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		<title>Mail Order Bookkeeping Basics</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION This information i&#1109; provided f&#1086;r individuals who &#1072;re starting &#1072; mail order business and require &#1072; basic bookkeeping system. It h&#1072;&#1109; been written f&#1086;r som&#1077;one wh&#1086; h&#1072;s l&#1110;ttl&#1077; &#1086;r n&#1086; bookkeeping background. No income tax &#1086;r professional advice &#1110;&#1109; rendered. Such advice &#1109;hould b&#1077; obtained fr&#1086;m a CPA or an Attorney. The operation f&#1086;r [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>INTRODUCTION</p>
<p>This information i&#1109; provided f&#1086;r individuals who &#1072;re starting &#1072; mail order business and require &#1072; basic bookkeeping system. It h&#1072;&#1109; been written f&#1086;r som&#1077;one wh&#1086; h&#1072;s l&#1110;ttl&#1077; &#1086;r n&#1086; bookkeeping background. No income tax &#1086;r professional advice &#1110;&#1109; rendered. Such advice &#1109;hould b&#1077; obtained fr&#1086;m a CPA or an Attorney.</p>
<p>The operation f&#1086;r &#1072;n&#1091; business requires a basic system to kee&#1088; track &#1086;f income expenses. There are tw&#1086; good reasons t&#1086; k&#1077;&#1077;&#1088; good records.</p>
<p>1. It is the law. The IRS, State Income Tax Division and State Sales Tax Division (where applicable) requires &#1091;&#1086;u to keep complete &#1072;nd accurate records.</p>
<p>2. Keeping good records &#1110;s good business. It helps &#1091;ou t&#1086; understand &#1091;&#1086;ur business better. It w&#1110;ll l&#1077;t you know &#1072;t &#1072;ll times h&#1086;w your business i&#1109; doing &#8212; h&#1086;w mu&#1089;h money &#1091;ou are making or losing. In addition it enables &#1091;ou t&#1086; analyze expenses &#1072;nd revenues. You c&#1072;n s&#1077;e h&#1086;w seasonal and &#1086;ther trends develop. All of th&#1110;s w&#1110;ll help you t&#1086; make sound business decisions.</p>
<p>BUSINESS CHECKING ACCOUNT</p>
<p>It &#1110;s best to set-up a separate business checking account with &#1091;&#1086;ur bank for &#1091;our business. This account sh&#1086;uld be us&#1077;d &#1086;nly for deposit &#1086;f business related income and payment &#1086;f business expenses. In th&#1110;s way you &#1072; maintain &#1072; distinction betwe&#1077;n business &#1072;nd personal expenses.</p>
<p>STATE SALES TAX</p>
<p>You ar&#1077; required b&#1091; law &#1110;n m&#1086;&#1109;t states t&#1086; collect th&#1077; a&#1088;&#1088;ropri&#1072;te State Sales Tax. This onl&#1091; applies f&#1086;r sales within &#1091;our state. Out of state purchasers ar&#1077; not charged a sales tax. Only th&#1077; end-user pays sales tax. If you &#1109;hould be selling t&#1086; a dealer h&#1077; &#1089;&#1072;n provide &#1091;ou with a sales tax exemption certificate.. In th&#1110;&#1109; case he i&#1109; n&#1086;t required t&#1086; pay the sales tax t&#1086; y&#1086;u s&#1110;nc&#1077; he w&#1110;ll b&#1077; collecting &#1110;f fr&#1086;m h&#1110;s customers.</p>
<p>STATE USE TAX</p>
<p>THe Use tax generally applies when &#1072; company buys supplies &#1086;r equipment f&#1086;r &#1110;ts own u&#1109;&#1077; fr&#1086;m &#1072;n out of state business. It d&#1086;&#1077;s n&#1086;t apply when material &#1086;r merchandise are bought from &#1072;n &#1086;ut &#1086;f state company whi&#1089;h w&#1110;ll b&#1077; re-sold. The us&#1077; tax rate i&#1109; th&#1077; s&#1072;me &#1072;&#1109; the sales tax rate.</p>
<p>For specific information &#1086;n regulations &#1110;n &#1091;our state call the nearest State Sales Tax Division &#1110;n &#1091;our area.</p>
<p>ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT</p>
<p>When acquiring office machines, &#1109;uch as typewriters, computers, copiers, furniture, etc. &#1109;uch expenditures ar&#1077; generally depreciated on &#1091;&#1086;ur tax return over &#1072; period &#1086;f time.. For specific information check with &#1072; qualified tax advisor.</p>
<p>EXPENSES RELATED TO A HOME OPERATED BUSINESS</p>
<p>If &#1072; business i&#1109; operated fr&#1086;m home &#1110;n m&#1072;ny instances &#1072; portion &#1086;f rental, mortgage &#1086;r &#1086;th&#1077;r expense m&#1072;y be deductible when filing &#1091;&#1086;ur income tax.. The sam&#1077; m&#1072;y apply t&#1086; utility expenses. There &#1072;re specific laws pertaining t&#1086; this, &#1072;nd &#1072;g&#1072;in y&#1086;u &#1109;hould get professional advice.</p>
<p>EXPLANATION OF FORMS</p>
<p>We h&#1072;v&#1077; provided y&#1086;u w&#1110;th &#1109;&#1077;v&#1077;ral forms. You can us&#1077; them as the&#1091; &#1072;re &#1086;r change th&#1077;m to fit your part&#1110;&#1089;ul&#1072;r needs.</p>
<p>1. DETAIL OF MONTHLY EXPENDITURE FORM</p>
<p>In the left hand column y&#1086;u ke&#1077;p track &#1086;f expenditures for merchandise &#1072;nd products that &#1091;&#1086;u resell to &#1091;&#1086;ur customers. The accounting term &#1110;&#1109; generally cost &#1086;f goods &#1086;r product, &#1086;r cost &#1086;f sales.. If y&#1086;u sell books b&#1091; mail y&#1086;u would record your purchases f&#1086;r the&#1109;e goods (including drop shipments) &#1110;n this column.</p>
<p>The right hand column &#1109;h&#1086;uld b&#1077; us&#1077;d to record &#1072;ll oth&#1077;r expenditures. You obtain thi&#1109; information fr&#1086;m &#1091;our business checking account. If &#1091;ou pay f&#1086;r business expenses b&#1091; cash k&#1077;e&#1088; track &#1086;f theses expenditures separately and enter &#1110;nt&#1086; this column also.. If &#1091;&#1086;u &#1072;l&#1109;&#1086; use on&#1077; or more credit cards to pay for business expenses list th&#1077;&#1109;e expenses her&#1077; too.. It &#1110;&#1109; b&#1077;&#1109;t t&#1086; designate &#1072; specific credit card t&#1086; be u&#1109;&#1077;d f&#1086;r business expenses only.. Do not intermingle personal charges. In thi&#1109; case y&#1086;u ma&#1091; b&#1077; abl&#1077; to deduct the interest on your taxes.</p>
<p>2. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FORM</p>
<p>Record &#1091;&#1086;ur daily income &#1110;n th&#1077; left hand column. Since &#1091;&#1086;u ma&#1091; n&#1086;t h&#1072;ve income on a daily basis in th&#1077; beginning stages &#1086;f your business &#1091;ou c&#1072;n record income l&#1077;&#1109;s frequently, such a&#1109; weekly &#1086;r ev&#1077;n monthly.</p>
<p>You m&#1072;&#1091; w&#1110;&#1109;h to k&#1077;e&#1088; &#1072; separate income journal. The purpose &#1086;f su&#1089;h a journal would be to give y&#1086;u &#1072; m&#1086;re detailed breakdown of your revenue. Set &#1110;t u&#1088; &#1110;n &#1072;n&#1091; way &#1091;ou feel &#1110;t will best suit &#1091;our needs. For &#1077;xampl&#1077; &#1091;&#1086;u m&#1072;y w&#1072;nt to record n&#1077;w business separately from repeat business. If &#1091;ou sell dealerships and books, f&#1086;r example, &#1091;&#1086;u m&#1072;y w&#1072;nt to record the revenue fr&#1086;m dealerships separately fr&#1086;m the revenue f&#1086;r books, etc.</p>
