Testimonials

Take it from our customers – SSI plastic card products perform. Whatever your industry and marketing goal, the unique beauty of our products bring new customers, and keeps them coming back.

HIGH END PENNSYLVANIA RESTAURANT
Four (4) Locations mailed 200,000 pieces, 4 drops over 4 weeks, overall redemption percentage was 32.7%. Notables within the campaign, week 2 saw over 41% redemption. Next focus is a mailer to only the 32.7% to see how those customers, proven susceptible to the campaign, will redeem. Conclusion was approximately 45% of these customers redeemed the offer.

“I am blown away by the classy/upscale presentation of the acclaim mailer. It is far superior marketing piece than the typical paper mailer and anything else I have seen.
As a regional company, we are able to produce and distribute marketing pieces that match or exceed the quality and look of our national competitors, at amazingly affordable prices.
The look and feel of the acclaim mailer has made our marketing pieces stand out from the many average marketing pieces sent to our customers. Our weekly redemption rates are averaging double that of a similar offer in a paper mailer from a year ago.” Per Marketing Director

DENTAL OFFICE
We mailed 30,000 cards. Our cards had 2 different offers on them. One offer was $500 off Implants and Wisdom Extractions the other offer was $1500 off Invisalign Braces
On the first day the post cards hit homes we had 7 calls. Overall, 60 cards have been redeemed (4 times as many as their regular paper postcard mailings) the first 2 weeks of the campaign which we typically only get maybe 15 redeemed when we do a paper postcard. We will definitely buy from SSI again.

ITALIAN RESTAURANT
Mailed 3 mailings of 100,000 cards. Tested 8 stores. Received over 10% redemption on cards with offer of $10 off on $35 purchase.

We saw more than 30,000 cards redeemed. More than $1,000,000 directly attributed to the Acclaim Mailer. Currently planning for additional mailers.
—National Chain – Boston

MENS RETAIL CLOTHING- Chicago, Ill
Mailed 5,000 Acclaim Postcards. Card offer was $50 off $150 purchase. Redemption rate was 18%. Less than $4,000 investment generated more than $90,000 additional sales revenue.

Really happy with the results. I heard about the Acclaim and was hopeful it would work for us. It surpassed. Will be using your tracking system to identify the new customers on the next mailing.

Clothing Store – South Dakota
5,000 mailers to new mailing list. 8% redemption, with $40,000 in revenue. Cost of $4435.

Great return on investment, glad we tried the Acclaim and will do it again for Black Friday!

SSI helped us purchase our very first library cards and worked with our tight budget. They provided us with different options and suggestions to help guide our choices to best suit our needs. The cards are high quality and the colors are accurate. The staff at SSI were friendly and professional and went out of their way to help us buy our first set of library cards. Everyone loves our new cards!
Brittany
Public Library Director

From 2016 to 2019, our ROI averaged 61% and 62% in back to back years, with an average of 58% over 3 years, by combining SSI Cards’ Acclaim Mailer and Loyalty Card “Mammoth ROI Combo.”
– Regional Grocer

Regional Appliance Retail chain mailed over 800K Acclaim mailers and faced operational challenges because of its effectiveness. They were overwhelmed at the response. They have actually addressed operational adjustments in order to manage the response this card achieves. Tell us when that has ever been an issue with traditional mailings?!?! The Acclaim needs a warning label. Be careful what you offer in this bionic postcard as it will be seen and could create such an influx of business it changes how you manage your stores.
-Regional Appliance Retail Chain

Sports Bar and Restaurant chain with 55 locations has ordered the Acclaim Mailer for the last four years. They place an order of an average of 350,000 pieces every 2-3 months. Each mailer that they do averages 10%-15%. They have not received less than 10% on a mailing.

Women’s Retail Chain with 770 stores acquired a list of consumers outside their database of current customers, mailing 437,000 postcards in November and had a 12% response rate and has been doing monthly mailings of 90,000 + ever since. Average response is consistently near the 15% mark.
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A Mexican restaurant chain with 13 locations in Texas is seeing success with our Acclaim Mailer. The chain mailed 60,000 pieces in July. Over the next 30 days they reported 18% response (10,800 customers) with an average ticket sale of $20.00 after the discount was applied. The Acclaim was directly attributed to generating $216,000.00 in top line sales on an $18,600.00 investment in less than a month. Can you say ROI…..based on that success they placed a second order for 95,000 pieces.

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At a Rocky Mountain grill chain, for the 1st part of the mailer campaign we had redemption of 17.9% on the $25 min purchase mailers with a $50.56 per check average. The small sample of the $40 min (5000) had 9.3% redemption but a check average of $61.07.

