DOES DIRECT MAIL MARKETING IN VIRGINIA REALLY WORK?

Xpress Promotion • September 30, 2014

Have you ever wondered if direct mail marketing in Virginia would be an effective marketing strategy for you business?

Below is an actual letter we received from one of our clients, James E. Rice, D.D.S. He shares his personal experience utilizing direct mail marketing in his business. Please take a few moments to read what James has to say. Oh… what’s with the picture of the cow, you say? It’s relevant… as you will see below.

Cow standing in the middle of the barn

Old Chinese Proverb: “He who wants milk should not sit in the middle of a pasture waiting for a cow to walk up to him.”

“Dear Colleague,

I own 5 successful practices throughout Virginia. Even now, in this economy, all my practices are doing well. Why?

There are 4 primary reasons. One of them is that we have a successful marketing campaign that continues to drive in 60-80 new patients per month, even now.

I want to recommend to you XPress Promotion. I have been using this company for the past 2 years, and they have produced great results, more inexpensively than any other marketing company I have used.

Now, more than ever, dentists can’t sit around and wait for patients to call. Professional marketing done well provides the number of new patients a practice needs to continue doing well or even survive.

Hans Hillestad, the owner of XPress Promotion, asked me if he could use me as a reference; hence this letter to all my colleagues. I am very happy to recommend Hans and his team, as his company has made me a lot of money and contributed many good, high-quality new patients to my practices.

Best of all, he will custom-design a program just for you and your office. This is not a “cookie cutter” campaign. Hans interviews each client extensively, collects data, and then works with the dentist to design the type of marketing the dentist likes.

Call Hans at (877) 604-7112. If you’re hesitant to do so, there is an old Chinese proverb I saw a few years ago: “He who wants milk should not sit in the middle of a pasture waiting for a cow to walk up to him.” If you want more milk, call Hans.

You can also call my business manager, Joe Kerner. He’s the guy running my marketing campaign, and he can answer any questions better than I could about XPress Promotion’s services.

Sincerely Yours,

James E. Rice, D.D.S.”

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