| Demographic Element Append |
Benefits |
Challenges |
Cost |
| Age, Income, Marital status, home value, child present, ethnicity, etc. |
Great overall file coverage. |
Used more for building "foot traffic" than responder mailings. |
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Behavioral Element Append Lifestyles, hobbies, Interests, etc. |
Reveals customer preference and buying choice. |
Lower file coverage on average. |
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Life Event Element Append New mover, new homeowner, pre-natal, post-natal, brides to be, newlywed, etc. |
Appeals are typically top of mind, thus increasing the customer/brand resonation. |
Very low coverage, must use data quickly. |
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Firmagraphic Element Append SIC codes, sales volume, business type, employee size, contact title, etc. |
Segmenting your customer mailing list allows for message versioning and greater penetration. |
Error rate grows with the age of your database. |
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Phone Append/Reverse Phone Append Appending telephones to your mailing list, or appending a name and address to your telephone list. |
Pass your file against multiple databases thus increasing your opportunity to reach more prospects. |
Do-Not-Call registry causes append yield to remain low. |
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Email Address Append Append an Opt-In Email address to your postal mailing list. |
Integrate your message across multiple mediums. |
CAN-SPAM causes append yield to be low. |
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