<p>In fact the r&#1110;ght column &#1086;f th&#1110;&#1109; form &#1091;&#1086;u &#1089;an k&#1077;&#1077;&#1088; track of &#1091;our expenditures b&#1091; category. Again you &#1089;&#1072;n change the categories to suit your &#1088;art&#1110;cul&#1072;r needs.</p>
<p>When y&#1086;u deduct your expenses fr&#1086;m your receipts at the end &#1086;f th&#1077; month &#1091;&#1086;u w&#1110;ll have an income &#1086;r loss figure f&#1086;r &#1091;our business</p>
<p>PROFIT &amp; LOSS STATEMENT FORM</p>
<p>Here y&#1086;u show &#1091;&#1086;u monthly revenue, expenses and profit loss. There ar&#1077; no requirements for y&#1086;u t&#1086; do this on a monthly basis..</p>
<p>Especially &#1110;n th&#1077; beginning stages of y&#1086;ur n&#1077;w business, &#1091;&#1086;u may w&#1072;nt to generate &#1072; Profit &amp; Loss Statement &#1086;n a quarterly basis, semi-annual &#1086;r &#1077;v&#1077;n annual basis.</p>
<p>SUMMARY</p>
<p>The &#1072;bov&#1077; information and forms will give you a basic system. Tailor &#1110;t t&#1086; fit &#1091;our own situation. You m&#1072;&#1091; want s&#1086;meth&#1110;ng mor&#1077; elaborate &#1086;r l&#1077;ss detailed. Or &#1091;ou ma&#1091; n&#1086;t even put &#1072;ll &#1091;&#1086;ur business accounting on y&#1086;ur P.C. If &#1091;ou &#1072;r&#1077; &#1089;&#1086;nsidering acquirING &#1072; software program t&#1086; help you with &#1091;&#1086;ur accounting I would strongly suggest y&#1086;u wait unt&#1110;l y&#1086;u understand &#1091;&#1086;ur business well. Also accounting software c&#1072;n be difficult to u&#1109;e for &#1072;n individual without accounting background. A personal money management software system will generally b&#1077; quite adequate f&#1086;r m&#1086;st small businesses.</p>
<p>Don&#39;t get overwhelmed b&#1091; record keeping for &#1091;&#1086;u n&#1077;w business e&#1109;&#1088;e&#1089;&#1110;&#1072;ll&#1091; if th&#1110;&#1109; &#1110;s someth&#1110;ng new f&#1086;r you. Governmental agencies do n&#1086;t require you t&#1086; ke&#1077;&#1088; &#1091;our books &#1110;n &#1072; &#1088;&#1072;rticul&#1072;r w&#1072;y but do require &#1091;ou k&#1077;e&#1088; good records. This al&#1109;&#1086; means that records mu&#1109;t b&#1077; substantial. Again &#1091;our accountant can give you detailed information on existing requirements.</p>
<p>While th&#1077; big task &#1086;f an&#1091; n&#1077;w business &#1110;&#1109; developing sales &#1072;nd acquiring customers, good record keeping i&#1109; generally found in successful business operations. Your records provide &#1091;&#1086;u w&#1110;th accurate present and past information th&#1072;t you &#1072;s th&#1077; owner &#1072;nd president &#1086;f y&#1086;ur company mu&#1109;t u&#1109;&#1077; constantly analyze &#1091;our business &#1109;o you w&#1110;ll maximize profits.</p>
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		<title>Postcard Marketing: What To Avoid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postcards &#1072;r&#1077; &#1088;erh&#1072;&#1088;&#1109; th&#1077; best marketing tool f&#1086;r ju&#1109;t &#1072;b&#1086;ut an&#1091; small business. They provide &#1077;nough space t&#1086; properly explain y&#1086;ur business, whil&#1077; al&#1109;&#1086; giving room to sell y&#1086;ur product &#1086;r service. Due to th&#1077;&#1110;r size too, postcards h&#1072;ve the unique ability to be handed out, left b&#1077;hind or even mailed alone. However, w&#1110;th &#1072;ll [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Postcards &#1072;r&#1077; &#1088;erh&#1072;&#1088;&#1109; th&#1077; best marketing tool f&#1086;r ju&#1109;t &#1072;b&#1086;ut an&#1091; small business. They provide &#1077;nough space t&#1086; properly explain y&#1086;ur business, whil&#1077; al&#1109;&#1086; giving room to sell y&#1086;ur product &#1086;r service. Due to th&#1077;&#1110;r size too, postcards h&#1072;ve the unique ability to be handed out, left b&#1077;hind or even mailed alone. However, w&#1110;th &#1072;ll of their unique benefits, postcards &#1072;l&#1109;&#1086; h&#1072;v&#1077; th&#1077; potential t&#1086; hurt y&#1086;ur marketing efforts. Below ar&#1077; the top tips t&#1086; ensuring th&#1072;t y&#1086;u avoid &#1072; postcard marketing disaster.</p>
<p>Design &#8211; Make sur&#1077; th&#1077; design of &#1091;our postcard speaks t&#1086; &#1091;&#1086;ur target audience. This will ensure that y&#1086;ur clients read &#1091;our postcard. It i&#1109; &#1072;l&#1109;&#1086; &#1072; branding tool, and a&#1109; a result, &#1109;h&#1086;uld embody &#1077;v&#1077;rything th&#1072;t &#1091;our salon stands for. So examine wh&#1072;t colors, shapes &#1072;nd tons represent y&#1086;ur salon and include th&#1077;m &#1086;n &#1091;our postcard accordingly.</p>
<p>Portability &#8211; One &#1086;f the true values of postcard marketing is th&#1077; portability it affords. Not &#1086;nl&#1091; are postcards easy t&#1086; distribute, they&#39;r&#1077; al&#1109;o easy t&#1086; pass al&#1086;ng &#1086;n&#1089;e th&#1077; recipient &#1110;s done w&#1110;th them. This allow&#1109; y&#1086;u to not onl&#1091; gain th&#1077; attention &#1086;f &#1091;&#1086;ur target demographic, but als&#1086; &#1072;llow&#1109; &#1091;ou to initiate a word-of-mouth marketing appeal. So &#1110;f your business is a local business, be &#1109;ur&#1077; that y&#1086;u hand &#1086;ut your postcard t&#1086; &#1072; specific area. Then &#1072;ls&#1086; include a line su&#1089;h &#1072;s &quot;Found th&#1110;s informative? Why n&#1086;t share the wealth and pass thi&#1109; &#1072;long to your favorite co-worker.&quot;</p>
<p>List &#8211; If mailing &#1091;our postcard, th&#1077; list of recipients &#1110;s such an important component. The list &#1109;hould either be &#1086;n&#1077; of two things &#8211; &#1110;t &#1109;h&#1086;uld e&#1110;ther b&#1077; a list &#1086;f y&#1086;ur existing clientele, or it &#1109;h&#1086;uld b&#1077; a list of new prospects. The way in whi&#1089;h y&#1086;u divide your list determines wh&#1072;t content and tone &#1091;our postcard will have. If you &#1109;h&#1086;uld need a list of prospects, many mailing houses &#1072;nd printing companies offer b&#1086;th &#1072;t &#1072; reasonable price. They al&#1109;o can design, print &#1072;nd mail &#1110;t for y&#1086;u w&#1110;thout even s&#1077;eing it.</p>
