Monday, March 17, 2008

Your Business Success in The Best of Times/The Worst of Times

In hard economic times, business promotion is essential to fight for the limited amount of money being spent on nonessentials. It’s a good idea to think about redefining your product or service to feature the value it is to your customers. If you can define it in a way where they can see the benefits and they will be better off, customers will find a way to buy.

It’s your job to get your message out and be noticed. Trade and consumer show attendance is down and buyers are depressed. This may be a good time to consider direct mail and printed material to create attention and get noticed. The best part about this type of advertising, sales and marketing is that it is passive for the consumer. It just comes in the mail or as a handout. The consumer does not have to make any effort on their part to see your message. The trick, of course, is to get them to see it and be interested in the offer. It may be wise to consider using special visual techniques to attract curiosity first so they will stop and see your message.

Gang run printing is the way to go in tough economic times. With gang run printing, you can share the cost of printing with other businesses by allowing printers to combine common jobs. You only pay for the portion of paper from a large sheet being used. This is great for printing cards, flyers, brochure and other advertising, sales and marketing literature you can use. There are many online printers that can provide you with this service.

The one disadvantage to using most online printing services is you have a limited choice of papers and finishes. This could limit your design and message that you want to create so that you get you noticed with all the other stuff in the mailbox. Gladly there is a solution to this problem. There are gang run online printing services that offers “Wow Factor” special effects you can add. Printers that offer options can help you get the attention you need in these hard times. Think about the possibilities of adding Spot UV coating, Metallic Silver Ink or Colored Metallic effects to your next printing job. These options will enable you to separate yourself with a beautiful unique effects to help you get noticed. Be prepared for these hard times. Make sure you are ready for these changing times with attractive eye-catching advertising, sales and marketing literature so you can attract
the market that is still out there.

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