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Sex in Advertising: Does it Sell?


We're surrounded by advertisements that desperately compete for our attention. Everywhere we look, we find ourselves inevitably drawn to images of scantily clad attractive men and women that are supposed to somehow inspire us to purchase products they endorse.

7 Essential Elements for Profit-Pulling Ads


Advertising will make or break your business. It is crucialto your success that you learn to write great ad copy.

The Future of Voiceovers: Hold Your Tongue...Possibly Forever


"Do we need to cast a voice-over talent for this project?"That's a valid question any producer might ask when creating an advertisement, corporate audio-video presentation, video game, etc. Of course, the answer depends on what elements the producer and client feel will best communicate with the audience.

3 Elements To A Deal-Sealing Classified Ad


Have you ever wondered why your perfectly fine classified ad fails to attract the attention you desire? There should be dozens-no, hundreds-of perspective buyers swamping your e-mail inbox with offers. After all, you are offering a mint baseball card, a vintage coat, pristine used car, those wholesale-priced sporting goods, and whatever other attractive items are in your inventory.

2005 Super Bowl Ads... Winners and Losers


Well, Super Bowl XXXIX is history. Too bad for the folks who consider themselves the always-pullin'-for-the-underdog type.

Online Advertising: 10 High Impact Psychological Triggers To Super-Charge Your Ad


If you knew these 10 high impact insider's hidden psychological triggers and plug them into your Ad and website content,you can empower them and ignite a tornado of sales at your website.Read, understand and use them and burst open the floodgate of sales.

Trade Writing - For Cash!


Often considered as "plain Jane's" of the print world, trade magazines prove that there is more to a market than just a pretty face.Trade magazines are written for a specialized audience and typically focus on one specific area or industry.

Secrets of Getting Free Advertising


The opportunities for getting 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 own objectives without cost that it literally boggles the mind just to think of listing them.

How To Create Instantly Compelling Ads Every Time


Use This Quick 3-Question Evaluation Process, So You Can Be Sure Your Message Will Sell!EVALUATION #1: "Well, I Would Hope So!" When you make a claim, don't think about it in terms of words coming out of your mouth. Think of it in terms of words entering your prospects ears.

Avoid Being Vague


We are bombarded with thousands of marketing messages daily?on television and the radio, on the internet, in magazines and newspapers, on billboards and other signs, and even at the bottoms and on the backs of receipts. The world is, indeed, a very noisy place.

Double Your Sales Potential With Double-sided Business Cards


Swapping business cards is one of the most basic and common forms of networking in the business world. With something that is so common practice, people often hand out cards blindly while not really thinking about what the card does AFTER you hand it out.

Magnetic Business Cards: Make Your Marketing Message Stick


What is it about magnets that draw people to leave them on fridges and file cabinets for years at a time?Many people like to have the contact information handy for common service providers without flipping through a bulky phone book. Magnets are the perfect solution for being seen in this situation.

Never Be Caught Cardless Again: Five Tips to Help You Remember Business Cards


Sorry, I Don't Seem to Have a Business Card With Me..

Organizing Business Cards for Effective Contact Management


Now that you've had colorful new business cards printed, and have been distributing them diligently, what do you do with the cards you collect from other people?If you're like most people, you have a stack of rubber-banded cards floating around you desk. Or you have been using them as bookmarks, toothpicks, and used gum wrappers and they are all over your office, car, wallet and purse?Without a good filing system, the information on those cards is useless.

The Seven Second Race: How to Draw Attention Your Ad


You've decided to launch your advertising campaign but you have no idea what would inspire others to buy from you. Or maybe you've already run some ads to no avail.

How to Use the 3 Most Common Direct Marketing Measurements to Increase Your Profits!


John Wanamaker, a 19th century entrepreneur, once famously made the statement, "I know that half of my advertising is wasted, I just don't know which half." Fortunately for today's marketers, there are scientific ways to determine which half is wasted, and which half is not, through the use of common direct marketing measurements.

Why Would Anyone Want Your Business Card?


Do you remember how proud you were the first time you saw your name in print?Most entrepreneurs feel that same flush of pride when they gaze on their new business cards. That small piece of paper represents years of planning and effort and hard work and dreams.

Small Cards, Big Ideas: Alternative Uses for Business Cards


Aggressive business card marketing isn't about handing your business cards out to everyone you see.The card itself must have a new use, an innovative design, or something other than the usual contact information printed on it.

4 Ways to Double the Power of Your Business Cards


Sure, everyone needs business cards. But why not make your business card do double or triple the work of an average business card.

Brochures - The Ultimate Sales Tool


"How brochures can help you stand out from the competition, close the deal, and even build repeat business."Most brochures are nothing more than a collection of a few pictures and a few details about a business.