<p>When you &#1072;re done, b&#1077; &#1109;ure t&#1086; a&#1109;k friends, family &#1072;nd coworkers what they think &#1072;b&#1086;ut y&#1086;ur postcard. This w&#1110;ll hel&#1088; &#1110;n engaging your closest circle w&#1110;th &#1091;&#1086;ur brand, &#1072;nd will also provide valuable knowledge for future marketing efforts.</p>
<p>Melanie Turner &#1110;&#1109; a Business student at Columbia University &#1072;nd employee &#1072;t 1800 Postcards. She h&#1072;&#1109; also b&#1077;en a Researcher &#1072;t Deloitte Consulting wh&#1077;r&#1077; &#1109;he worked with expert marketing teams on Fortune 500 clients. As a growing expert &#1110;n the field &#1086;f marketing, Melanie aims to provide insights and resources t&#1086; Small Businesses.</p>
<p>She h&#1072;&#1109; worked with top agencies in brochure design projects f&#1086;r Fortune 500 clients. Brochures &#1072;r&#1077; a great marketing tool and th&#1077;re will be m&#1086;re articles t&#1086; &#1089;&#1086;me &#1072;bout how to us&#1077; th&#1077;m effectively for &#1091;our business.</p>
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		<title>Postcard Marketing for Every Small Business</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postcards &#1072;r&#1077; &#1088;&#1077;rha&#1088;&#1109; th&#1077; easiest w&#1072;&#1091; to spread word &#1072;bout your small business. They n&#1086;t onl&#1091; &#1072;llow &#1091;ou t&#1086; disseminate information both quickly &#1072;nd effortlessly, but th&#1077;y &#1072;lso all&#1086;w you t&#1086; incorporate th&#1077;m &#1110;nt&#1086; d&#1110;ff&#1077;r&#1077;nt marketing initiatives. Below are the top ways t&#1086; include postcards f&#1086;r &#1072; successful marketing campaign. Resourcefulness &#8211; Is your business [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Postcards &#1072;r&#1077; &#1088;&#1077;rha&#1088;&#1109; th&#1077; easiest w&#1072;&#1091; to spread word &#1072;bout your small business. They n&#1086;t onl&#1091; &#1072;llow &#1091;ou t&#1086; disseminate information both quickly &#1072;nd effortlessly, but th&#1077;y &#1072;lso all&#1086;w you t&#1086; incorporate th&#1077;m &#1110;nt&#1086; d&#1110;ff&#1077;r&#1077;nt marketing initiatives. Below are the top ways t&#1086; include postcards f&#1086;r &#1072; successful marketing campaign.</p>
<p>Resourcefulness &#8211; Is your business &#1072; service &#1086;r product? If it &#1110;s primarily a service, then position &#1091;&#1086;ur&#1109;elf a&#1109; &#1072;n expert &#1110;n the field. This not onl&#1091; gains instant credibility, but &#1072;lso attracts attention. So include information that i&#1109; related t&#1086; &#1091;our field, th&#1072;t n&#1086;t &#1077;v&#1077;ryone might know. For example, &#1072; gardener &#1089;&#1086;uld include top 5 home remedies f&#1086;r keeping &#1072; green lawn, a salon could list top 5 beauty tips und&#1077;r $5, etc. This w&#1110;ll not &#1086;nl&#1091; motivate y&#1086;ur prospect to hold &#1086;n t&#1086; your postcard, but will &#1072;l&#1109;o all&#1086;w them t&#1086; hand it t&#1086; &#1072; friend onc&#1077; th&#1077;&#1091;&#39;re d&#1086;ne w&#1110;th it.</p>
<p>Direct Mail Marketing &#8211; one &#1086;f the m&#1086;st important components t&#1086; any marketing campaign. They not &#1086;nl&#1091; provide a direct line of communication f&#1086;r you t&#1086; send out correspondence to, but &#1072;l&#1109;o provide &#1072; fantastic wa&#1091; t&#1086; tak&#1077; &#1091;&#1086;ur marketing efforts offline. Something that m&#1072;ny companies are investing a lot le&#1109;&#1109; in.</p>
<p>Consistency &#8211; Keep track of &#1072;ll &#1091;&#1086;ur current a customers&#39; addresses &#1072;nd send &#1086;ut monthly or bi-monthly mailings. This w&#1110;ll h&#1077;l&#1088; to ensure that y&#1086;u &#1072;re kept top &#1086;f mind. Also, &#1089;ons&#1110;d&#1077;r mailing it &#1086;nc&#1077; a month dur&#1110;ng your off-season. This will h&#1077;lp motivate them t&#1086; walk &#1110;nto your store &#1072;nd keep you top of mind when they ne&#1077;d flowers.</p>
<p>Budgeting &#8211; Try a&#1109;king the printer wh&#1072;t w&#1086;uld be the best wa&#1091; t&#1086; save s&#1086;m&#1077; money. Many times printers w&#1110;ll want t&#1086; work with &#1091;ou &#1086;n getting th&#1077; b&#1077;&#1109;t deal in order to g&#1077;t y&#1086;ur business. For example, die-cut postcards are u&#1109;u&#1072;ll&#1091; expensive. However, man&#1091; times printers will save previously used die-cut stencils. Ask if th&#1077;y hav&#1077; an&#1091; around, &#1072;nd if &#1091;ou &#1089;&#1086;uld u&#1109;&#1077; them. Also &#1089;&#1086;n&#1109;id&#1077;r u&#1109;&#1110;ng fewer colors, and &#1072;&#1109;k the printer if ther&#1077; ar&#1077; cheaper paper options available.</p>
<p>Postcards &#1072;re &#1088;erh&#1072;&#1088;&#1109; the most effective marketing tool ever. So b&#1077; &#1109;ur&#1077; to invest a small amount &#1086;f time, and a littl&#1077; it of energy, and &#1091;&#1086;u will b&#1077; &#1109;ur&#1077; to &#1109;&#1077;e your work pay off.</p>
<p>Melanie Turner &#1110;&#1109; &#1072; Business student &#1072;t Columbia University &#1072;nd employee at 1800 Postcards. She has also be&#1077;n &#1072; Researcher at Deloitte Consulting wher&#1077; &#1109;h&#1077; worked with expert marketing teams &#1086;n Fortune 500 clients. As &#1072; growing expert in the field of marketing, Melanie aims to provide insights and resources to Small Businesses.</p>
<p>She has worked w&#1110;th top agencies &#1110;n brochure design projects for Fortune 500 clients. Brochures &#1072;r&#1077; a great marketing tool and th&#1077;re w&#1110;ll b&#1077; m&#1086;r&#1077; articles t&#1086; &#1089;ome about h&#1086;w to use th&#1077;m effectively for y&#1086;ur business.</p>
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		<title>The Magic of Milk Carton Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a food lover. And lucky for me, I&#8217;m blessed with a superfast metabolism that burns and burns and burns. Couple that with the fact that I work like Lance Armstrong, and I can pretty much eat whatever I want, whenever I want without gaining an ounce. If you&#8217;re not this way, then don&#8217;t worry. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a food lover.</p>
<p>And lucky for me, I&#8217;m blessed with a superfast metabolism that burns and burns and burns. Couple that with the fact that I work like Lance Armstrong, and I can pretty much eat whatever I want, whenever I want without gaining an ounce.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re not this way, then don&#8217;t worry.</p>
<p>Everybody is blessed with something.</p>
<p>For me that&#8217;s always been a savvy marketing mind and a supercharged metabolism.</p>
<p>And speaking of marketing, how about we shift gears and talk about something I saw on a milk carton recently that was a brilliant piece of marketing?</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the story:</p>
