Hi Joe,<br><br>We use post cards purchased from <a target="_top" href="http://vistaprints.com">vistaprints.com</a> and then I gather a source of mailing addresses by looking up the county property records.  This saved us a lot of money and I was able to target my customers and have more control over who received my post cards. I also like post cards better than letters because my message is in their face instead of having to throw away an envelope without seeing my message.  I also used a funny tag in the front saying, &quot; WAIT! Before you throw me away...&quot;  I like to do funny ideas to grab a person&#39;s interest...Even if they might not need my services at that moment they are still reading my message and then when they are having a conversation with a friend or family member they can talk about it and you never know...it might be something thier friend or family member needs right then.  My point is that I like my post cards to be entertaining, to the point and something that will stick.  <br>
<br>Also, I think ad ideas are available in the resource center. <br><br>One ad that makes me always talk about it is for a crab house here in NC.  The ad states, &quot;I got my crabs from dirty dicks......Crab house&quot;  I thought it was so funny, it stuck in my head.  That is what advertising should do.  <br>
<br>Also, if you want to save money by sending out your post cards yourself, you can create a database from the county files and use it over and over.  The initial building of the database is the only gruling part.  After that, it is just a few short clicks with mail merge in Word and you can do it each month without breaking a sweat.  It saves plenty of money that you can use on other forms of advertising.<br>
<br>:)<br>Georgia<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Stone &amp; Grout Meister, LLC <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a target="_top" href="mailto:mail@stoneandgroutmeister.com">mail@stoneandgroutmeister.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<p>I’m considering using postcards as a form of
advertising. The company I’m looking at is Postcard Mania. </p>

<p>Before I invest anymore resources I was wondering if anyone
has used postcards &amp; what was the response.</p>

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<p>Thanks,</p>

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<p>Joe</p>

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