Which is Better Digital or Offset Printing?


As technology continues to improve, the quality of digital prints also improves. Technology advancements have also made it easier for more and more businesses to enter the printing industry.

Does Your Brochure Pass the Test - Or is It Headed for the Trash? Part Two


In part one of this article we discussed the importance of the look or appearance of your brochure.The look or image that your brochure conveys is vastly important.

Does Your Brochure Pass the Test - Or is It Headed for the Trash? Part One


The decision on whether or not someone will read your brochure is usually decided in the first 5 seconds they look at it. What kind of message are you communicating in that five seconds? Will you make a favorable impression with your prospect? Will you move your prospect closer to the sale?There are really only two key elements that will determine how well your brochure is received by prospects.

6 Must-Have Elements of a Powerful Brochure


Most brochures that businesses put out today end up doing little to impact the sales of that business. By applying the 6 must-have elements listed below you will transform you brochure from trash can lining into a powerful sales tool.

B2B Marketing Health and Elder Care Services


Quality Care Options is an established company advocating for the right of all seniors to receive excellent service and product. The organization recommends Certified Senior Approved Services to its elderly clientele.

Advertising - Should You Be Advertising Your Services?


You offer a reliable, quality service. You know that if more people knew what you can do, you'd increase sales.

How To Write Eye-Grabbing Headlines That Catapult Your Prospects Into Your Ads


If you're interested in improving the selling results of your ads, tweaking your headlines is a great place to start. Because your headlines influence the sales results of your ad more than any other element.

Advertising Basics for Beginners


So many of us who have decided to do business online have no background in marketing or advertising. It can be so frustrating without any kind of guide.

Marketing Advertising, While Advertising Your Market!


Today in the Business world whether online or off, it seems that everyone is vying for position, yet few are able to leap to the forefront of their competition.On the Internet there are thousands of programs and Business Opportunities being created every month or so it seems! Everyone is trying to find his or her niche in the Business world.

When Times Get Tough... or When to Really Advertise


The Pundits say the economy is slowly, but surely, recovering. Maybe not at the rate of the mid-90s stock boom, but recovering nonetheless.

Just What Are Consumers Thinking?


Research would indicate that consumers don't know what they're thinking. According to an article written by Jack Shimell (2002) for Quirk's Marketing Research Review, Consumers make their decisions and react to advertising based more on unconscious emotional processes than on conscious rational processes.

Whats The Frequency?


The more things change, some say, the more things stay the same. When it comes to marketing, I tend to agree.

When Advertising Wears Out


One of the challenges facing marketers is determining the most effective level of advertising exposure for a brand, while maintaining a given budget. Conceptually, the media planner could choose continuous advertising (even exposures spread over a period of time) or follow a strategy of pulsing ("on" for some months and "off" for others).

7 Unique Ways To Get FREE Advertising


1. Give Testimonials When you purchase a product or service and it exceeds your expectations e-mail the business a testimonial.

Creditability In Advertising


I recently saw an ad taped to my mailbox, mind you, my mailbox is shared by many residents of my area. The postal real estate is typically reserved for flyers of lost dogs, cats, small children, etc.

Radio Interview 101


Different Types of Station ContactReaching radio hosts (for the purpose of trying to get booked foran interview) can take on various forms, depending on the typeof station the show is done at. What's best? All of them at thesame time, of course.

Why I Like The Ads I Hate!


It's been said that the antidote to liking/loving is not hating,but indifference. So, when an ad makes you angry or disgusted orevokes any other strong emotion, it has done it's job.

5 Tips for Hot Yellow Pages Ads


Yellow Pages advertising is one of the mostpopular forms of advertising in the country today.Almost every home in America (96.

15 Tips for Better Yellow Page Ads


Yellow Pages advertising is one of the mostpopular forms of advertising in the country today.Almost every home in America (96.

Send em to the White Pages


Your business is listed in the Yellow Pageswhether you buy an ad or not. Your business islisted in the Yellow Book and the other phonebooks, too, no purchase necessary.

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Whats The Frequency?
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The Only Bad Advertising Is No Advertising - Or Is It?
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16 Methods for Getting Free Advertising
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Measure the Response of Your Advertising Campaigns by Using Promotional Products
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Double Your Sales Potential With Double-sided Business Cards
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Why Your Ad Failed
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.
Custom LED Display
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Cross Cultural Advertising
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Tips On Writing a Successful Ad
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Secrets to Profitable Mail Order Products
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Why Radio Advertising Could Be The Best Thing You Ever Did For Your Business
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The Skinny on Billboards
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Vinyl Banners for the Right Occasion
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The ONLY Type Of Advertising People LOVE!!
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Never Be Caught Cardless Again: Five Tips to Help You Remember Business Cards

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