Why? Because customers who receive promotional products, on average, return
sooner and more frequently, and spend more money than customers who receive
coupons. In two separate studies, SMU researchers tested whether promotional
products would outperform coupons in the area of repeat business and sales.
Findings
Study One
- Customers who received promotional products reordered up to 18% sooner than
those who received coupons and up to 13% sooner than those who received no
promotion.
- Customers who received promotional products also averaged up to 18% more
orders than those receiving coupons and up to 13% more than those who received
nothing.
- In summary; customers who received promotional products reordered more
quickly and ordered more often than those who received no promotional products.
Study Two
- Over an eight-month period, new customers that received promotional
products spent 27% more than those who received coupons, and 139% more than
those who received only a welcome letter.
- Promotional products recipients were also 49% more likely than coupon
recipients and 75% more likely than letter recipients to patronize the dry
cleaner in each of the eight months studied.
- In summary, new customers who received promotional products spent more and
were more regular customers than those who did not receive promotional
products.
Study details: Study one was conducted in 1993 by
Southern Methodist University, and consisted of approximately 900 people that
were divided equally into nine groups. These nine groups were broken down by
type of customer (existing residential, new residential, and business customer)
and what they received (promotional product, coupon, or nothing). Products and
coupons were valued at $2. Study two, also by SMU, was conducted in 1994, and
tracked the activity of 300 new customers at two locations of a dry cleaner.
These customers were randomly assigned to one of three groups, all of whom
received a welcome letter. Two of these groups received, in addition to the
letter, a promotional product or a coupon (each valued at $5)
Real World Success
Story
Objective:.To personify a promotion and motivate additional
customer transactions.
Strategy and Expansion: Playing on the skeptical notion that
free checking is as incredible as pigs that fly, this company introduced free
checking at its 60 Arizona branches.
Designed as a
flying pig,
a piggy bank was created to give the broadcast and print advertising a
personality and to be used as a premium. Customers who signed up for free
checking were offered the
piggy
bank in return for opening a savings account, applying for credit or other
Norwest products.
Results: The 14,085 new checking accounts
and 26,000 additional products purchased exceeded over projections by 70% and
67% respectively.
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