Electronic direct marketing (EDM) provides 5 key benefits: 1) It allows businesses to remind prospects of their offerings to influence future purchasing decisions, 2) It helps build trust and rapport with customers by developing understanding of the brand personality, 3) It keeps clients informed of important updates efficiently and affordably, 4) EDM campaigns are very cost-effective to set up and maintain once an email list is established, and 5) EDM allows for quick turnaround of marketing messages to support time-sensitive campaigns or work in synergy with other marketing efforts.