Comments on: Dear Mr Sample http://www.hellobeautifulworld.com/blog/dear-mr-sample/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:22:36 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rochelle Dancel http://www.hellobeautifulworld.com/blog/dear-mr-sample/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Rochelle Dancel Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:56:13 +0000 http://www.hellobeautifulworld.com/?p=1077#comment-412 I guess it depends from whom you are trying to solicit money. There's one group that has a nice chunk of change, a lot of time to consider how they spend it, and - shock horror - little persuasion for the internet. I am, of course, talking about a healthy slice of the over 65s. They love getting post and have the time to kick back, open their letters and actually read them. My mother and her friends have no idea how to use the internet and have no desire to learn how. I don't know whether they're in the minority; what I do know is what affects her propensity to donate money or not is whether the letter she receives is accompanied by a tick box form and a pre-paid self-addressed envelope! I guess it depends from whom you are trying to solicit money.

There’s one group that has a nice chunk of change, a lot of time to consider how they spend it, and – shock horror – little persuasion for the internet. I am, of course, talking about a healthy slice of the over 65s. They love getting post and have the time to kick back, open their letters and actually read them.

My mother and her friends have no idea how to use the internet and have no desire to learn how. I don’t know whether they’re in the minority; what I do know is what affects her propensity to donate money or not is whether the letter she receives is accompanied by a tick box form and a pre-paid self-addressed envelope!

]]> By: Simon http://www.hellobeautifulworld.com/blog/dear-mr-sample/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Simon Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:25:46 +0000 http://www.hellobeautifulworld.com/?p=1077#comment-389 Ah,free pens. You could use them to write wonderful letters to people and resurrect a dying art! Ah,free pens. You could use them to write wonderful letters to people and resurrect a dying art!

]]> By: Paul Morriss http://www.hellobeautifulworld.com/blog/dear-mr-sample/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Paul Morriss Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:51:07 +0000 http://www.hellobeautifulworld.com/?p=1077#comment-388 I've wondered recently why people persist in direct mail, particularly the cheesy device of fake highlighting on important sentences. I guess I got my answer. It doesn't work for me though. However I do appreciate the free pens. I’ve wondered recently why people persist in direct mail, particularly the cheesy device of fake highlighting on important sentences. I guess I got my answer. It doesn’t work for me though. However I do appreciate the free pens.

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