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Dan Harlacher

πŸ‘€ Speaker
626 total appearances

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The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

What advice do you give somebody that's competing, just saying, I want to be the cheapest one out there and just keep offering better and better and better deals?

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

Well, you don't need to be the cheapest one out there.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

But I think, again, the messaging in the print message itself

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

is very critical.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

So less is more, to your point.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

Less is more, and that includes any type of a print image that we're going to insert or place in the mailbox.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

So again, what we do is we look at the customer segmentation and the attribution of what the consumer and the customer looks like based on sold customer records.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

And when we look at that, we not only think about the where geography wise, but we also say, let's tap our creative services expertise and say, what is a 65 year old or a 52 year old or a 67 year old?

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

How are they going to engage in a print message?

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

Versus maybe somebody that's in their mid 30s or 40s.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

It could be very different.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

So less is more headline message offer.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

I want one or two compelling offers that gets my attention.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

Don't have to be the cheapest.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

And we don't advocate that.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

But it needs to be a clean message with fonts the size that allow you to see without squinting.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

And I'm going to grab my attention for longer than one or two seconds.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

Headline message offer.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

I'm in need.

The Home Service Expert Podcast
Why Direct Mail Still Dominates Home Service Marketing (Dan Harlacher)

Now I'm engaging and I'm off to the next touch.