{"id":405,"date":"2013-12-20T13:48:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T13:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruizhidong.com\/?p=405"},"modified":"2013-12-20T14:08:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T14:08:14","slug":"direct-mail-and-infusionsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruizhidong.com\/direct-mail-and-infusionsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Infusionsoft&#8217;s most powerful weapon: Direct Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most Infusionsoft users don&#8217;t know the ways that they can use direct mail <em>automatically\u00a0<\/em>in their campaigns. You can automatically incorporate the following (and more) into your sequences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Books<\/li>\n<li>DVDs\/CDs<\/li>\n<li>Letters<\/li>\n<li>Postcards<\/li>\n<li>Gifts<\/li>\n<li>Order fulfilment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say that you&#8217;re a best selling author and you train people on how to make money in real estate and that your customer value is pretty high &#8212; say around $7,500 per person. That means you probably don&#8217;t need to qualify people before you send direct mail. What you want to do is send your best selling physical real estate book immediately after opt in. Well, that can be done pretty easily:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-406\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"406\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ruizhidong.com\/direct-mail-and-infusionsoft\/infusionsoft-directmail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ruizhidong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Infusionsoft-Directmail.png\" data-orig-size=\"488,217\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Infusionsoft Direct Mail Integration\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Infusionsoft Direct Mail Integration&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ruizhidong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Infusionsoft-Directmail-300x133.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ruizhidong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Infusionsoft-Directmail.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-406\" alt=\"Infusionsoft Direct Mail Integration\" src=\"https:\/\/ruizhidong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Infusionsoft-Directmail-300x133.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruizhidong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Infusionsoft-Directmail-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/ruizhidong.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Infusionsoft-Directmail.png 488w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Infusionsoft Direct Mail Integration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The left is an opt in form which allows people to enter their name, email, and address.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 572px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Direct Mail Opt In Form\" alt=\"Direct Mail Opt In Form\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s55\/sh\/b28801f2-27d5-4449-bd0f-64ede36b3d18\/008ef5f69c534fe50d28a42943694df0\/deep\/0\/Playground.png\" width=\"572\" height=\"286\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Direct Mail Opt In Form<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can add other fields such as phone numbers if you like.<\/p>\n<p>What some authors, coaches and speakers do is get the name and email address first, and then ask for the address details in the next step. They figure the resistance to getting the postal address is higher (even <em>if<\/em> the book is free) so get the email address first so that we can remind them to enter their postal address later. We can do that also in Infusionsoft:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Opt in First and then Address Later\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s55\/sh\/256a69c2-6bf2-469e-93f8-70fccb1fcdd8\/16816a39dba9efae84f47d519d576a54\/deep\/0\/Playground.png\" width=\"654\" height=\"265\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What this does is it captures just the name and email address and then it redirects them to the next form (or nice looking web page that hosts your physical address form) to capture the prospect&#8217;s address. If they fill out the &#8220;Entered Address&#8221; form, they automatically skip the &#8220;Email but No Address&#8221; sequence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If they for some reason do not submit their postal address, the &#8220;Email but No Address&#8221; sequence can wait an hour or a day (for example) before you send out a reminder email:<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Send Reminder Email\" alt=\"Send Reminder Email\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s55\/sh\/6f2074aa-88d4-4d80-9eaf-1c2c20ee9047\/d2606b8f3e22b11c34d6d30631c7e350\/deep\/0\/Playground.png\" width=\"613\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Send Reminder Email<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now we want to actually deliver the physical book which will happen in this sequence:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 707px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Delivery Physical Book\" alt=\"Delivery Physical Book\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s55\/sh\/18a96374-f7ba-473d-8858-268c97e45ebf\/98d0d405f2fbc10e39872b1c697f32c9\/deep\/0\/Playground.png\" width=\"707\" height=\"362\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delivery Physical Book<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From the Infusionsoft end, it&#8217;s pretty straight forward. We just send out an HTTP Post (a message) to the service that&#8217;s going to fulfil the order:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 734px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fulfil the Order\" alt=\"Fulfil the Order\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s55\/sh\/45decc22-e6cf-401a-82e4-fddbf1ec2108\/f1db40db5d11d4eb9d28c3d7243b322a\/deep\/0\/Playground.png\" width=\"734\" height=\"285\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fulfil the Order with HTTP Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Typically, there&#8217;s not going to be an out of the box integration that will allow Infusionsoft to communicate directly with the fulfilment house so what you&#8217;ll need to do is use an intermediary service. What I usually do is custom create that service so that:<\/p>\n<p>Infusionsoft -&gt; tells intermediary service about the order -&gt; Intermediary service sends that order to -&gt; fulfilment house -&gt; fulfilment house delivers to your customer<\/p>\n<p>This will send order details (what book, the address etc.) to the fulfilment house.