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Social & Economic Impacts of Advertising

In recent times, the word ‘Advertising’ has become a fiercely mooted topic. Advertising has positive as well as negative, social and economic impacts on our society. Considering advertising as a public welfare is a positive social impact whereas exposing women as a sex tool comes at the negative side. As far as economic factors are concerned, funding for the media and stimulating an active and competitive economy, are the major examples.

Assorted techniques are enforced for persuading consumers that they want the product which is being advertised. These techniques usually give attention to the benefits that would be brought to the consumers rather than focusing on the actual products. For instance, an automobile advertisement adverting the mechanical attributes of a vehicle, most likely concentrates the exhilaration, reputation and social progression it may bring to the buyer. This swarming advancement is habitually sexual, or involving the opposite gender to attract the consumers with the glamorous women/men’s fancy car.

There are various blames that advertising is causing a negative social impact on the lives. The chief unfavorable judgment for advertising is that it hales the public to buy things that they are not their real want. It is arrogated that advertising plays with emotions and encourages people to think that buying and depleting are the activities of life.

According to advertisers, they state that people are capable enough to set their mind and no one can force them to buy anything which they dislike or which they think is not a necessity. Advertisers also think that there are positive impacts of advertising on our society and culture. For example, it can be used to generate awareness among the public that which product is OK or to which they should say NO. In other words, advertising also acts as an educator in the sense that it educates people what is good and what is bad for them and puts a ceiling on the harmful products like smoking and drinking etc.

There are not only social benefits of advertising, but it also has some economic advantages. Without advertising, the media, including newspapers, television and radio would never be much strong. Advertising provides revenue for commercial mediums which would otherwise need to be funded by the actual consumer of these mediums. So, we can see a major economic infrastructure based around advertising, in which the big companies fund and subsidize the commercial media by the way of advertisements.

The major economic negative aspect of advertising is that it boosts the price of goods and services. The source of this contention is that, when organizations subsidize the mass media with advertising, we, the purchaser, subsidize advertising by compensating a grossly increased price for heavily advertised goods and services. An easy example of this is that a box of Omo washing powder generally costs around two to three dollars while the market price of the product would be seven to eight dollars. The fact behind this is that the remaining proportion goes in heavy advertising in television and print media.

So, the impact of advertising on our society is in a jumble form, depending on the functions and implementations of numerous campaigns. Our society and the marketing of products depend very badly upon advertising. The companies have become much dependent of advertising that even its negative impacts can never outweigh the many positive social and economic effects.

Maaz Iqbal is a copywriter and an SEO content writer. He maintains a blog which is, http://advertisinginnovations.blogspot.com

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Marketing For Realists

Starting a business but not the outgoing type? Don’t have time for all those networking events? Just hate the idea of promoting your ideas or business in front of groups of people? You are not alone!

In fact, we know that over half of the population shares those thoughts and concerns. Most of the personal assessments used today identify that portion of the population that prefers or gains energy through solitude. Those assessments all tell us that slightly over half of the people have some degree of introversion.

Yet, go to a business seminar or a school to learn business growth ideas and they all tell us to market the same way. The authorities (and remember that these people love to be the center of attention) tell us:

1. Go to networking events
2. Attend social gatherings
3. Speak in front of groups
4. Make cold calls
5. Build your professional network
6. Make appointments with prospective clients
7. Get out of your comfort zone – get over it and do it!

For over half of us the response is a resounding, “You’ve got to be joking! Be realistic.”

Jungarian type assessments (Myers-Briggs) and behavioral assessments (DISC) speak to a preference for extroversion or introversion so I’ll use those terms for this discussion. Understand that the terms mean much more than outgoing or shy, although we may observe those behaviors.

Knowing where your personality falls in relationship to those two terms can be easily determined by your reaction to the seven statements listed above. I’m assuming that you agreed with the “You’ve got to be joking” statement and find yourself in the introverted group.

Introverts prefer structure to spontaneity, small groups to large ones, and close relationships to many relationships. Introverts also tend to prefer a slower and quieter pace. You just need to adjust your marketing effort to align with your personal preferences.

Networking events can be replaced with a quiet lunch with someone in the business community. Social gatherings can be limited to those with a more intimate crowd. Speaking can be replaced with publishing and your network can be virtual rather than live.

