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| Why Most Advertisements Stink! |
| Question:What do you think the most important part of any ad is?
Your company name? Your telephone number? Your offer?
Look at your own advertising. What stands out? What is in the largest print? If it's your company name or logo hold out your wrist so I can whack it with a stick.
What's the answer? THE HEADLINE!!
You see, without a good compelling headline it won't matter much how great your copy or you offer is, because few will ever read it.
REMEMBER: The Only Job Of A Headline Is To Get More.. |
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| Wheres Me Pot of Gold and Lucky Charms? |
| We already know this from our history books. If you want to make money today, you must first look back in time to the first time in history that a large portion of our country all tried to get rich at the same time in the same place. The first discovery of gold was at Sutter's Mill by James W. Marshall in 1948, Mr. Sutter's mill contractor and builder. This discovery sprang thousands upon thousands of ambitious individuals to get rich which we refer to as the "Gold Rush."
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| Understanding Internet Banner Advertising |
| Banner advertising is an effective way of getting your advertising message seen on the Internet. Banner ads should not be your only online form of advertising, but they are an essential part of your online advertising mix.
This article assumes that the reader knows what a banner ad looks like, but do you know how they work, and how you can derive benefit from them? Let's define a few terms before answering these questions.
1. "Page views" or "page impressions." These terms are interchangeable More.. |
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| In Advertising Bigger isn?t Always Better |
| If you have been following the recent advertising news you will notice that more and more major advertisers are looking to smaller ad agencies to handle their campaigns.
Is it because they feel bad? Is it because they are cheaper? Or is it because they see the level of creative talent of smaller agencies?
Lets take a quick look at why this is happening and how this is good for the consumers and the advertisers. When I use the term smaller it doesn't mean that it's a one-man show, but that the More.. |
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| Marketing Lessons I Learned in Chicago this Week... |
| I was in the fine city of Chicago this week to speak at a marketing conference. And I learned some interesting things:
1 - Traffic in Chicago is much worse than the allegedly bad traffic in Atlanta where I live. We left the hotel downtown at 3 p.m. and were parked on the "highway" a few minutes later.
The Lesson Learned:
I am thankful - as I know many of you are - that I don't have to leave home and fight through this terrible traffic on a daily basis. Life's too short to
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| How Well Do Postcards Work? |
| The humble little postcard has been getting a lot of attention in the marketing world. Along with this heightened interest comes some very good questions,such as...
How Well Do Postcards Work?
Before we get into the "how well" part of this question, let's look at how to measure the success of a postcard mailing.
APPROACH #1: Revenue Return Rate
If you use this approach, you decide that each dollar spent on your campaign should bring back, say, $10. Or $100. The amount is up to you.
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| How To Tame The Buying Beast Inside Your Customer |
| What if you can understand and control your customer's mind? What if you can influence, persuade and motivate your customers to buy from you? Well, I'm not talking about a magic trick or lay down a lesson of motivation. It's about understanding the different reactions made by the human mind in various situations. I'm going to briefly discuss 3 key aspects of psychological secrets that you can apply in your promotion efforts for a certain increase in customer response. They are,
1. Curiosity
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| Three Keys to Crafting Successful Print Ads |
| Want to create print ads that get results? Below are threekeys to get you started.
1. Write for the eye. Print ads are visual. Therefore, craft adswith the eye in mind.
Eyes are kind of picky, though. So, here's a checklist of whateyes like and don't like:
* A catchy headline that encourages them read more.
* Art, such as photos, illustrations, clip art, shapes, etc. Eyeslike art. When you create the ad, create words AND thevisual at the same time. Words and visuals should worktogether.
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| What Colors Make Your Services Most Attractive? |
| This information is based on the principles of Laws of Attraction, Law of Allowing and Law of Deliberate Creation. And the Universal Laws of Energy (like attract likes) proven by Quantum Physics.
What colors attract people to you?
Visual presentation and appeal, whether in your marketing materials or what you wear, can turn on or turn off what people you attract. It does not matter if it's on paper matter, the Internet, like a web site, or in a presentation.
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| Write Attention Getting Advertisements |
| The most important aspect of any business is selling the product or service. Without sales, you aren't generating any income and your business will die. All sales begin with advertisments. To build sales the ad must get the buyer to act. The ad writer must know what he or she wants the buyer to do.
All ads are written with a basic formula, which is:
1. Attract the attention of your prospect.
2. Interest your prospect in your product/service.
3. Cause your prospect to "desire" your product.
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| How to Write Ads that Pull Orders |
| If your ads aren't paying off then you need this quick method in writing ads that get orders.
Step 1 - Write a headline that will draw attention to your product or service.
Don't write headlines with phrases like: Attention please!!
Create headlines that IMMEDIATELY let peopleknowwhatyou areselling.
If you have envelopes for sale at a discount, use a headline, which says: Discount Envelopes.
Step 2 - Don't confuse the reader with several different offers in one ad.