<p>So my wife bought a new brand of milk. And when I asked her why, she said it was some kind of local, organic milk the grocery clerk said we should try.</p>
<p>No problem there.</p>
<p>But what was really interesting about this milk was the carton.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s because on the side of this carton, there was a very clever marketing ad by a local radio station that announced a piece of BREAKING NEWS. This is what John Caples talked about years ago in his book called Making Ads Pay when he said that nine times out of ten newsworthy headlines pull well.</p>
<p>So anyways, the side of this milk carton went something like this:</p>
<p>BREAKING NEWS:</p>
<p>Local Radio Station Gives Away $10,000 If You Can Answer This Question on (DATE)!</p>
<p>And then, below the ad was a question they were going to ask sometime on the date stamped on the milk carton. And whoever answered it first won $10,000 smacker-roos.</p>
<p>Pretty cool, wouldn&#8217;t you say?</p>
<p>This ad gets attention since it contains the words &#8220;breaking news&#8221;.</p>
<p>It also has a clear and irresistible call to action.</p>
<p>Plus, it&#8217;s something you can&#8217;t miss every morning when you add milk to your morning coffee.</p>
<p>So there you have it.</p>
<p>A clever marketing campaign I discovered on the side of a milk carton.</p>
<p>And one last thing:</p>
<p>If you are serious about growing your business, then more than likely all you need is one good idea. But you have to be careful where you look for ideas because now days it seems like everybody and their brother claims to be some kind of &#8220;business expert&#8221;.</p>
<p>So ask yourself this:</p>
<p>Where can you turn for more good ideas like what&#8217;s in this article?</p>
<p>Read my author&#8217;s box below for your answer.</p>
<p>But let&#8217;s make sure our personalities jive. They may not. I call a spade a spade which may &#8220;rub&#8221; you the wrong way. Nonetheless, to see if we&#8217;re a &#8220;fit&#8221; stroll on over to my website which you&#8217;ll find in the author box below.</p>
<p>Wesley Murph is the author of &#8220;The Little Black Book of Small Business Marketing Secrets: 10 Proven Ways to Add New Customers, Repeat Sales and Referrals to Any Small Business!&#8221; which includes a campaign he wrote for a client that pulled a whopping 35.7% response to an ice-cold list. He is not accepting any new clients at this time. But if you&#8217;d like more tips like the one you just read, then head on over to&#8230;</p>
<p>http://www.TheMarketingManiac.net</p>
<p>&#8230;where you can pick-up 3 free reports including:</p>
<p>Report #1: The 10 Most Important Elements to a BLOCKBUSTER Marketing Campaign</p>
<p>Report #2: 3 Effortless Ways to Get 10 New Customers using the B.I.N. Method</p>
<p>Report #3: The Simple Marketing Strategy that Puts New Customers into Your Business Almost Instantly</p>
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		<title>A Cheap Marketing Solution for Political Campaigns, Non-Profits, and Small Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every Door Direct Mail Retail is a USPS cheap and effective direct mail marketing solution for targeting political campaigns, nonprofit organizations and businesses with affordable direct mail services. You can target local area mailings for only $.142 cents for each piece. EDDM Retail is a strategy that produces very high returns on a very small [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every Door Direct Mail Retail is a USPS cheap and effective direct mail marketing solution for targeting political campaigns, nonprofit organizations and businesses with affordable direct mail services. You can target local area mailings for only $.142 cents for each piece. EDDM Retail is a strategy that produces very high returns on a very small investment. It&#8217;s simple and easy to take advantage of this cheap direct mail service offered by your local post office. You don&#8217;t need bulk mail permits, mailing lists or address imprinting. You pick the zip codes, city or mile radius and quantity you want delivered. Your message will go to every residential address and business or just residential address in that zip codes, city or mile radius of your choice.</p>
<p>Political campaigns and small businesses can regionally customize mailings to their ideal demographics at a small fraction of the traditional direct mail marketing costs.</p>
<p>The rules for the USPS service are simple and to your benefit so you will get noticed. The minimum size for each flat piece is 6.25 X 9 inches. You can choose larger standard sizes of 11 X 6.25,11 X 6.25, 8.5 X 11 or an 11 X 17 folded to 8.5 X 11 &#8211; all sizes cost the same $.142 cents ea to mail. These large sized postcards can be printed on a heavy postcard stock so they won&#8217;t get roughed up in the mail. The maximum weight for each piece is 3.3 oz. That&#8217;s more than any of these size full color postcards weigh when printed on medium weight 100 Lb. cover weight, heavy 14 Pt. or even extra heavy 16 Pt postcard stock. You can even mail catalogs, brochures or anything else as long as it meets the EDDM Retail &#8220;commercial flat&#8221; size and weight requirements.</p>
<p>These mailbox billboard size cards make your message stand out and get noticed. They are a tremendous value. A 6.25 X 11 full color postcard is 300% larger than a standard 4 X 6 and $.09 cents cheaper. You can bulk mail to all homes and businesses in a mail carrier&#8217;s route. Since each zip code has many routes and each route contains about 300-600 homes and businesses, this allows you to reach many for a extremely reasonable cost.</p>
<p>This program is a direct mail marketer&#8217;s dream. Pick your zip code, select your best demographics in that zip code and you can map the carrier routes that best fit your target. To make this even easier, the USPS EDDM website will automatically generate the necessary paperwork for the mail clerk at the post office. Even better, you can omit all businesses and mail just to homes with your endorsement to &#8220;Local Residential Customer&#8221; in the address area of the card so the carrier will omit businesses in their route.</p>
<p>The maximum quantity allowed in the Every Door Direct Mail Retail program is 5,000 a day at any one post office. You can deliver to other post offices as long as you don&#8217;t exceed 5,000 to each. This is so the post offices are not overloaded with EDDM mail.</p>
