Rack Card Marketing: Making Effective Rack Cards
Sep 09, 2020
There are a lot of advantages to using rack cards. This is especially true for those of us in the spa industry. Hotels provide a place for rack cards every day to allow guests access to information about local attractions while on vacation in a new town or city. Rack Cards are also an affordable way to get information about your products and services out quickly with a call to action to visit your website or book online today. These are great for clients to share to market your business for you!
The key to making effective rack cards lies in knowing how to make them beneficial for the readers. Remember: Unlike flyers, rack cards are designed to be picked up on their own. The best rack cards are those that combine powerful content and design. So how should you design your rack cards? Here are a few tips you can use.
USE COLORS THAT GRAB ATTENTION
The real challenge when it comes to rack cards is getting people to pick one up. Each situation is different but more often than not, rack cards are placed alongside others. That’s why you need to find a way to make yours pop out; you’ll need to use colors that grab attention but represent your unique brand identity.
INCLUDE A CALL TO ACTION
As mentioned earlier, you need to make your rack cards beneficial to your target audience. You could use your cards to announce a sale, a free gift upon purchase, a chance to win something, or a discount for a special item. To do that, you need to have a call to action. Simply put, a call to action is a line of text (or in some cases, a single word) that gives people an inviting reason to reach for your cards. A great call to action can really drive customers to your website and into your business.
PUT YOUR CALL TO ACTION ON TOP
Once you have your call to action sorted out, you should put that on the upper half of your design. Rack card shelves leave only the top part of your card exposed; the rest of your content won’t be seen until after someone picks it up. That’s why you should ask your graphic designer to put all the important text on top to add emphasis and attract attention.
POST YOUR BUSINESS INFO
It’s unfortunate how some businesses fail to include their business info in their rack cards. You must make the most of your cards. Try to include information like your business name, phone number, and website. Part of the reason why rack cards are so convenient is that they can help make it easier for customers to reach their destination. Include a map leading to your store if possible.
Of course, there are other ways you could spice up your rack cards. If you want your rack cards to have coupons or raffle entries, you can try adding perforation. Alternatively, you can ask customers to bring your rack cards with them when they go to your spa and offer them something in return. It’s important that they bring back the rack cards so you could monitor how effective they are.
But you don’t have to be in the spa industry to benefit from rack cards. Doctors are using rack cards in their offices as tools for disseminating relevant medical information to patients, perhaps making a rack card for each sector of your business: Facials, Waxing, Products, or special modality rack cards for items like your LED device. Rack cards make it easier for hotel guests to find their way around an unfamiliar city. Schools give away cards containing campus info to prospective students and their parents. Every industry can use rack cards to sell products or spread information.
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