that serial self promotion would become tired quickly.<\/p>\n

I said that blogging is a marketing communication but it is a subtle one. It’s call pull marketing as opposed to push marketing<\/a>. Pull marketing entices the consumer to call you. Think of the movie Glen Garry Glen Ross<\/a> when you think of push marketing. Be careful to understand that the permission-based e-mail system I use is, indeed, permission-based. Abuse that permission and the consumer takes it away. I think an e-mail every three weeks is often enough to keep you in the consumer’s eye without abusing that permission.<\/p>\n

Again, blogging is a marketing communication. Remember the principles of promotion class you had to pass in business school? Blogging falls somewhere between public relations and advertising in the promotional mix<\/a>. You’ll notice that there are two more very important factors in the promotional mix: personal selling and sales promotion. You want to be certain that you weave those components into your blogging message without sounding like an overt advertisement.<\/p>\n

Finally, effective promotion is a multi-media approach. The more “senses” you can use, the more effective your marketing Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hilary Shantz, a real estate agent from Oakville, ON asks: Hi Brian, You are on the cutting edge of marketing\/blogging. 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