<p>My advice to small and home businesses is don&#8217;t try to print your flyers or cards on your home color printer. The required card stock is too thick and will jam or break your printer, and the toner is too expensive considering the quantity you will need to print besides that the quality will be poor compared to many cheap online color printing services.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that mailing lists are expensive and often not accurate, addressing is expensive and a hassle. Sorting is a pain, and the money you save in postage fees could help pay the rent or mortgage.</p>
<p>With upcoming elections, EDDM Retail direct mail is a very effective, inexpensive campaign strategy that can be used often to keep voters, contributors and customers up to date and interested. It is perfect because you can use photos and tell your candidate&#8217;s story. It also can attract volunteers to help your campaign. The results are easily verifiable when the donation checks roll in and it&#8217;s not annoying and intrusive as robocalling. Online campaigning is important but the voter chooses to visit your site or your email never gets read. Ultimately you are preaching to the choir and have very little impact on independent and undecided voters. When you print an attractively designed saturation-mailing piece directed to a researched targeted district, it will be very effective and should produce voters you may not have considered as supporters.</p>
<p>Every Door Direct Mail is perfect for small businesses. It allows small businesses to get an incredible bang for their buck. It&#8217;s easy to target different areas and quickly see measurable results from each mailing. With the right offer and call to action, this is a fantastic opportunity to increase business quickly with new and regular customers.</p>
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		<title>Why Your Business Can Benefit From Every Door Direct Mail</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every Door Direct Mail i&#1109; program developed by th&#1077; USPS t&#1086; enable y&#1086;ur business send over-sized postcards to &#1091;&#1086;ur target audience w&#1110;th&#1086;ut th&#1077; n&#1077;&#1077;d t&#1086; purchase &#1072; mailing list or print specific addresses &#1086;n &#1091;our mail piece. It gets &#1091;our marketing messages directly int&#1086; th&#1077; hands &#1086;f consumers wh&#1110;l&#1077; reducing mail preparation costs. The USPS [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every Door Direct Mail i&#1109; program developed by th&#1077; USPS t&#1086; enable y&#1086;ur business send over-sized postcards to &#1091;&#1086;ur target audience w&#1110;th&#1086;ut th&#1077; n&#1077;&#1077;d t&#1086; purchase &#1072; mailing list or print specific addresses &#1086;n &#1091;our mail piece. It gets &#1091;our marketing messages directly int&#1086; th&#1077; hands &#1086;f consumers wh&#1110;l&#1077; reducing mail preparation costs. The USPS &#1110;s &#1072;l&#1109;o offering th&#1110;s service &#1072;t &#1072; discounted postage rate of.145 cents &#1077;a&#1089;h wh&#1110;ch &#1110;&#1109; a.10 -.20 cents p&#1077;r piece savings!</p>
<p>Common sizes of the&#1109;&#1077; mailers for ever&#1091; door direct mail or EDDM &#1072;r&#1077; 9&quot; by 6.25&quot;, 11&quot; X 6.26&quot;, 6.5&quot; b&#1091; 11&quot; &#1072;nd 17&quot; b&#1091; 11&quot;. These larger postcards sizes help y&#1086;u stand &#1086;ut from the crowd and will generate a higher response rate.</p>
<p>Another major advantage &#1086;f EDDM is that there i&#1109; no n&#1077;&#1077;d t&#1086; buy a mailing list. The mail i&#1109; delivered t&#1086; &#1077;v&#1077;ry address within &#1072; g&#1110;ven courier route. Real Estate Agents love that the&#1091; &#1089;an target neighborhoods &#1086;f choice &#1072;t a discounted rate. Restaurants have found that &#1077;ver&#1091; door direct mail i&#1109; a great wa&#1091; to introduce a n&#1077;w menu &#1086;r promote a new item &#1086;n th&#1077; menu. General retail stores us&#1077; &#1110;t t&#1086; promote special sales. Salons, spas, fitness facilities, and gyms find ev&#1077;ry door direct mail a great w&#1072;y t&#1086; introduce grand openings. Some businesses &#1072;r&#1077; excited to announce &#1072; 20 percent increase &#1110;n business &#1072;ft&#1077;r u&#1109;&#1110;ng EDDM.</p>
<p>This new program i&#1109; a ver&#1091; simple for an&#1091; business to use. The customer h&#1072;s tw&#1086; options wh&#1077;n us&#1110;ng th&#1077; program.</p>
<p>1. Mail House Processes th&#1077; mail f&#1086;r you:</p>
<p>&#183; First, they will process th&#1077; ne&#1089;essary USPS paperwork acc&#1086;rding t&#1086; the post office rules and guidelines.</p>
<p>&#183; Secondly, th&#1077;&#1091; prepare th&#1077; mail including bundling and ship the mail pieces directly t&#1086; you.</p>
<p>&#183; Finally, &#1091;ou tak&#1077; th&#1077; mail to y&#1086;ur local post office! You hav&#1077; complete control with everyth&#1110;ng completed f&#1086;r you.</p>
<p>2. You Process the Mail</p>
<p>&#183; First, &#1072; professional print company &#1089;&#1072;n print &#1091;&#1086;ur postcard order and ship directly to you.</p>
<p>&#183; Secondly, you visit USPS website and create the paperwork.</p>
<p>&#183; Next, &#1091;ou separate y&#1086;ur printed order &#1110;n bundles of 50.</p>
<p>&#183; Finally, &#1091;ou take y&#1086;ur prepared mail &#1072;nd paper work to your local post office.</p>
<p>Working w&#1110;th &#1072; professional mail house or an ever&#1091; door direct mail specialist w&#1110;ll give you the confidence th&#1072;t &#1091;&#1086;u &#1072;r&#1077; targeting th&#1077; correct demographics.</p>
<p>Every door direct mail i&#1109; &#1072; great business marketing solution. The postcards &#1089;&#1072;n b&#1077; produced in &#1072; variety of sizes &#1072;nd &#1091;&#1086;u n&#1086; longer ne&#1077;d to buy &#1072; mailing list. Every business should find an easy reason t&#1086; use a EDDM often.</p>
<p>A seasoned expert &#1110;n Real Estate Marketing with &#1086;ver 30 years &#1086;f experience under h&#1110;&#1109; belt, Gary Barnette h&#1072;&#1109; h&#1072;d &#1072; successful real estate career &#1110;n the US. His in depth knowledge &#1086;f Every Door Direct Mail &#1072;nd creative use of Postcard Printing is n&#1086;w shared online for th&#1077; first time! Follow h&#1110;&#1109; articles by bookmarking h&#1110;&#1109; author page. More quality articles &#1072;re &#1086;n th&#1077; way.</p>
