KILLER DIRECT MAIL STRATEGIES
KILLER CUSTOMER REACTIVATION CAMPAIGN BEHIND THE SCENES OF A
After the FedEx packages are delivered, we will then start calling. We’ll have three different people making phone calls on this campaign. If that seems excessive, that’s because it is. The reason we’ll have three people making calls is that we have some team members who have existing relationships with these past customers, and we feel that those team members should be the ones to reach out and try to reconnect. If we had hundreds of people to call, I’d likely not worry too much about the team member connection, except for in cases where the account was very large. Normally, reactivation campaigns are able to recover between 2–12 percent of lost customers. For our campaign, we’ve set a goal of four reactivated customers. Personally, I’d be happy with two, and thrilled by five or more. I know those seem like small numbers, and they are, but we are starting with a small list. I’m a firm believer that the game of business is won 10 yards at a time, not by trying to throw a Hail Mary to the end zone on each drive. The goal of the phone calls is to either set an appointment, or hot transfer the call to a sales rep.
When we started building our lost customer campaign, our first step was to pull our list of lost customers from the last 24 months. That list was sent to me and two others for review. The point was for us to see if there were people we wanted to remove from the list. After the three of us reviewed the list and crossed out a few names, we had 43 clients left. I then wrote a story-based sales letter that was themed to the start of the year, and I made sure to include an amazing offer. Since we only had 43 names, we decided to send the letters via FedEx. Inside the FedEx package was a copy of my 6-page sales letter, a copy of my book co- authored with Dan Kennedy, "The No B.S. Guide to Maximum Customer Referrals and Retention," and a testimonial booklet we use in some of our marketing. To add a little extra “wow factor,” I personalized and autographed the books, and we added a bookmark, which, of course, is branded. In all, each package is going to cost somewhere near $18, including FedEx Ground Shipping. Not including time spent on this campaign, we will be in it for $774. We have two follow-up letters that will go out over the next few weeks, but both of those will be sent by first-class mail, and we estimate it will cost about $150 for those to be printed and delivered.
When was the last time you spent any time thinking about canceled or lost customers? If you’re like me, the answer is not very often. I’ve never been one to focus too long on the ones that got away. Instead, I prefer to go out and simply find more new business. But once or maybe twice a year, I find it can be very wise to spend a little time looking back at the customers who got away and devise a strategy to win them back, because many times, there is gold in those lists. Customer reactivation campaigns aren’t new, but so few businesses actually use them. That may be the reason I’m attracted to implementing one. I prefer to play in less-crowded spaces. When I see everyone going left, I want to head right and see what’s over there. If you’ve never run a lost customer campaign, they are pretty simple. We are currently in the process of marketing one here at The Newsletter Pro. There isn’t a huge difference between B2C and B2B when creating this campaign. Typically, the main difference between B2B and B2C is volume — B2C is going to have a much higher number of lost customers. The other difference is the amount of money you must spend to get a customer to come back. A B2B customer has a higher annual customer value, which means you can spend more money to win them back.
– Shaun
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