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GOOD REASONS TO ADD DIRECT MAIL TO MARKETING MIX

DIRECT MAIL HAS GROWN STRONGER AS MULTICHANNEL MIX  Each quarter, the Australia Post Consumer Survey canvasses more than 2,000 Australians, regarding their attitudes towards communications, advertising and the channels marketers use. In December 2014, the survey looked at how much direct mail people received and how their attitudes towards mail and email communications differ, depending on the industry sending the communication and the message type. While email is preferred for certain types of messages (such as company requests for information), physical mail is generally still the preferred channel for a range of message types across many industries . Rather than a move from mail to email, the preference for multichannel marketing has grown stronger: the percentage of people who would prefer to receive communications in both physical mail and email format continued to grow this quarter. Australians received an average of 7.5 pieces of personally addressed mail and 10.8 p

FIVE GOOGLE ADWORDS MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES

Since 2002, MindWorks has been sought-out by small-to-medium marketing teams who have found our Direc t Mark eting services immediately generate fresh leads and loyal customers. If your business drives fresh new leads from AdWords, MindWorks has identified some opportunities you could implement to improve your current AdWords marketing activity. We have outlined FIVE opportunities below: Opportunity 1 - Lift 'Quality Score' ranking Quality Score ranking is used to determine your cost per click (CPC) and multiplied by your maximum bid to determine your ad rank in the ad auction process.  Your Quality Score depends on multiple factors, including: Your click-through rate (CTR), the relevance of each keyword to its ad group, in particular on Landing Pages. Opportunity 2 -  Testing vs Multiple Ads Keywords should ideally be reflected in 'Ad Copy'. Using multiple Ads with non-keyword copy can confuse Google and lead to potential wasted Ads.  Ad testi