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| Do you wish your mail carrier had this much mail for you? (Courtesy of USPS) |
Of course, the first rule of getting more mail is: To get mail, send mail. If you want to get more mail, be sure that you're sending out a lot of mail. Unfortunately, sending out lots of mail doesn't automatically ensure that you'll get lots of mail; it just increases the likelihood. To even further increase those chances, try to send mail to people more likely to write back. That may take some effort to figure out who will write back and who won't, but eventually you'll come up with a list of reliable penpals.
Another way to get more mail is to make sure that the letters you send out encourage the receiver to write back. Comment on their last letter; ask questions that they'll want to answer.
If you're wanting mail from anyone in the world, post your address online. Now, I highly recommend that you get a post office box. It will cost you a little bit of money. In my small Texas town, the post office boxes cost from $48 to more than $200 per year, depending on the size of the box. And, you can pay the fees once a year or every six months. But, paying that fee ensures that your home address isn't posted out there on the Internet for the whole world to see. In my opinion, it's better to spend a little money and be safe. If you can't get a post office box, see if you can use your work address, if you work in an office.
Look for sites that offer mail exchanges, including sendsomething.net and postcrossing.com. You might also find some penpals at one of the swap sites, such as swapbot.com.
Here are a couple of posts I've done in the past that have resources for ways to get more mail:
Finding People to Write to
How to Get More Mail in Your Mailbox
As I mentioned above, if you have ideas for ways to get more mail, please post a comment and let us know!
Happy letterwriting!
Sending more mail is definitely a good way to receive more mail but some people are just never going to write back. Letter-writing is just not them. There are loads of places online which I wish I knew about before I signed up with a penfriend organisation offline. Postcircle is great and postcrossing if postcards and more random mail is your thing.
ReplyDeleteI've started asking my friends for their addresses and I randomly send them home-made, hand-written notes. It has been a HUGE hit and I am confident the favor will be returned by at least of some of them. I'm not sure I want a stack of mail all the time but when I do receive a letter from a friend, it is golden!!
ReplyDeleteLeauge of extraordinary penpals is also a great place to find penpals. They have a facebook page and a website. The website is extraordinarypenpals.com
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