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, that intermediary service has already been created. For example, if you use <em>SendOutCards<\/em> to send postcards, then FixYourFunnel can act as the service between Infusionsoft and SendOutCards.<\/p>\n<p>If you send orders manually to a direct mail house, then you can just have an email sent out to them automatically each time a request is made or do it in batches:<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Send Out Order\" alt=\"Send Out Order\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s55\/sh\/f70c8822-e4d2-4acf-a55d-e3b5e5fb42cd\/12dcbe40b8526f9f5b3da15d2eec5f6e\/deep\/0\/Playground.png\" width=\"696\" height=\"338\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fulfilment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fulfllment List\" alt=\"Fulfllment List\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s55\/sh\/6b5cd488-48bc-4ee8-a226-618c75e593d1\/0e85e6a38292a0755787c8a76e9d42b4\/deep\/0\/Playground.png\" width=\"461\" height=\"325\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fulfilment List<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And you can customize what details the fulfilment house can see:<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 685px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Customize CSV\" alt=\"Customize CSV\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s55\/sh\/3c2143b9-fdde-473b-9497-af3f3a1a6681\/bab672fbaac36fd1bff109b7a28b5026\/deep\/0\/Playground.png\" width=\"685\" height=\"513\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customize Your CSV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There you have it. Now you know how to incorporate direct mail into your Infusionsoft sequences.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say that you would like to <em>qualify<\/em> your prospects first before you send them something by direct mail.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a title=\"Infusionsoft Video Tagging\" href=\"https:\/\/ruizhidong.com\/infusionsoft-training-video-sequencing-video-tagging\/\">watch this<\/a> to see how you might qualify people based on the videos that they&#8217;ve watched. Using video tagging, you can offer only prospects that have watched 1,2,3 or all of your videos your free DVD, book, and so on. If they&#8217;ve watched all of your videos, that&#8217;s usually a pretty good sign that they&#8217;re interested in what you have to offer. You can also potentially send them to a blog post and set a timer on your page so that if they stayed on your page for 10 minutes, that gets tagged in Infusionsoft.<\/p>\n<p>You can also send them a questionnaire and depending on their responses, determine what you&#8217;d like to send them. You can ask, &#8220;Are you a first home buyer?&#8221; with the following options:<\/p>\n<p>-Yes<\/p>\n<p>-No, I own my own home<\/p>\n<p>-No, I own several properties<\/p>\n<p>If they choose, &#8220;Yes&#8221;, you can send them your First Home Buyers Guide.<\/p>\n<p>If they choose, &#8220;No, I own my own home&#8221;, send a guide on how they can Renovate their Property.<\/p>\n<p>If they choose, &#8220;No, I own several properties&#8221;, send them a guide about how they can Manage their Properties.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Real Estate Survey\" alt=\"Real Estate Survey\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s55\/sh\/82b98b83-ba37-47d2-832d-9392982eb497\/32cb289069e9e706b90360e1bd8878bf\/deep\/0\/Playground.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"385\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Real Estate Survey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can also use direct mail to after purchase as well. If they purchase a book from you on Day 1, you can have a supplementary CD automatically go out on Day 14 as a bonus. And then on Day 20, you can offer a highly customized up sell which is sent out automatically using Infusionsoft.<\/p>\n<p>It can be something like, &#8220;I hope you enjoyed your real estate book and CD. If you would like to take your real estate knowledge to the next level, I&#8217;ve a seminar running and I think you&#8217;d really like it. Since you&#8217;ve already got my book and CD, you can secure 50% off by going to yourwebsite.com\/[customer&#8217;s name]<\/p>\n<p>They can go to a personalised URL (PURL) and enter a promotional code to get their discount.<\/p>\n<p>Another option is if you run any kind of course, you can send online tests which if they complete successfully tells Infusionsoft to send out their course certificate (something which I&#8217;ve noticed customers really love).<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully you can see the many different ways that you can start using Direct Mail with Infusionsoft. So what are you waiting for? See how you can use direct mail in your business!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">To get more Infusionsoft Tips and Tricks, register here:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<form class=\"infusion-form\" accept-charset=\"UTF-8\" action=\"https:\/\/ci130.infusionsoft.com\/app\/form\/process\/28290170040adf79aa8bb4c6c5fea89f\" method=\"POST\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"infusionsoft_version\" value=\"1.29.8.45\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"infusion-field\"><label for=\"inf_field_FirstName\">First Name *<\/label><br \/>\n<input class=\"infusion-field-input-container\" id=\"inf_field_FirstName\" type=\"text\" name=\"inf_field_FirstName\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"infusion-field\"><label for=\"inf_field_Email\">Email *<\/label><br \/>\n<input class=\"infusion-field-input-container\" id=\"inf_field_Email\" type=\"text\" name=\"inf_field_Email\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"infusion-submit\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Get More Infusion Tips!\" \/><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Infusionsoft users don&#8217;t know the ways that they can use direct mail automatically\u00a0in their campaigns. 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