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| Why People Fail in Mail Order |
| Mail order is a very complicated business. Every phase must be
planned, analyzed and tested. The right demand products must be
selected. The correct type of ads must be placed in the proper media
and a multitude of other details must be attended to constantly.
A great number of people enter the mail order field every week.
When they find in many instances that only three responses are
received from 100 mailings, or that a $100 ad in a magazine with
4 million readers pulls 15 inquiries, it appe More.. |
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| Marketing Tips - Advertising |
| Typical methods of advertising-newspapers, radio and television are effective if used properly, but there are other, less expensive ways to get your company's name out.
Local or cable television is an inexpensive alternative to the traditional forms of advertising. Even if you have no experience advertising in this medium, there are companies who specialize in lending a helping hand. Even if finances are a concern (as they are for most of us), you'll be surprised to discover a 30 second spot te More.. |
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| Power Headlines for Promotion Success |
| Do you send email to your Online audience to let them know about an upcoming teleclass, your service or your book? Do you have a seminar "flyer" on your web site?
The biggest mistake professionals and entrepreneurs make is to announce, rather than promote themselves.
Each piece you send or put on your web site should begin with the #1 copywriting winner--the headline. You only have a few seconds to capture your potential client's or customer's attention. If your headline doesn't sizzle, your More.. |
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| Pros and Cons of Establishing an In-House Ad Agency |
| There have been several ads promoting books and reports on this
subject, or included as part of the contents in several mail
order books stating:
"SAVE UP TO 17% ON ALL YOUR ADVERTISING"
It's legitimate, practical and effective, but like so many other
promises, there are pros and cons involved. The pros are fairly
obvious. By setting up your own advertising agency and placing
your advertising under your agency name, most magazines will
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| What Makes Advertising Successful? |
| MANY INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS COME INTO PLAY MAKING A SUCCESSFUL AD:
1. PERSUASIVE SELLING COPY. The wording is the single most important element in determining a successful ad. What counts most is what you say and how you say it.
2. PLACEMENT IN APPROPRIATE PUBLICATION. This might seem obvious, but it is often neglected. If the right people don't see your ad, they can't respond.
3. SPACE/PRICE IN PROPORTION. You simply can't sell high priced merchandise from a small classified or one inch ad spac More.. |
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| Secrets And Top-Tips Of Mail Order Advertising |
| Good Advertising creates more production, thus greater
consumption, faster turnover and lower sales price per
unit. To a great extent it determines the success or
failure of the mail order operator!
When working up an advertising program remember that what
is genuinely desirable to you may or may not appeal to the
majority of your prospects!
Different types of merchandise or services demand
completely different advertising media. Your ad must be
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| How To Make Your Resource Box Sell |
| Ezine Articles - they're everywhere!
And little wonder. They're one of the fastestways of building traffic to your website.
But what many people overlook is the Resource Box.It's almost as important as your Article. After all,your traffic comes to you through your Resource Box.
Writing your Resource Box is an art in itself. Youhave very little space (5 or 6 lines) and you want tomake the most of it. Here are four key elements yourResource Box should contain.
1) Your Name
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| Secrets to Profitable Mail Order Products |
| The most profitable mail order products are simple 3-to-5 page informational reports such as this one. Once you've got your act together, these 3-page reports can be produced for $10 per hundred or less, and sold for at least $200 per hundred.
Generally speaking, everybody either in or wanting to get into mail order, feels that they have the final answer to what the general public will beat a path to their door to buy. The problem is that once they've invested a good deal of hard-earned cash an More.. |
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| 16 Methods for Getting Free Advertising |
| 1. Place copies of your circular on bulletin boards throughout your community, such as in coin-operated laundries, grocery stores, barber shops, etc. Concentrate of Fridays and Saturdays when shopping increases.
2. Check with local newspapers. Before going to press, many smaller newspapers have space left that needs filling.. Your ad may be just the right size to occupy this unfilled space and they will run it free.
3. Place your circulars on windshields of parked autos, Youngsters will be hap More.. |
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| Promote yourself on radio for free |
| Unless you have become extremely popular in your personal or business name, you likely need all of the marketing and promotion you can get. Now, you may say, of course, I'm aware of this, but who has the money? This a good and fair question. It may surprise you, though, when I say, you don't need money for some of the most valuable marketing available -- radio advertising.
If you aren't the kind of person who listens to talk radio, the next time you're taking a drive, tune in to one of your loc More.. |
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| Hit Them With Benefits |
| More about advertising from BIG Mike McDaniel
It makes no difference what media you use to advertise, the rules are the same. Benefits, benefits, benefits.
Advertise benefits and your advertising will be a success. Take a poll, they don't care about car dealers, banks or tire stores. All they care about is "What's in it for me?".
The fact that your dealership has been number one in the mid-region for 3 straight years is not advertising - it is bragging!
