Web Marketing FAQs

Home Questions & Answers Email Marketing Strategies What is a Personal URL (PURL)?

What is a Personal URL (PURL)? PDF Print E-mail
If you are looking to get the public's attention and gain greater exposure for your business, you'll find that you'll have a much easier time getting your content noticed using a personal URL. A personal URL (or PURL) is a URL which you can send to a client with their name included in the URL itself. PURLs offer a number of advantages to you and your business.
by JimRogers


If you are looking to get the public's attention and gain greater exposure for your business, you'll find that you'll have a much easier time getting your content noticed using a personal URL. A personal URL (or PURL) is a URL which you can send to a client with their name included in the URL itself. PURLs offer a number of advantages to you and your business.

By using PURLs along with direct marketing software, you'll make a positive impression on the people you contact. A PURL gives a personal touch to your communications and gives the contact the feeling that your business recognizes them as an individual and cares enough to give them a personal touch. While there are a lot of different choices for personalized direct mail, a PURL really helps your business to stand apart from other companies and lets your prospects know that you care enough to address them personally.

You can use a PURL to tailor your content to individual clients if you choose to do so. This is a tool which lets you focus your marketing message and at the same time learn more about the needs of your current and prospective customers. Personalized URLs are one of the most powerful tools available to you when trying to reach customers and build a brand image for your company.

Personalized URLs will give you a significantly increases response rates. People are far more likely to click a link which has their name embedded in it. They will also be more likely to be receptive to your message. This gives you the opportunity to learn a little more about prospective customers and their needs.

When you are looking at PURLs, particularly as they mix with a personal direct mail campaign, you will find that it also makes it much easier to monitor your customers. What are they doing with their accounts, and what can you do to make sure that they stay interested? Your ability to provide personal content is a huge draw.

Use your PURLs to make sure that your experience are getting the treatment that they need. When customers need to deal with an impersonal landing page, they feel like one face in a hundred, but when they have their own, complete with VIP treatment and personalized content, you will find that you will get a great response. Use audio to make sure that your clients connect with you, and to speak with them directly.

Remember that when you sign won with a company that can give you the right kind of PURL service that you need that you should look for one that has a flat monthly rates over per PURL pricing. With the latter, you will need to pay for every single PURL you create, whereas with a flat monthly rate, you can create as many as you need to.

Look into your options and consider all of the revenue which using a PURL based campaign could bring your business. This is a marketing tool you don't want to ignore!

About the Author:

 

Resources

Who's Online

We have 3 guests online

Like it? Share it!

Add to: JBookmarks Add to: Facebook Add to: Mr. Wong Add to: Buzka Add to: Windows Live Add to: Digg Add to: Del.icoi.us Add to: Reddit Add to: Jumptags Add to: Upchuckr Add to: StumbleUpon Add to: Slashdot Add to: Netscape Add to: Furl Add to: Yahoo Add to: Blogmarks Add to: Diigo Add to: Technorati Add to: Newsvine Add to: Blinkbits Add to: Ma.Gnolia Add to: Spurl Add to: Google Add to: Blinklist Information

Login Form



Keyword Tags

Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional