We significantly boosted enquiries about an innovative building product by designing a clever direct mail campaign that appealed to busy architects.

Background

The greatest difficulty in launching a direct mail marketing campaign is often figuring out how to get past the front door. Although our client had an innovative roofing solution that would provide architects with a wide range of benefits on the building site, Kingspan needed a way to build awareness about the product.

Challenge

After discussions with our client’s sales team, we knew that architects were often more likely to connect in person with their local sales representative if they had questions about a product, and how it would affect an upcoming project. Like many professionals, architects are extremely time poor, so we needed to provide a way to quickly educate them about the product and provide this information at just the right time for their upcoming building project.

Solution

The answer was a clever direct mail campaign that exchanged something familiar – a blueprint – for something unexpected.

Our solution was based on the fact that architects regularly receive construction plans and documents in the post for projects in progress. The oversized design we created arrived rolled up in a tube, much like other materials the target audience would receive in the post that day.

Once unrolled, it revealed a detailed illustration of an actual building where Kingspan’s roofing solution had been used, and featured detailed “building notes” that highlighted particular product benefits. More importantly, the piece was addressed directly to the architect and was personalised with details from an actual construction project that the recipient had in progress.

Including these details on the direct mail design allowed us to connect the information with a relevant opportunity in the mind of the architect. We also included the contact information for their regional product sales representative, so that they could immediately discuss the project in further detail.

Result

Providing just the right information to the right person at the right time resulted in a significant increase in product enquiries throughout the campaign period.