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| Joint Ventures Increase Profits Quickly |
| A joint venture is when two or more businesses join together to work on a project for a set period of time. Doing joint ventures with other businesses can increase your chances of beating your competition, increase your sales and increase your profits quickly. Plus:
-you can save money when businesses share operating costs
-you can get referrals from other businesses
-you can save valuable time when businesses share the workload
-you can offer your customers new products and services
-you c More.. |
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| Ads Dont Sell - People Do ! |
| More about advertising by BIG Mike McDaniel
Advertising is not a substitute for good sales technique and superb customer service. Inserting an ad in a handy newspaper to call attention to a line of goods will not sell those goods unless you can back it up with intelligent, well directed sales efforts in the store. Sales technique and service must follow advertising and unless it does advertising is a failure.
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| Testimonials Convert Prospects Into Buyers |
| Big businesses get instant credibility with their well-known
company name or brand name. But small companies have to
create their own credibility. One of most powerful tools you
can use for this is customer testimonials.
Here are 5 tips to help you get persuasive testimonials
...and use them to convert prospects into buyers.
1. Continuously Collect Testimonials
Start by setting up a file to store the positive comments
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| Ten Secrets for Getting FREE Advertising |
| The opportunities for getting free advertising for your
product or services are only limited by your imagination and
energy. There are so many proven ways to promote without
cost it's truly mind-boggling! Here are ten proven methods.
1. Write an article relating to your area of expertise and
submit it to all the publications and media dealing in that
range of interest. Become your own promoter and writer. Get
the word out by establishing yourself as an expert on that
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| Choosing a Print Mail Dealer |
| "Print & Mail is a type of service that is
popular among small mail order operators.
It is an inexpensive way to get your ad
material printed and mailed to people.
The following is a brief article on how you
can effectively select a reliable dealer."
A direct-mail campaign is EXPENSIVE! There are many ways to cut the cost
of your mailings. Bulk mail, SASE's, and many other ways. One of the best
ways to lower your mailing costs, though, is by using a PRINT & MAIL DEALER.
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| Secrets to Get Free Advertising |
| The opportunities to get free advertising for your product or services are limited only by your own imagination and energies. There are so many proven ways of promoting your objectives without cost that it literally boggles the mind just to think of listing them.
One way is to write an article relative to your particular expertise and submit it to all the publications and media dealing in the dissemination of related information. In other words, become your own publicity and sales promotions w More.. |
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| The $500.00 A Month Plan |
| One way to make extra money or start a business of your own is by placing advertising which will pay a good profit. Selling printed information by mail can br financially rewarding. Classified advertising is the cheapest way to get into Mail Order and it is often possible to raise a fortune from these small ads. Just check any large publication such as Popular Mechanics, for their classified advertising section and you can see yourself the many ads.
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| Believe it or not, there are plenty of opportunities out there for you to get your written materials free of charge, for free advertising space, and free business advice.
For free advertising space, many publications will write an article about you or your product if you purchase advertising space with them. One way publications sell advertising space is to agree that if the advertiser purchases the ad, he will also receive a certain amount of free editorial space. This free editorial space ess More.. |
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| The Motivational Triggers That Make People Buy |
| In order to sell more products and service, you need master customers' mind. Put youself into customers' shoes and think what customers want. You will make more profit by master these skills.
1. Use the word "fast" in your ad. People want fast results, fast delivery, fast ordering, etc. Nowadays, we usually value our time more than our money.
2. Use the word "guaranteed" in your ad. People want to be assured they are not risking their hard earned money buying your product.
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| Unlock The Power Of Online Groups |
| Yahoo Groups: I see countless marketers on shoestring budges turn to traffic exchanges for free traffic. If they would spend the time creating online groups rather than clicking for traffic they would see much more quality traffic. By no means am I saying throw in the towel on traffic exchanges as I use a number of them.
Would you rather click a thousand times for 80 unique visitors daily or would you like to receive hundreds or more unique visitors daily. (not mentioning repeat visitors) I tho More.. |
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| Increase Business By Being Nice |
| I have been reading articles on increasing sales using search engine optimisation as well as writing them for a very long time and I have not seen many which point out the best way to increase sales.
The answer is obvious yet often overlooked; you just have to be as good to your customers as you would expect any other site owner to treat you.
The World Wide Web is vast and the choices are many, it doesn't matter what you want you have probably got a choice of 30,000 to 3,000,000 sites to pick More.. |
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| Not Another Calendar! - Choose Advertising Specialties That Sell |
| As I was searching through a kitchen drawer the other day, I found dozens of pens, pencils, letter openers, sticky-note pads, oversized paper clips, rulers, dental floss, calendars, magnets, whatsits and thing-a-ma-bobs, each with the name of a business on the front. In looking through my "collection" I discovered some things I love and use and others that I can't imagine why I picked them up. Some, I'm not even sure what they are!
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| The ONLY Type Of Advertising People LOVE!! |
| Can it be???
Is there advertising that people actually love?
You bet there is! And you are already very aware of it. The type of advertising I'm referring to is promotional items, also known as advertising specialties. It's anything a company would put their logo and contact information on, and then give away. They are used by many businesses all over the world to help maintain, and increase the amount of business they do with their customers every day.
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