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April 09, 2005
Organized your pencils and pens lately? Sorted your clothes into a logical system in your drawers? Then you already understand the basic elements of good design: it's practical, it's systematic, and it makes life easier.In the same way, marketing materials that use good design make business easier ..
April 07, 2005
The internet offers you the opportunity to seek out jingle companies and listen to their jingle samples online. Your success depends upon a thorough evaluation of as many companies as possible. You don't need to be a musician to know what you like.There are things to look for in a top jingle ..
April 06, 2005
Advertising has truly become a part of all of our lives as consumers, as business owners, as parents, as concerned citizens. We simply cannot escape from its presence no matter how hard we try. Considering how pervasive advertising is in our daily lives, it's no surprise that people have such ..
April 06, 2005
Tired of pouring endless money into advertising? Do you wonder which ads are “REALLY” working for the business you manage? Would you like a bullet-proof system for capturing the results from your advertising and marketing? Below are three concepts that will enable you to track your advertising and ..
April 04, 2005
Most people who have been involved with sales & marketing for any length of time have heard the axiom, “Sell them what they want. Then sell them what they need”. But what does it mean? It sounds a little odd doesn’t it?Does it mean that people are frivolous & go around making irrational purchases ..
April 02, 2005
Do you know how to design and deploy a marketing campaign?Even if your ad budget is small you should still plan and measure the results of you advertising. This process is the key to your ultimate success.You see, there are two types of advertising. The first is broadcast marketing. This category ..
April 01, 2005
Lets examine the use of Giorgio Armani Company’s advertisements for a persuasive campaign. My reasoning is because the company is separated into several different divisions, while each tries to sell their product, the advertisements must maintain an overall company image. I have chosen Giorgio ..
March 31, 2005
Quite a few business out there can't survive without some type of advertising and/or brand recognition, so advertising your business is one of the most important aspects in running certain types of business. It's also one of the most frequently asked questions for “how to". This article is ..
March 31, 2005
Since most of us are always online and our business is online, we often forget the importance of advertising our business offline. Print advertising can be one of the best forms of advertising for your buck. Why? Well, with print advertising it's in the form of hard copy and is always in view of ..
March 29, 2005
Every time you hear someone say “May I have one of your business cards?" you should get excited. I know I do. That’s because I LOVE my cards. I spent thousands of dollars on printing, several hours on designing and went through 10 different layouts until I got them right.And it was all worth it.A ..
March 28, 2005
Most small businesses don't have a high powered advertising agency to produce selling radio commercials for them and end up with something akin to a high school play, or with the business owner reading tired copy.The radio salesperson knows that by suggesting the owner be the star, visions of Dave ..
March 28, 2005
Advertising in the paper works for many people in business. The astute merchant understands the newspaper’s weaknesses and works to avoid them whenever possible.Here are 13 facts you should know.1 Despite declining circulation figures and increasing ad rates, newspapers still reach large audiences, .
March 27, 2005
Cable has grown from 13 houses connected together in 1948 to coverage of nearly 70% of all households in the U.S. With dozens, even hundreds of channels, Cable is now a major player for local advertising dollars, some for less than 5 bucks.On the Mary Tyler Moore Show in the 1960’s, most of the ..
March 25, 2005
Admittedly, I have not seen your advertising flyer. Then again, I probably don't have to. I have reviewed hundreds, if not thousands, of advertising flyers for small businesses. After 30 years I have found that nearly every small business ad flyer contains the same mistakes and missed ..
March 23, 2005
Let's face it. Email marketing and publishing have became very popular tool for promoting your business, especially in the USA. Many people use email in everyday communication. Email is fast and cheap. What would you like more? Many people subscribe to ezines about Internet, Jokes, Tips, Recipes, ..
March 22, 2005
Here is my personal list of things to do at your networking group:(1) Bring your business cards. Sound simple? Well, I regularly meet people at networking groups who have forgotten their cards or their cards are at the printers. Keep an ample supply in your car, briefcase, and pockets; you never ..
March 19, 2005
Most of us have seen at least a dozen different toothpaste commercials that claim, “Three out of four dentists recommend...." You may have wondered, as I did, how each of these claims could be possibly be true. They are based on statistical evidence, so why are there such varied results? If ..
