Postcards: Effective marketing tool

Written by Granny's Mettle


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6. They "brand" you and your business.

Start and stick with a postcard marketing campaign and you'll see that your business gets a reputation, if not notoriety.

5. They make testing an offer easy.

Simply send out your postcards to a small group of people and see how many of them respond. If you get a satisfactory response then do a bigger mailing list.

4. They don't waste people's time.

People don't need to open envelopes to read your postcards. Your message is simply there inrepparttar open.

3. They don't take up a lot of space.

Their size is small enough for your clients to put them inrepparttar 119568 pockets, or bags, or pocketbooks.

2. They are inexpensive to print.

"Four-up" cards arerepparttar 119569 most inexpensive way to design your postcards. Just create four cards on one 8 ½ x 11" sheet of paper, printrepparttar 119570 design on card stock, then cutrepparttar 119571 sheet into four cards.

Andrepparttar 119572 best reason for using postcards:

1. They are cheap to redeem.

Rewards and discounts made onrepparttar 119573 postcards are no cost to you, not unless your customers come out and redeem them.

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Granny's Mettle is a 30-something, professional web content writer. She has created various web content on a diverse range of topics, which includes digital printing topics, medical news, as well as legal issues. Her articles are composed of reviews, suggestions, tips and more for the printing and designing industry.


How to Star in your own Promotional Video

Written by Marie-Claire Ross


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4.Relax. Forget aboutrepparttar pressing amount of work piling up on your desk. Focus onrepparttar 119567 most important task forrepparttar 119568 day – your cameo. If you are relaxed you are more likely to be easy-going and friendly. This will enablerepparttar 119569 director to elicitrepparttar 119570 best performance from you.

5.Rehearse. Always have your lines prepared and don’t expect that you can wing it onrepparttar 119571 day. It’s amazing how a big camera in your face can make you forget what you wanted to say. Rehearse your lines over and over again in front of a mirror. Make sure you look and sound natural. Practise speaking clearly and with a smile on your face. Rehearse as many times as you can. The more confident you are in giving an appealing speech,repparttar 119572 better you will be andrepparttar 119573 less takes will needed. This will help reduce costs. If you don’t feel comfortable with your performance, hire a media trainer beforehand to coach you on talking to camera.

6.Have fun! The shoot will be much slower than you anticipated. Lights and audio equipment can take a while to set up. If you are shooting outside, waiting forrepparttar 119574 sun to make an appearance on a cloudy day can also be painstakingly slow. Take a book with you and any work you can do in downtime. And just bask inrepparttar 119575 glory of being part of an exciting film shoot!



Marie-Claire Ross is one of the partners of Digicast. Digicast works with organisations who are not satisfied that their marketing and training materials are helping their business grow. She can be contacted on 0500 800 234 (Australia wide) or at mc@digicast.com.au. The website is at www.digicast.com.au.


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