“I am blown away by the classy/upscale presentation of the acclaim mailer. It is far superior marketing piece than the typical paper mailer and anything else I have seen.
As a regional company we are able to produce and distribute marketing pieces that match or exceed the quality and look of our national competitors at amazingly affordable prices.
The look and feel of the acclaim mailer made our marketing pieces stand out from the many average marketing pieces sent to our customers. Our weekly redemption rates are averaging double that of a similar offer in a paper mailer from a year ago.” Per Marketing Director.

National Sports Restaurant Chain (Chili’s, TGI Friday’s style) 125 locations Mailed 300,000 in October, 2008 with redemption of over 10%. January 2009 mailing (Stimulus campaign)- Total quantity was 600,000. 9.6% were redeemed (57,600) June mailing—Total quantity was 240,000. 10.6% were redeemed (25,400) Over 1 million pieces mailed to date.

NATIONAL RESTAURANT CHAIN
100 locations, first mailing of 155,000 during hurricane, had 11% redemption plus 17.000 signed up for loyalty program.

OPTICAL STORE CHAIN
150 locations. Seven mailings with average’s between 10-16%
redemption.

NEVADA CASINO
170,000 mailing for incoming convention. Special offer included free appetizer and free chips valued at $5.00. 17% redemption.

OKLAHOMA CASINO
100,000 mailing with 13% redemption for initial mailing. Fourth order in-house for 125,000.

RESTAURANT
60 locations, high end restaurant offered $25. incentive with over 10% redemption.
My Company and I used the Acclaim Mailer and we saw an amazing Return on Investment. In an economy like the one we are living in, we were looking for a direct mail piece that gave the impression of casual upscale dining, without looking like a cheap coupon. The value was picked up in the offer and the reputation of our restaurant was carried through the look of the mailer.

The piece was beautifully done and sent out in an appropriate and timely manner. I had great customer service while ordering the mailer and both parties stayed on course to hit our deadline. I will not hesitate to return to them again.
Per Marketing Coordinator

(The total number redeemed was 8,057 for additional revenue of almost $150,000)
Restaurant, 1 location in Northeastern US. 5000 pieces mailed.

“When the campaign was finished, the final redemption percentage was an outstanding 17%. Keep in mind this was the first mailing! We now have three other clients ready for SSI.”

For less than $1, they brought in $15 per customer redeeming the card, also $40,000 estimated profit so far directly attributed to the Acclaim Mailer.

Stats provided by their marketing company, Web Alliance.

SHOPPING CENTER Co-branded five restaurants for 27% redemption rate in March. Another order is currently in process.

NATIONAL RETAIL CLOTHING
700 locations used outside list for 380,000 mailings with redemption of over 12%. Have averaged 90,000 ACCLAIMS per month with large roll out for “back to school” and holidays, i.e. Black Friday and Christmas.

DENTIST
Has placed seven orders since November. Doesn’t share returns but has consistently used the piece to attract new movers to his practice and one mailing announced the grand opening of their new location to existing and potential clients.

DOG GROOMING
One of SSI’S initial test marketing for the ACCLAIM. Mailed non-incentive card to one zip code resulting in 40 new clients in first 30 days. Still receiving new clients from the one mailing.

CUSTOM LANDSCAPING
Mailed one zip code with no incentive. Picked up four new clients the first week in this highly competitive industry.

JEWELRY STORE
Single store test for ACCLAIM. Offer of $250 off high end jewelry.
30,000 piece mailing, no results but second order planned for the upcoming holiday season.

ONE OF THE BIG THREE AUTO MANUFACTURER’S-Incentive based ACCLAIM, 13 orders to date, over 1,500,000 pieces mailed to date. New campaign for will introduce the Jumbo Acclaim with multiple breakout gift cards for the auto maker. 300,000 pieces to mail.
First mailing released just prior to a holiday weekend, usually dead to service work, netted 3% in just the first weekend. Per customer “highest return they have ever received in an incentive-based mailer”

One retail clothing customer, with over 700 stores, bought an outside list of 380k and mailed it in November for with a card return rate above 12% with a 10.00 off any purchase 25.00 or more. And has been doing approximately 90k cards a month since and has just signed on for the full year.

A well-known dentist has done 7 orders of a 1k so far and loves it. He’s giving a 50.00 off card for coming and having pre-existing work completed.

A 750 store retail chain mailed out in November a postcard that was 4.5 x 5.5 inches with a break out CR 80 and a barcode for redemption tracking. The mailing was 384,000 cards by the second week in January they had over a 12% response the exciting thing about the mailing for them that was achieved with a list bought from the outside they had never been marketed to buy them before and they were able to take the returned cards scanned from the platform and market to them in the future over 42,000 new names trapped for the future.