March 19, 2005
Rule One :- The HeadlineThe headline should summarize the whole offer. It should grab the eye, and make you want to read the subheading.The headline should intrigue and captivate the reader. It's sole aim is to make the reader continue on to read the body text. You should take great time and ..
March 19, 2005
Ensure everyone in your company sings from the same sheet of music when it comes to communicating a consistent brand message.Imagine one of your customers calling six different people in your company. The customer asks why they should consider purchasing your product. What do you think these six ..
March 19, 2005
Is fear of failure an issue when you commit valuable money in advertising?Well how about if I showed you a way to remove this fear and you know that you would be able to spend money advertising KNOWING you would get a return?Is that a valuable lesson?Course it is!So, how do you do it?The answer is ..
March 19, 2005
Walk around any trade or consumer show and you will be able to collect a bag full of advertising specialties, or giveaway items all designed to promote. But look a little more closely. How many really do an effective job? How clearly do they get a message across? Is the message sufficiently ..
March 19, 2005
So you spent good money on an ad, put it in a magazine or newspaper, and waited patiently for phone calls that didn't materialize. You're upset: you feel that you've wasted money and time, and now you're convinced that advertising doesn't work.Advertising does work. Every day. So before you kick ..
March 19, 2005
Is your advertising copy getting the results you want? If not, look at your current marketing to see if you're making one of the major copywriting mistakes:Selling features instead of benefits. Telling your customer that your “fabulous new ALF-400 comes complete with AeroScan and BandControl ..
March 19, 2005
It is difficult to miss a Hummer, but how many companies could afford to run one to promote their business? The answer is, of course, very few and it is doubtful whether GM's overgrown offspring would be the most suitable promotional vehicle for many of them. What then are the alternatives and how ..
March 19, 2005
Creating a logo to get you noticed.When you’re branding a company with a name, a colour scheme and a logo the logo is often not given enough care and attention. It should follow the chosen colour scheme and reflect the business that your company is in. Too often, particularly on the WWW logos are ..
March 19, 2005
1) Include a coupon in your large ads. This can increase response from 25 to 100 percent. Your coupon could offer the prospect your brochure or catalog.2) Use a benefit headline on your coupon that affirms the prospect is getting valuable, needed information. E.g. “Yes, I want to reduce my ..
March 19, 2005
This article will show you how to cut your printing costs to a penny and have your postcards addressed for free without doing it all yourself, reducing the time you invest in your mailing to almost nothing.So, you have a list of hot prospects in hand; you need a way to get your marketing message in .
March 18, 2005
It is very important to realize that persons buy from you. It is the mind at other end of the internet who will decide a sale from you. Thus it is very essential to know how your customer's psychology works.What is the process that goes in the mind who reads your promotion? An understanding of the ..
March 17, 2005
The unnecessary and extensive use of female models in advertisements is common not only in America & Europe, but also in Pakistan and rest of the world. Women are used to sell everything from cars to cigarettes. These advertisements use attractive women posing in ways. This type of advertisements ..
March 15, 2005
Every year thousands of online businesses fail. None of them begin with the idea they’ll fail, in fact they have high hopes of success, but they fail all the same. One of the main reasons for the high failure rate is an over reliance on one marketing channel…the Internet.Marketing isn’t about using .
March 15, 2005
If you've been searching around for business cards that will best represent the image you want to portray for your business, then you've no doubt encountered many options. The Big Two, as I like to think of them, are “Raised Letter" and “Full Color."What are the differences in raised ..
March 15, 2005
Back in the 1760s, the great Dr Samuel Johnson delivered himself of the dictum that ‘promise, large promise is the soul of advertising’. It’s a good thought, a great thought; and I contend that what was true then is equally true today. But it seems to me that modern advertisers are tying themselves .
March 15, 2005
A correspondent to AdBriefing, my monthly newsletter, has posed a very sticky question. How, she asks, can you tell whether a headline you have written is a good one…or not? What she means by this, I imagine, is whether the headline will actually help to make sales, rather than just act as a ..
