Unleash the Power of Post Cards

Written by Judith A. Wentzel


Direct mail marketing is essential for a business to survive.

Choosingrepparttar correct materials can makerepparttar 136117 difference between success and failure of your marketing campaign.

Postcards are visually appealing and one ofrepparttar 136118 most affordable means to market your products and services.

What makes an image smarter marketing post card different from allrepparttar 136119 other direct mail pieces and postcards that flood our mailboxes each week?

They are high quality, powerful marketing tools that peak curiosity and evoke a response fromrepparttar 136120 prospect.

What Is Image Marketing?

Image marketing isn’t new. It’s been around for decades.

Many ofrepparttar 136121 top corporations aroundrepparttar 136122 world use image marketing every day.

RE/MAX uses “Nobody Sells Real Estate Like RE/MAX”.

The RE/MAX balloon magically enablesrepparttar 136123 realtor to personally deliverrepparttar 136124 good news regardless of whererepparttar 136125 client may be.

This is a wonderful example of image marketing. These ads make evoke a feeling of trust. The message; RE/MAX goes all out to deliver top quality service to it's clients.

Nike’s “Just Do It” brought them millions in revenue.

Remember Allstate’s slogan “You’re In Good Hands With Allstate”…

These are not mere words. They are powerful, image marketing tools that evoke an emotion. Using postcards to deliver your message is one ofrepparttar 136126 most affordable ways in which you can use image marketing. Realtors have been marketing with postcards for years. They use them because they get results.

What are Image Smarter Post Cards?

Image smarter postcards are high gloss, laminated, full color postcards, printed on high quality card stock which relay a message that stirs and emotion or causes a response inrepparttar 136127 recipient.

They deliver your message in a crisp, vibrant manner making it more appealing torepparttar 136128 prospect. An image smarter post card will:

>Grabrepparttar 136129 recipient’s attention. >Present a powerful message. >Evoke a response >Create recognition. >Establish a relationship. >Increase sales. >Increase referrals.

Is Your Logo Helping or Hurting Your Business?

Written by Nathan Cain


Is Your Logo Helping or Hurting Your Business?

The quality of your logo can meanrepparttar difference between success or failure. It can be that simple!

Trademarks and Logos make uprepparttar 136116 most international language inrepparttar 136117 world. An excellent logo can cross many barriers and provide your organization with a means of delivering to your customers an unequivocal and uniform message.

Every successful company has its own "personality," and just as human personalities are complex, so too is your company's personality. A successful logo is a means of condensing a complex reality into a single, simple statement, one that can be controlled, modified, developed and matured over time.

Your logo needs to be much more than just a distinguishing mark for your company. It must be an indication of quality, value, and reliability.

Does your logo do these things successfully?:

• IDENTIFY your company, product, or service.

• DIFFERENTIATE it fromrepparttar 136118 mass of other similar companies.

• COMMUNICATE information as to your products value and quality.

• ADD VALUE by causing you to provide a quality service in order to maintain your company's reputation.

• REPRESENT potentially valuable assets. When people see your logo, can they tell byrepparttar 136119 design that your product or service is of high quality.

If your logo doesn't do these things, then you might need to update it, possibly seeking professional advice.

Is your logo design really that important?

It is extremely important! Your logo is a part ofrepparttar 136120 foundation on which you build your brand. Especially sincerepparttar 136121 recent explosion of Internet businesses, but even before that, consumers have an overwhelming variety of choices. Chances are that whatever you are selling, there is something similar to it available. Chances are there is someone in direct competition with you right now. Yes, there are very few products that are shielded from direct competition because of a patent or for some other reason.

It is because of this that much of your efforts in marketing and branding should be concentrated on building a distinctive and differentiated "brand personality" for your company.

Takerepparttar 136122 success of Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola. There is some difference between these two products, but this difference is very subtle. Plus, there are hundreds of other brands of cola onrepparttar 136123 market. Even so, these two brands, Coke and Pepsi, are able to dominaterepparttar 136124 world wide cola market. What isrepparttar 136125 main factor for their success? It isrepparttar 136126 strength and appeal of their brands.

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