Would Your Brochure Bomb in the Boardroom?

Written by Mike Sansone


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The information that goes intorepparttar brochure should always communicate your unique sales position (USP) and directrepparttar 137513 reader on how to do business with you. Even ifrepparttar 137514 brochure is strictly brand awareness, include an offer or directrepparttar 137515 customer ontorepparttar 137516 next step of doing business with your company.

If you have a product that would take a technical manual to communicate allrepparttar 137517 benefits and features, consider including more graphics such as charts, photos and testimonials. Make sure that each graphic represents a benefitrepparttar 137518 reader can identify with.

Know your Audience. It may be wise to create multiple brochures if your company targets different clientele. For instance, a self-storage company may want to create one brochure for homeowners, another for small businesses, and yet another for boat and RV owners. Some ofrepparttar 137519 benefits will be similar so much ofrepparttar 137520 content can berepparttar 137521 same. The main differences will be inrepparttar 137522 headlines and subheads. Brochures can also be used to inform readers of technical specifications, corporate strategy or upcoming events. Make sure you knowrepparttar 137523 audience for your brochure.

Headlines Keep Them Reading, In today’s fast-paced, sales literature heavy world, we are all prone to scan. You probably do it. I know I do it. You can count on your prospects doing it. The headline onrepparttar 137524 front of your brochure must compelrepparttar 137525 reader to openrepparttar 137526 brochure. Once they have it open,repparttar 137527 subheads and graphics catch their eye beforerepparttar 137528 text.

Your subheads should either be explaining your USP or asking questions that getrepparttar 137529 reader inrepparttar 137530 habit of saying “yes”. If you find your subheads are too long, use an ellipsis…this will keep them reading.

Another technique that keeps them reading is to put copy in a text box or table. Use testimonials, a checklist of benefits or your USP to ensure that your message gets across.

Remember,repparttar 137531 result of your brochure should berepparttar 137532 reader knowing how to contact you and why they are doing so. Always include contact information and your offer multiple times withinrepparttar 137533 brochure.

Mike Sansone is a Freelance Copywriter in Des Moines, Iowa, but is often called to work from coast-to-coast and border-to-border. To contact him or see more of his work, you can visit his website at www.copywritingsolutions.com.


Creative Promotions

Written by Eugenijus


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* Always Start With The Least Expensive Venue When you embark on a campaign be sure that you build in a method for scaling your response. Before you blow your ad budget on an expensive Solo Ad, measurerepparttar response you get from an abbreviated ad in a smaller publication. This preserves capital while it serves as a test for evaluating your response. For example,repparttar 137494 ezines withrepparttar 137495 most readers are not alwaysrepparttar 137496 ones withrepparttar 137497 best results - test first, then go forrepparttar 137498 solo ad if your smaller ad generated acceptable interest.

* Create a System For Testing Your Promotion The sophistication of Internet technology now provides modern methods of testing and re-testing. Use of Ad Trackers, Click Exchange venues, and quickly edited auto-responders greatly reducerepparttar 137499 expense of mistakes. Set up a system that takes advantage of technology.

* Ask For The Order More Than Once Whether your sales pitch is delivered on a website or via e-mail, insert your action/order links multiple times. Prospects respond to different buying signals, so be sure to insert a link directly after each perceived trigger within your ad copy.

* Persistence Will Pay You, Quitting Will Cost You Failure is an opportunity for future success, but giving up is simply giving in. The expression, "Try, try, again" is not a click without reason. If you are leaning inrepparttar 137500 right direction, you will, atrepparttar 137501 very least, fail forward. That will get you closer to success. Quitting will not. The Internet loves and caters to quitters - don't be lured in byrepparttar 137502 promise of greener pastures. If you aren't making money in a legitimate opportunity where others are making money, then you won't solve that problem by moving onto something else. You solve it by trying a different approach and by not giving up. Likerepparttar 137503 saying goes: Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.

In your next training e-mail you will be introduced torepparttar 137504 greatest friend any marketer could ask for when it comes to promoting your business. Stand by . . . it's AIDA with a brand new face. You're going to love this!



Eugenijus Sakalauskas is an established ezine publisher and direct marketer who specializes in developing new ideas and methods on Website Marketing & Home Business Secrets Get FREE infomailto:pluginnetproefit@getresponse.com Support:support@pluginnetproefit.com




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