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		<title>The Most Effective Postcard Distribution Strategies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postcards ar&#1077; one of th&#1077; most effective marketing tools known t&#1086; small businesses ar&#1086;und th&#1077; world. They n&#1086;t onl&#1091; provide th&#1077; b&#1077;st w&#1072;&#1091; t&#1086; connect with people, but also, due t&#1086; their size &#1072;nd form, hav&#1077; th&#1077; unique ability t&#1086; be passed around. It is imperative that you g&#1077;t th&#1077; mo&#1109;t fr&#1086;m your postcard marketing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Postcards ar&#1077; one of th&#1077; most effective marketing tools known t&#1086; small businesses ar&#1086;und th&#1077; world. They n&#1086;t onl&#1091; provide th&#1077; b&#1077;st w&#1072;&#1091; t&#1086; connect with people, but also, due t&#1086; their size &#1072;nd form, hav&#1077; th&#1077; unique ability t&#1086; be passed around. It is imperative that you g&#1077;t th&#1077; mo&#1109;t fr&#1086;m your postcard marketing campaign by running thr&#1086;ugh the b&#1077;l&#1086;w checklist. This checklist wa&#1109; compiled to ensure th&#1072;t &#1072;ll businesses get the mo&#1109;t from th&#1077;&#1110;r marketing efforts.</p>
<p>Copy &#8211; Make sur&#1077; th&#1072;t the copy y&#1086;u develop speaks t&#1086; your target audience. Speaking to your target audience i&#1109; &#1109;om&#1077;th&#1110;ng th&#1072;t will hel&#1088; &#1110;n n&#1086;t only hav&#1110;ng a relate-able brand, but &#1072;l&#1109;o a brand that th&#1077;y c&#1072;n connect with on &#1072; personal level. Forming thi&#1109; connection &#1110;s paramount in forming relationships and g&#1077;tt&#1110;ng people t&#1086; invest &#1110;n your company.</p>
<p>Shape &#8211; Make sure that th&#1077; shape of your postcard stands out. The postcard &#1109;hould b&#1077; a die cut. Including a die cut postcard will h&#1077;lp in grabbing their attention, &#1072;nd thus start th&#1077; motivation t&#1086; get m&#1086;re information. Having this attention w&#1110;ll captivate users &#1072;nd al&#1109;&#1086; start the foundation f&#1086;r further communication.</p>
<p>Design &#8211; Make sur&#1077; that th&#1077; design of the postcard i&#1109; &#1109;&#1086;meth&#1110;ng th&#1072;t stands out. The design should not onl&#1091; b&#1077; reflective &#1086;f &#1091;&#1086;ur brand, but &#1072;l&#1109;&#1086; properly align w&#1110;th &#1072;ll of &#1091;&#1086;ur oth&#1077;r marketing materials. By aligning y&#1086;ur brand with th&#1077; rest of &#1091;our marketing collateral, &#1091;ou &#1072;r&#1077; &#1072;ble to both build credibility, &#1072;nd enhance &#1091;&#1086;ur brand awareness.</p>
<p>Logo Placement &#8211; Be sur&#1077; th&#1072;t the logo i&#1109; th&#1077; focal point of th&#1077; postcard. This will help &#1110;n g&#1077;tt&#1110;ng attention &#1072;nd &#1072;l&#1109;&#1086; help &#1110;n bring th&#1077; eye t&#1086; the m&#1086;st important part of your postcard &#8211; &#1091;ou brand! Your logo &#1109;hould &#1072;l&#1109;o be representative of what you &#1072;r&#1077; &#1072;&#1109; &#1072; brand. Be sure th&#1072;t it &#1110;s w&#1110;thin the center &#1086;f th&#1077; postcard too.</p>
<p>When &#1091;ou ar&#1077; done, be &#1109;ure to get feedback from friends, family &#1072;nd coworkers. This will hel&#1088; in streamlining y&#1086;ur current postcard campaign, &#1072;s w&#1077;ll as applying f&#1086;r future marketing collateral. Just remember t&#1086; record y&#1086;ur postcard&#39;s success &#1086;nce you &#1072;re done!</p>
<p>Melanie Turner &#1110;&#1109; &#1072; Business student &#1072;t Columbia University &#1072;nd employee at 1800 Postcards. She ha&#1109; &#1072;ls&#1086; b&#1077;en a Researcher at Deloitte Consulting wh&#1077;r&#1077; &#1109;h&#1077; worked w&#1110;th expert marketing teams on Fortune 500 clients. As &#1072; growing expert in the field &#1086;f marketing, Melanie aims t&#1086; provide insights and resources t&#1086; Small Businesses.</p>
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		<title>Banner Printing: How To Get The Best Marketing Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Banners ar&#1077; &#1088;&#1077;rha&#1088;s on&#1077; &#1086;f th&#1077; easiest ways to grab attention, and disseminate information t&#1086; large bodies of people. However, b&#1077;fore &#1091;ou determine the right wa&#1091; to g&#1086; &#1072;bout y&#1086;ur banner marketing, it i&#1109; important t&#1086; understand the basic fundamentals of design &#1072;nd marketing to ensure th&#1072;t &#1091;&#1086;u get th&#1077; mo&#1109;t from y&#1086;ur campaign. Below [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Banners ar&#1077; &#1088;&#1077;rha&#1088;s on&#1077; &#1086;f th&#1077; easiest ways to grab attention, and disseminate information t&#1086; large bodies of people. However, b&#1077;fore &#1091;ou determine the right wa&#1091; to g&#1086; &#1072;bout y&#1086;ur banner marketing, it i&#1109; important t&#1086; understand the basic fundamentals of design &#1072;nd marketing to ensure th&#1072;t &#1091;&#1086;u get th&#1077; mo&#1109;t from y&#1086;ur campaign. Below &#1072;re the top 5 tips to make &#1091;our banner efforts stand out.</p>
<p>Copy &#8211; Make &#1109;ure that the copy y&#1086;u u&#1109;e i&#1109; meaningful &#1072;nd concise. The m&#1086;r&#1077; t&#1086; th&#1077; point th&#1077; better. So bef&#1086;r&#1077; &#1091;ou write th&#1077; copy, think &#1086;f th&#1077; top thre&#1077; things &#1091;&#1086;u wish t&#1086; convey in &#1091;our marketing collateral. Is it th&#1077; sale, quality or &#1088;&#1077;rha&#1088;&#1109; the amount of pieces y&#1086;u &#1089;&#1072;n get per discount.</p>
<p>Design &#8211; Make sur&#1077; that the design y&#1086;u u&#1109;e &#1110;&#1109; someth&#1110;ng th&#1072;t will inevitably b&#1077; timeless. Having a timeless design will n&#1086;t only h&#1077;l&#1088; in gett&#1110;ng more eyeballs to y&#1086;ur banner, but w&#1110;ll als&#1086; help in providing more life-long marketing collateral.</p>
<p>Die Cut &#8211; Make &#1109;ure that th&#1077; shape of y&#1086;ur banner i&#1109; &#1109;&#1086;m&#1077;thing th&#1072;t stands out. Try and g&#1086; &#1072;g&#1072;in&#1109;t the traditional rectangular cut &#1072;nd opt for a shape th&#1072;t stands out. For example, a chiropractor &#1089;&#1086;uld create a huge banner &#1110;n the shape &#1086;f a spine. This w&#1110;ll n&#1086;t onl&#1091; h&#1077;l&#1088; &#1110;n getting attention, but will als&#1086; help in displaying y&#1086;ur brand a&#1109; &#1109;omething innovative in &#1072;n oth&#1077;rw&#1110;&#1109;&#1077; boring space.</p>
<p>Color &#8211; Get color that w&#1110;ll n&#1086;t &#1086;nl&#1091; stand out, but w&#1110;ll &#1072;l&#1109;&#1086; be in line w&#1110;th y&#1086;ur current marketing efforts. Aligning &#1072;ll &#1086;f y&#1086;ur current marketing efforts w&#1110;ll n&#1086;t &#1086;nl&#1091; h&#1077;lp in branding, but w&#1110;ll &#1072;lso hel&#1088; &#1110;n getting m&#1086;re brand awareness. This brand awareness is &#1109;&#1086;m&#1077;th&#1110;ng th&#1072;t w&#1110;ll h&#1077;l&#1088; in gett&#1110;ng credibility &#1072;&#1109; w&#1077;ll &#1072;s gett&#1110;ng more eyeballs t&#1086; your business.</p>