March 15, 2005
The title of this article also happens to be one of the “20 Greatest Headlines Ever Written."Did you know, just changing the headline has been known to dramatically improve the effectiveness of an ad or sales letter by up to 1700 percent? Yes, headlines are that powerful--and that ..
March 15, 2005
Over the 32 years I’ve been involved in sales, marketing and management, I’ve discovered that there are two fatal marketing mistakes made by business owners. They are… Lack of focus Lack of implementationThere’s certainly no shortage of ideas and information – the world is full of it – but what ..
March 11, 2005
When, some little time ago now, I first descended upon the advertising scene, we were a good deal more concerned than most people seem to be today about the nature of the business we found ourselves in. We were always holding debates – in the saloon bar of the Coach & Horses in New Bond Street, to ..
March 11, 2005
Too many business owners and marketers know that Yellow Pages advertising has an incredible amount of potential… but they don’t quite know how to take advantage of it.Fortunately, it’s a mystery that’s solved pretty easily once an advertiser knows where to turn for advice. There are fundamental ..
March 11, 2005
Any idea? It’s a question that more than a few Yellow Page advertisers ponder. If you are currently spending money every month to run an ad in your local directory, you don’t want to wrestle with that question. You want to know that your investment is generating a consistent flow of new clients to ..
March 11, 2005
If you advertise in any way, the following information could show you how to find and utilize untold advertising dollars you may not be aware of.In the mid 80’s I was an account executive for a radio station located in Santa Rosa, California. During that time I became very familiar with what is ..
March 11, 2005
What many may consider the most important part of advertising is writing an effective ad. The information provided in a classified ad may be the deciding factor if it is successful or a, “bomb". In addition, there are three important angles to consider when writing business ..
March 07, 2005
Many people in business lay-out (design) their own ads. That old adage “If It Is To Be It Is Up To Me" prevails. Do it yourself and you may get what you want. Many newspaper salespeople are poor at conveying customer wants to the design department, and slow are retunring proofs. The result is .
March 07, 2005
Most small businesses do not have a high powered advertising agency to produce award-winning radio commercials for them. Most award-winning radio commercials win for the wrong reasons anyway.Radio commercials should sell the benefits (not features)of your business/product and should be on the same ..
February 28, 2005
If you haven't made many sales or perhaps none at all, don't be discouraged. Use this 10-point checklist to breathe new life into your advertising campaigns and improve your response rate.Remind people they are ordering through a secure server. Tell them you won't sell or share their e-mail address .
February 28, 2005
You’re flipping through this publication as you wait for your latte, when suddenly you decide to stop and read an ad. What made you stop? I’ll bet it was an attention grabbing headline.It is a scientifically proven fact that 5 times as many people read headlines as read the body copy of an ad. So ..
February 28, 2005
What is the golden rule of internet advertising?Give, so you may receive.It is as simple as that.Most people desire to receive, but never give!You can increase your marketing exposure effortlessly by placing your ad on free stuff, then allow other people to give it away. The more people that give ..
February 27, 2005
LED video displays give you the power to communicate, to motivate, and to entertain. Led video displays are seen to be sited for outdoor advertising, in casinos, for events like sporting events in stadium and arena, for staging and mobile display etc.The features of LED video display include high ..
February 27, 2005
LED scoreboards can be utilized in most of the sporting event for eye-catching effects replace traditional scoreboards. This high- tech lighting system is both energy – efficient and able to produce a very bright light.LED scoreboard are manufactured using the advanced technology called LED stands ..
February 27, 2005
Electronic reader boards are the most efficient way to convey the information. Therefore these nowadays are widely accepted all over the world. These have found admirers in all sorts of places, and continuous in serving in unlikely areas too. in the world of finance, sports, research, and many ..
February 27, 2005
Electronic display signs are used nowadays in great extent to display important information instantly all over the world, which uses LED technology, which stands for light- emitting diodes. These are widely used in the worlds of commerce, government and even non-profit organizations.Electronic ..
February 27, 2005
Many business organizations that needs to disseminate late-breaking information to a large number of people. Out door sign boards are the perfect solution for them that command the attention of all who pass underneath.Out door sign boards utilize LED lights, which is immensely more efficient and ..
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