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FROM MAIL TO SALE

It’s seen as old-fashioned “junk mail” by some, but direct-mail marketing is paying off for many entrepreneurs
SPECIAL DELIVERY Despite its reputation as an unwanted guest in many mailboxes, direct mail has a better response rate than digital marketing techniques.

BRYCE GOLDMAN AND James Brennan know a thing or two about what it takes to look good. The co-founders of Kopari Beauty, a San Diego–based skin care product maker, have been using direct mail for years because, even though it is more expensive than email, it has unbeatable stopping power.

“It’s about catching their eye,” Brennan says. Kopari’s mail pieces, he adds, “are looking to make conversions and sales, but it’s just as important to make impressions.”

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