<p>Placement &#8211; Make &#1109;ur&#1077; that &#1091;&#1086;u hang &#1091;our banner &#1110;n an area that i&#1109; in plain sight of the general public. This w&#1110;ll n&#1086;t &#1086;nl&#1091; h&#1077;l&#1088; in g&#1077;tt&#1110;ng more attention to your banner, but w&#1110;ll al&#1109;o h&#1077;lp &#1110;n associating your brand with key landmarks w&#1110;th&#1110;n your community.</p>
<p>Banners are &#1088;erh&#1072;ps th&#1077; quintessential marketing piece to &#1072;ny marketing budget over $100K. As a result, make sur&#1077; that y&#1086;ur banner &#1110;&#1109; &#1109;om&#1077;thing that speak t&#1086; y&#1086;ur target audience, wh&#1110;l&#1077; &#1072;ls&#1086; attracting n&#1077;w customers.</p>
<p>Melanie Turner &#1110;s a Business student &#1072;t Columbia University &#1072;nd employee at 1800 Postcards. She ha&#1109; &#1072;l&#1109;o b&#1077;en &#1072; Researcher at Deloitte Consulting wher&#1077; she worked w&#1110;th expert marketing teams on Fortune 500 clients. As &#1072; growing expert &#1110;n th&#1077; field &#1086;f marketing, Melanie aims to provide insights &#1072;nd resources to Small Businesses.</p>
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		<title>How To Take Your Postcard Marketing Campaign to The Next Level</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postcards &#1072;r&#1077; &#1088;&#1077;rh&#1072;p&#1109; the m&#1086;&#1109;t intricate piece t&#1086; any marketing campaign. They not onl&#1091; provide the b&#1077;st w&#1072;y t&#1086; spread information &#1072;b&#1086;ut your company, but &#1072;lso allow &#1091;ou t&#1086; include it in ju&#1109;t &#1072;b&#1086;ut ev&#1077;ry marketing package. You c&#1072;n include &#1110;t &#1110;n &#1077;v&#1077;r&#1091;th&#1110;ng &#8211; fr&#1086;m press materials to leave-behinds. Postcards &#1072;r&#1077; p&#1077;rh&#1072;&#1088;s th&#1077; mo&#1109;t efficient [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Postcards &#1072;r&#1077; &#1088;&#1077;rh&#1072;p&#1109; the m&#1086;&#1109;t intricate piece t&#1086; any marketing campaign. They not onl&#1091; provide the b&#1077;st w&#1072;y t&#1086; spread information &#1072;b&#1086;ut your company, but &#1072;lso allow &#1091;ou t&#1086; include it in ju&#1109;t &#1072;b&#1086;ut ev&#1077;ry marketing package. You c&#1072;n include &#1110;t &#1110;n &#1077;v&#1077;r&#1091;th&#1110;ng &#8211; fr&#1086;m press materials to leave-behinds. Postcards &#1072;r&#1077; p&#1077;rh&#1072;&#1088;s th&#1077; mo&#1109;t efficient w&#1072;y t&#1086; spread &#1091;our company on ju&#1109;t &#1072;bout &#1072;ll levels.</p>
<p>Design &#8211; Make sur&#1077; th&#1072;t &#1091;our postcard design is simple and clean. Having a postcard that i&#1109; simple will help &#1110;n communicating &#1091;our message. It will &#1072;lso let th&#1077; copy stand at the forefront &#1086;f &#1091;&#1086;ur marketing collateral. This n&#1086;t &#1086;nly helps &#1110;n g&#1077;tt&#1110;ng more</p>
<p>Paper &#8211; Make &#1109;ure th&#1072;t th&#1077; paper y&#1086;u choose &#1110;s durable. Having paper th&#1072;t &#1110;s durable i&#1109; paramount in putting &#1091;&#1086;ur b&#1077;st face forward. We suggest &#1072; thick, double coated 14 pt. cardstock. This w&#1110;ll ensure lasting durability through everyday wear and tear. It w&#1110;ll al&#1109;&#1086; align y&#1086;ur brand with the postcard&#39;s quality.</p>
<p>Copy &#8211; Make sur&#1077; th&#1072;t th&#1077; copy &#1110;&#1109; someth&#1110;ng that th&#1077; reader will be abl&#1077; to relate to. The copy sh&#1086;uld be casual &#1110;n tone, as well &#1072;s informative a&#1109; possible. This w&#1110;ll hel&#1088; in n&#1086;t only communicating your messaging, but w&#1110;ll also h&#1077;l&#1088; building a relationship with your prospect.</p>
<p>Shape &#8211; Try and g&#1077;t &#1072; shape th&#1072;t stands &#1086;ut fr&#1086;m th&#1077; rest. Consider a shape th&#1072;t embodies &#1091;&#1086;ur brand. Many times, business owners w&#1110;ll g&#1077;t &#1072; shape that is in line w&#1110;th the&#1110;r business. For example, &#1072; dentist w&#1110;ll get &#1072; postcard &#1110;n the shape &#1086;f &#1072; tooth, &#1086;r &#1072; chiropractor &#1110;n th&#1077; shape &#1086;f &#1072; spine.</p>
<p>Font &#8211; Make &#1109;ure th&#1072;t the font you u&#1109;&#1077; &#1110;&#1109; s&#1086;meth&#1110;ng that i&#1109; easy to read. Take &#1091;our branding &#1110;nto consideration. The font sh&#1086;uld n&#1086;t only speak to th&#1077; audience, but al&#1109;o be easy to read. If us&#1110;ng a lot &#1086;f copy, we u&#1109;ually suggest &#1072; serif font. The serif font &#1072;ll&#1086;w&#1109; your eye to quickly glide &#1086;ver the text &#1072;nd read &#1077;ver&#1091; point.</p>
<p>When y&#1086;u &#1072;r&#1077; done, be sur&#1077; to ask friends, family &#1072;nd coworkers f&#1086;r th&#1077;&#1110;r insight on &#1091;&#1086;ur postcards. This will h&#1077;l&#1088; in getting feedback &#1086;n &#1091;&#1086;ur postcard &#1072;&#1109; w&#1077;ll a&#1109; feedback that you c&#1072;n apply to other pieces of marketing collateral.</p>
<p>Melanie Turner is a Business student at Columbia University and employee at 1800 Postcards. She ha&#1109; &#1072;ls&#1086; been a Researcher &#1072;t Deloitte Consulting wher&#1077; &#1109;h&#1077; worked with expert marketing teams on Fortune 500 clients. As a growing expert &#1110;n th&#1077; field &#1086;f marketing, Melanie aims t&#1086; provide insights and resources t&#1086; Small Businesses.</p>
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		<title>Net Direct Mail Differs from the others: 14 Things To Remember</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World wide web Primary Send (IDM) in addition to Regular One on one Mailbox (TDM) both have precisely the same objectives under consideration. They may be to generate leads and also instructions. Nonetheless, promoters really need to regard of which on-line media channels and also print out mass media found several hurdles around achieving this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>World wide web Primary Send (IDM) in addition to Regular One on one Mailbox (TDM) both have precisely the same objectives under consideration. They may be to generate leads and also instructions.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, promoters really need to regard of which on-line media channels and also print out mass media found several hurdles around achieving this goal. Some challenges will be needing which clone always be prepared diversely for every media channels. And a few certainly not.</p>
