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Why Print – Part 1 of 5
Why print?
We all take printing for granted. Perhaps it’s because print has been the world’s number one communications medium for so long we tend to overlook its impact and power.
That oversight could be fatal to a marketing campaign, a product launch, or a branding initiative that is trying to connect with people. People trust print. They feel comfortable using it. And they can’t fast forward past it.
This guide to the persuasive power of print provides the top ten reasons why you should consider using print in your next campaign. It doesn’t have to be the only medium you use. But, you most definitely should consider print whenever you want to persuade, inform or entertain. Here are your reasons why…
Print is for keeps.
Who’s minding your messages when the screens fade to black? Electronic content comes and goes and when it’s gone, your marketing initiative disappears with it. Print, on the other hand, is there for the long run. Think about magazine pass-along rates. They range as high as two to three persons per issue, giving advertisers double and triple bonuses on their marketing investments.
Brochures Broker the Deal for You
When you hand a potential customer your business card, you’re handing him your name, your company’s name, an e-mail address and a contact numbers. If you hand that same client a brochure, you’re handing him a concept, a vision and an idea he can use. Whether you’re selling widgets or left-handed ice cube trays, a brochure cements your brand’s image squarely in the mind of your customers. Having a brochure isn’t good enough—you need a great brochure. Brochure printing works. That’s why the most successful local and national companies use them.
What Makes a Brochure Great?
A picture is surely worth a thousand words—maybe even more on a brochure. A detailed photo of your product, a lush snapshot of a beach or a collage of sporting events immediately tells your customer the main focus of your company. Not only does it reveal the field you’re in, it also lets potential clients know how you feel about yourself. A company who has a well-designed brochure will receive more sales calls than a company that has less-expensive, cheap-looking brochures.
First impressions are the only impressions that matter when you’re trying to impress a new customer. You need your brochure to make the best impression possible. The traditional tri-fold brochure uses an attractive graphic on the front to lure the buyer into the greater details listed inside the brochure. You don’t have to wait for your client to open the brochure to get your message across. That thousand-word photo on the front should give them a pretty good idea.
Debunking Myths of Digital Printing #3
Case Study No. 3: The kind of personal data needed to make variable information printing valuable is just too difficult to find and to expensive to collect.
The Legend: The kind of personal data needed to make variable information printing valuable is just too difficult to find and to expensive to collect.
From the Beginning:
Early promotions of variable information printing demonstrated the process’s power by focusing on sophisticated and complex applications. This created the misconception that rich sets of personal data were required for successful Variable Information Printing.
Debunking the Myth:
In reality, the majority of today’s one on one marketing pieces, and may of the most effective ones, make creative use of the most basic data sets. Sourcing your data sets is usually straightforward and once a personalized communications initiative is under way rules can be put in place to collect additional personalized information an build a better database ensuring you will have the data you need when you need it.
Heres the Proof –
- Simple personalization boosts response rate
Color name-only personalization has been shown to boost response rates by 135 percent over a comparable static black and white peice
- Increasing ROI with one to one
Variable Printing done right allows you to maximize your ROI by using one to one marketing. While total cost per piece for marketing materials may increase, it has been shown that revenue increase can be quite substantial.
Remember that Variable Printing services can yield more personalized direct mail marketing campaigns and using the power of digital printing can help build better relationships with your customers.
Make sure to check in with us about our new Variable Printing Solutions and Think creatively about personalization to yield amazing results.
Result:
Great Ideas For Printing
At ColorFX, we do our best to give you great ideas for printing, designing and marketing. Starting this month, we have decided to give you something more! We are proud to announce our first Blog Giveaway. 3 of our talented readers will receive a prize of either $500, $350, or $150 in printing services.
Enter the ColorFX Be the Designer Contest 3 Ways. Contestants can enter up to 3 times.
1. Upload your design to your own website. Once you have created a section on your website come back to the Colorfx blog post and leave a link to the design in the comments section.
2. Write a blog post about what you would do with $500 worth of printing services (the grand prize) and include a link to http://www.colorfxweb.com, upload your greeting card design on the blog post. Go to the Color FX blog and enter a link to the blog post in the comments section
3. Tweet about this Giveaway using the #giveaway trending topic and post your twitter URL on the Color FX Blog post as a comment.
Prizes:
1st prize – $500 in printing services
2nd prize – $350 in printing services
3rd prize – $150 in printing services
Contest Deadline for Submission: December 18
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