How to Join a Postal Mailing List
Businesses buy and use postal mailing lists to send catalogs and direct mail to potential customers, usually targeting those who have bought similar products in the past. Long-standing businesses often accumulate a significant number of names and are willing to sell their list to other companies. If you want to make sure your name gets on these lists, here's how to do it.
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How To Join A Postal Mailing List
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Locate catalogs of companies that sell products or services in which you are interested. Check the Sunday paper or save direct mailings that arrive in your mailbox. Look inside the catalog or direct mail and locate the name and address of the distributing company. If a phone number is listed, call and tell them you want to be added to their list. If only an address is listed, write a short letter that contains the key sentence: "Add me to your mailing list."
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Go online and find companies that sell your preferred products and services. Locate their contact information. If they have a catalog, call and tell them to add you to their mailing list. Contact them by e-mail if you cannot reach them by phone.
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In your local yellow pages, locate businesses that sell your preferred products and services. Call and ask to be added to their mailing list.
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Write to the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) and ask to be added to mailing lists for specific products and services. The DMA's address is:
Mail Preference Service
Direct Marketing Association
PO Box 643
Carmel, NY 10512 -
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Contact large mailing list houses such as Donnelley Marketing, Equifax or Esperian Marketing Solutions and ask to be placed on their lists.
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Tips & Warnings
Send a typed version of your letter when contacting the Direct Marketing Association or large mailing list companies. They deal with a lot of data each day, and a typed letter will ensure your information is accurately entered into their system.
Purchase products occasionally and this will ensure that you remain on mailing lists.
Do not join too many mailing lists because this will result in a lot of postal mail. Contact some of the main sources only.
