I have always admired the struggle that hospitals go through to raise money for themselves in addition to any initiatives or operations they are spearheading, but today I received some more mail asking me to buy $100 tickets for those charitable lotteries with big prizes. I’ve been receiving more and more of them after I purchased a couple of tickets recently. On occasion I’ll toss a hundred their way but must they constantly email and mail me reminders? If I wanted to buy a ticket, I would have done so already.
This is what I deem as unnecessary marketing to the point of annoying your past customers. What for? To sell another ticket and gain an extra hundred? If I want a reminder, I will ask for it. I already hear the radio ads, see the television commercials and see the Internet banner ads so I highly doubt I’ve forgotten about the big house or cottage or car that I can win.
See? I can remember. Now stop sending reminders. Don’t waste your money and my time.
