According to the National Restaurant Association’s “The 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry” report, 75% of restaurant operators believe they’re already in “the new normal.” Customers are dining more often, which means “the focus is on sustaining growth.” Key takeaways are the growth trend will continue, the industry overall is growing, costs are up across the board, competition is becoming …
Marketing Automation for Rapid Response in Home Services industries
SSI Cards AcclaimRapidResponse™ uses Automated Direct Responses Marketing to identify potential customers with homes and businesses affected by weather events. Simply put, when a storm hits, we get the addresses. With your home service offer on standby and addresses now primed and ready, it’s a quick turn to fire out the high ROI Acclaim Mailer. It’s the perfect piece, enduring …
Grow Your Car Wash Business with the AcclaimMailer™
SSI Cards recently partnered with a car wash chain in the Midwest who wanted to increase new customers and memberships sales. They accomplished both with the AcclaimMailer™! Targeted residents were mailed the car wash direct mail postcard with an offer of $5 off any car wash, and no expiration date. The physical quality of the Acclaim prompts recipients to keep …
TOUGH TIMES, SSI CARDS CAN HELP
“Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.” -Steuart Henderson Britt Google search “The economy is doing well” to see recent articles from the Atlantic, NY Times, and CNBC about just how well the economy is doing. Based on conversations with the consumer-driven business owners …
Online and Offline
We mentioned an interesting stat last year about the marketing spend of tech giant Meta (Facebook). According to independent research consultancy Comvergence, of the $650 million USD spent on media in 2020, only $245 million was digital. $405 million, or 62%, a super majority, was spent on off line media. Now, we see this: “Amazon.com Inc. plans to open several …
Customers Do the Walking, Key Tags Do the Talking
With a loyalty app or membership card, you might ask, what’s the point of a key tag? The answer is simple…They’re extremely cost-effective advertising. Take this scenario: Brand A’s app is on one friend’s phone and brand B’s key tag is on the other other’s key ring, 100 out of 100 times, you will notice the key tag before ever …
NVIO™ is ISO 17025 Certified ASTM D5511-18
Pioneer plastic card manufacturer, SSI Cards Marketing & Direct Mail has announced the launch of their all-new NVIO™ Cards. The innovative range has been developed from fully eco-friendly plastic materials and covers the complete spectrum of gift cards, postcard mailers, membership cards, and loyalty cards. With this new line of products, the Edmond, Oklahoma based company has successfully met ASTM …
Get More Customers Buying More And Coming Back
Rewards programs, plastic postcard mailers, and gift cards… what do they have in common? They build revenue. Whether it is hospitality direct mail, automotive postcard marketing, or restaurant gift cards, the goals of getting more customers buying more are consistent. The question shouldn’t only be, “How can I get more customers?” The questions should be, “How do I increase my …
Are Delivery Fees Cutting into Your Profits?
Third-party food delivery service apps offer restaurants an easy way to build sales and grow brand value, but the hefty fees and commissions charged (an average of 30-40% of every order ) can quickly eat away at your profits. Something can be said for the value of helping new customers find your restaurant for the first time, the marketing value …
Get More Customers Now!
If you use one vendor for gift cards, another for direct mail, and yet another for loyalty cards, then you could be wasting a lot of valuable time and resources. Juggling vendors, managing multiple orders, and a less than efficient inventory all add up. What if you could save time, money, and resources by combining these products into multi-product assortments …