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A Quick And Easy Way Of Getting More Customers From Every Single Ad You Write… Guaranteed!
Posted on Jul.18, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments
FACT: Most people don’t spend anywhere near enough time on creating a strong, compelling headline.
Which is why many copywriting experts… including John Caples, David Ogilvy, Brett McFall… and yours truly… recommend you invest at least 80% of your time on the headline.
Why? Because if the headline doesn’t grab the attention of your reader? then you can be guaranteed that nothing else will.
So how many headlines should you write?
I always recommend that you generate at least 30-50 headlines to grab your [...]
Vinyl Banners for the Right Occasion
Posted on Jul.18, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments
The sinage marketplace is competitive! Consequently, some companies are going to focus on price and neglect quality. To complicate the situation, companies that produce stock vinyl banner material offer a bevy of different materials based on weights/thickness, color, reflective properties, ink absorption properties, etc. Take a gander at just one description of one type of banner from a leading manufacturer’s website: http://www.averygraphics.com/pls/avery/avery_ext_util.display?p_name=JUPITER_13_OZ_BANNER.PDF It is not surprising that consumers get overwhelmed (sign makers too).
I will try to keep things simple and [...]
Scrolling LED signs
Posted on Jul.18, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments
Scrolling LED signs is type of LED signs that displays Scrolling text and can be used as outdoor and/or indoor outlet. Wide variety of businesses uses this equipment to spread news and other information quickly and efficiently. These are widely used in the areas like clinic, airport, industry, sporting events, banks and many others.
Scrolling LED signs can be connected to corridor of any business firm , hospital’s main appointment system, airport’s waiting division to display updated and current information, circular, [...]
Understanding Internet Banner Advertising
Posted on Jul.18, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments
Banner advertising is an effective way of getting your advertising message seen on the Internet. Banner ads should not be your only online form of advertising, but they are an essential part of your online advertising mix.
This article assumes that the reader knows what a banner ad looks like, but do you know how they work, and how you can derive benefit from them? Let’s define a few terms before answering these questions.
1. "Page views" or "page impressions." These terms [...]
Successful Print Advertising Designs
Posted on Jul.18, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments
Do you often see print advertisements outdoors, as much as you see Web advertisements when you surf through the Web? I’m pretty sure that you have entirely different views and reactions upon seeing and actually taking notice to these two different kinds of advertising. The differences may vary in their use of color, typefaces, and space.
Whatever else the difference is between Print Ads and Web Ads, many would still prefer the traditional print advertisements in order to promote their business, [...]
Using Flyers to Advertise Your Online Business
Posted on Jul.17, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments
Using flyers is one commonly overlooked method of advertising offline. Flyers are extremely easy to create. They also allow you to exhibit some of your creative side, making it just that much more fun to make money.
In some areas, you may be able to put up as many flyers as you can afford to duplicate! The more flyers you put up the better chances you have of making money.
Go to the web site of the product your promoting, and save [...]
What Happened? Troubleshooting Poor Response from Ad Campaigns
Posted on Jul.17, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments
Too many small business owners today run ad campaigns that get little to no results, and they have no idea why. When you have the knowledge to troubleshoot the poor responses, you also have the knowledge to make the needed changes so that – next time – your sales improve! Let’s take a look at the breakdown of an ad campaign, and how to determine what went wrong.
Response vs. Results
It’s important to understand the difference between response rate and results. [...]
How to Write Great Headlines
Posted on Jul.17, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments
According to experts, just changing the headline of an ad or sales letter has been known to dramatically improve the effectiveness of an ad or sales letter by up to 1700 percent! Yes, headlines are that powerful–and that important!
An effective headline will do many things at once. It will attract the readers attention, convey benefits by appealing to the readers self-interest and it will set the stage for what is to come. It will also target the audience for which [...]
Media Savvy – How To Manage Your Time To Gain The Best Media Coverage
Posted on Jul.16, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments
Did you know generating positive media coverage is four times more effective than advertising? Getting exposure in the media is far-reaching, utterly credible and free. As an added bonus you may well attract an audience that you never anticipated. But talking to reporters can be risky and threatening for first timers. You can say too much and lose control of the interview. You can say the wrong thing and damage your reputation. You can say “No Comment” and miss an [...]
Create Your Own Business Cards, Part 1
Posted on Jul.16, 2009, under Web Traffic No Comments
In this lesson, we will create a business card, using Microsoft Word. I created a new template for my business card. It can be viewed at: http://janes-place.com/bus_card.htm
Choose the information you want to place on your card before beginning.
Here’s how I did it:
Go to ’start’ –’Microsoft Word’ — ‘file menu’ — ‘page setup’. Choose the ‘Margins Tab’. Type in 1.25 for the Left and Right margins. That way, two cards will fit on a 8 1/2 x 11in. sheet, side by [...]
