personal info on mailers?

[Victor Glushak]

hi my name is victor glushak and me and my wife are putting together a marketing campaign and one thing that we are a little bit concerned about is putting our person information on the mailers?

has anyone had any issues with this?

like we want to use a po box and a google voice account

or is it better to has my person info so people feel a more person approach from us?

[Corina Eufinger]

A good solution for a mailing address is getting a UPS box.  Its more official looking than a postal box most of the time.  Because it will be 211 Merry Lane, #289.... Where was a postal box will be obviously a postal box.  I DO NOT RECOMMEND HAVING YOUR FULL PERSONAL ADDRESS ON YOUR MAILING ITEMS. In today's day and age it is just not a good idea. 

I am not familiar with google voice, but maybe another option is an answering service? Prepaid cell phone and number that you can turn off or forward after hours?

[Brandon Johnson]

@Corina Eufinger

I second this. Avoid placing your personal address on your mailers, but it would be best to use a UPS box Vs. a P.O. box because it looks more authentic. Also, I've read that leaving no name and only a return address with get your piece opened more often.

Google voice is fantastic. You can get numbers that have local area code, forward all calls to a personal phone during business hours or have it go direct to your preset google voicemail. It can even transcribe calls for you and send them via email. 

[Corina Eufinger]

@Brandon Johnson, thank you for the explanation on Google Voice.  Can you set up the google voicemail like you would any other voicemail?

[Brandon Johnson]

@Corina Eufinger

Yep. You can set up your message just like any regular voicemail. If you're forwarding calls, however, the caller will hear the #2 phone's voicemail message.

[Nick C.]

Don't put your personal info on there. You'd be surprised how angry some people get when they get a piece of mail, you don't want them to take it out on you.

[Victor Glushak]

thanks everyone for the feedback ...i read your posts as soon as they were up however i did not have a chance to thank you all for your input

[Brentin Hess]

One thing I've learned is to not use Google voice's auto service that has them state their name before it directs to you. It will deter homeowners

[Parker L.]

@Brentin Hess very true, I have had issues with that exact same feature myself.