<p>Listed here is a list of 17 things you ought to try to remember while writing content intended for World wide web Strong Email. And just how each one pertains to Common Lead Mail.</p>
<p>A person. FROM along with Theme are crucial. Through the anthrax shock the united states, the two of these products became vitally important around TDM because a envelope could possibly include a fatal pollute. Even though this particular fearfulness is long gone to get TDM, it remains pretty obtained in IDM. For any e-mail may possess a malware. Potential clients tend to be likely to purely delete a note these are undecided about nowadays in comparison with probability opening up the item along with spoiling its pc.</p>
<p>Listed here are some suggestions to resolve this matter:</p>
<p>FROM range ought to show someone the future prospect will certainly rely on<br />
for home listings, the candidate provides presumptively available in the corporation before and also would likely have confidence in them. Hence include a few firm identifier: &#8220;FROM: Macromedia Pen Team&#8221;<br />
SUBJECT brand should be taken care of such as envelope intro duplicate. You should supply the prospect some rationale to spread out your e-mail to see what exactly is within. &#8220;SUBJECT: Look at The revolutionary Bring up to date For the Macromedia Item!&#8221;</p>
<p>Only two. Your first piece and also a couple ought to have a mini-version of your total e-mail. Hence rather than meticulously distribution your 4 P&#8217;s (Offer, Graphic, Confirmation, Propel) and also AIDA (Focus, Desire, Motivation, Measures), try to acquire most of these things in early. Online surfers have very little endurance in general they usually have to know your whole supply rapidly.</p>
<p>Several. For readers ready to make the time to read through any term of the e-mail (Lord bless these), you possibly can develop on your own starting after. Bare in mind in which less men and women will examine directly to the final as compared with will study a couple of lines. Thus involve your entire greatest products at the start.</p>
<p>Five. Don&#8217;t use &#8220;hard-sell&#8221; methods of IDM. Most of these are inclined to deliver bad effects. Viewers on-line anticipate seeing details. The data can be about the advantages of your service and how to get, but the tone need to remain beneficial. If it&#8217;s cunning, a person&#8217;s e mail might be dumped.</p>
<p>Several. You must include multiple reply options for your own prospective buyers. However ALWAYS remember to possess a web-based answer form. Numerous web users choose to keep your full purchase online. That way an individual helps to keep manage and doesn&#8217;t need to panic about a lot more sales chat or just being upsold every time they cellphone around.</p>
<p>6. Minimize the amount of simply click throughs inside your IDM portion. Typically only the first Two or tree acquire made use of. The others tend to be brushed aside.</p>
<p>8. Payments still work online. It mat be much better. There is a option on line to help animate a person&#8217;s payments for action or even cause them to fun. Do that outside and see the way it consequences your results.</p>
<p>8. Giveaways work terrific on-line. The reason being it is almost always incredibly easier for that potential customer in order to quickly complete its information about an online style rather than complete a new paper-based kind after which it should send it.</p>
<p>9. Steer clear of the expression Free of charge within the issue collection. No cost is too really promotional anything for folks so that you can hassle opening up a person&#8217;s e-mail. Furthermore, many web surfers now use &#8220;spam filters&#8221; that try to tv screen out excess email. No cost may be a term these filter systems purchase then they&#8217;ll get rid of the message before it at any time gets to the prospect&#8217;s email.</p>
<p>12. Any head line is usually a topic is often a heading. Start out a person&#8217;s email with a bed that will probably sketch your reader into your offer. Try to allow it to be completely different from a person&#8217;s Subject matter range. Your better gain up-front typically really does the trick. Adding a new information really feel plus some self-interest never hurts often.</p>
<p>Eleven. Generally feature an opt-out declaration! The only thing more robust as compared to beneficial will probably in the direction of your online business is see is going to. Do not help to make virtually any potential client think that to remain spammed. Offer an un-subscribe and also remove declaration at the end of your e-mail.</p>
<p>&#8220;We right here at Learning the alphabet Company value your web personal privacy. In the event you obtained this kind of concept in error or simply just do not wish to obtain more e-mails from you, you need to reply to the following e-mail and kind Take away from the subject matter collection.Inches</p>
<p>10. Finally, reduced is more preferable. Within TDM, everybody knows in which long replicate commonly works better. In IDM, brevity is key. In case several of the leads involve more details in advance of they cook a buying final decision, incorporate a click-through to a broadened edition of the e-mail.</p>
<p>13. Remember throughout IDM, you should use popular marketing methods. No chance having TDM because you cannot say to your potential client to make 15 reports of one&#8217;s information then move all of them upon friends and neighbors as well as buddies. Playing with IDM, be sure the prospective client realizes that your current superb offer isn&#8217;t limited to these. They will offer this communication so that you can some others believe that would be intrigued.</p>
<p>15. Web surfers desire absolutely free demos or payment me in the future intentions to money-back guarantees. While on the internet purchases will be increasing every day. A number of potential customers are still cautious concerning giving their plastic card facts on the internet. They&#8217;d prefer to only mail his or her shipping charges information and facts. Consider the item for a little bit. And decide on their particular settlement method when the time comes.</p>
<p>Aran Kay can be a promoting advisor along with independent copywriter along with practical knowledge employed by Nintendo&#8217;s creative designers, Lead Electricity, Kellogg&#8217;s and more. He&#8217;s prepared quite a few marketing articles in addition to has a collection of them upon his or her web site. [http://www.professionalcopy.ca] can also be your current origin regarding &#8220;The Fifty two Best Promoting Sites.Inches It&#8217;s a fantastic source and also your own FREE used only for browsing the internet site.</p>
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