People like yourself will find the written word more powerful than the spoken word so focus your marketing to a nonverbal approach. Perhaps a marketing plan may look like this:

1. Publish – Write articles, blogs, and e-books to enhance credibility and recognition in your profession.
2. Network on line – Social networking, also referred to as Web 2.0, is gaining favor and is being used by many large companies. Sites like Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, and Utube are the largest and most visited websites on the internet. Learning to use them effectively could dramatically impact your business success.
3. Market 1-on-1 – Build your business using a referral model. A direct introduction from a client or friend will always produce better results than any method used by our outgoing brethren.
4. Team with a friend – Attending some of the traditional events with a close colleague or friend may make the whole adventure more tolerable. If it works for you, go for it.
5. Be prepared – Introverts tend to prefer structure and security. Plan your marketing pitch, outline your discussions, and write out your entire realistic marketing plan.

We also know that you will be great at leveraging the contacts that you have made. Introverts excel at building strong relationships with people they meet. Use that to your advantage. You may not have as many candidates entering your marketing pipeline but you will tend to have more clients emerge from the other end!

I know this doesn’t sound like what the authorities told you to do; but they would respond to this approach just like you responded to theirs. You can have a highly effective marketing program that fits your style. Recognize the strengths that you have and leverage them into a “realistic” marketing program that works for you.

Dr. Dennis Hocker is Co-Founder of The Coach Academy, http://thecoachacademy.com

Dr. Hocker, The Coach’s Coach, trains and mentors hundreds of coaches each month through a series of live training events and webinars. He has successfully established and developed coaching teams in the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, South Africa, Australia, and Canada.

He is a Certified Master Mentor, Master Coach, Master Analyst in Axiology, Master Behaviors Coach, Master Values Coach, and a Master Financial Benchmarker. Dr. Hocker has been an advisor to businesses since 1978.

The Coach Academy specializes in advanced and niche training for career mentors, advisors, coaches and consultants.

Author: Dennis J. Hocker, Ph.D.

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Why a Versatile Approach to Marketing is the Best One

All businesses need to promote themselves. But marketing can be a challenging subject. As far as the internet is concerned, it is constantly changing and developing, and that means what works one day may not work the next.

Of course, certain methods of promotion such as search engine marketing will always remain good ways to bring in traffic. But there are other methods being used heavily now that weren’t even thought of a few years back.

A prime example of this is social network marketing. Sites such as MySpace and Facebook are constantly being used to connect with people who might be interested in particular businesses. If it is done correctly it can work extremely well.

Who is to say that another such change in the landscape of the internet won’t happen in a few years from now? Web 2.0 changed the way a lot of businesses advertise and interact with their customers. It could happen again in the future too.

This is why it pays to be versatile. If a new way of advertising comes along you need to be ready to give it a go and think about how your business could benefit from it. The businesses that get stuck in a rut with their marketing are the ones that eventually run into problems.

Many people think that because something worked when they first tried it, it will always work. But of course this isn’t always the case. That’s why online marketing can sometimes cause problems if you don’t keep tabs on what is going on.

For example, you might try submitting an article to an article directory and you might get a fantastic response to it, with plenty of people clicking back to your website once they’ve read it. So you carry on writing and submitting articles because you know they work. You don’t even bother checking your stats to see how they are doing.

But supposing you hit on a good subject and a good angle that first time? If your other articles haven’t got the same response and you haven’t been checking on them, they could turn out to be a waste of time.

Being versatile extends to your budget as well. Some people have a fixed monthly budget that never wavers. No matter whether it’s $20 or $2000, that’s what they spend every month to bring in new business.

But what happens at Christmas, when there are more people out there spending money? Many businesses find that they are better off cutting back on advertising and promotion at the quieter times of year, and saving that extra cash to put towards extra ads in the run up to Christmas.

It’s clearly worthwhile not to get stuck in a rut when it comes to marketing. Just as the internet is constantly changing, so are the requirements of your business. If your marketing efforts are static then you aren’t going to be making the most of what you are capable of online.

Web Profits specializes in search engine optimization, online marketing & web design, helping businesses generate profits from the Internet. For a free report on ‘The Secrets of Online Marketing for Offline Businesses’ visit SEO.

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Exactly What is Marketing?

I recently received a flow of questions online around the topic of marketing from people with a website who want to get international clients.

Now…

There are many definitions of marketing. There are countless books and marketing experts that can give you an accurate definition of marketing.

What Is Marketing?

And today, I really only want to raise the question.

But here is a short definition:

  • Marketing makes people want what you have. It makes your product or services desirable. In fact, marketing should make your product or services so desirable that your prospects are ready to buy it.

Lack Of Marketing

You see, the problem is…

Some internet marketers do not seem to take marketing into their international business equation. This is often because

  • They confuse an online presence and online visibility with international web marketing
  • The think domestic marketing online is equivalent to international marketing

Marketing Actions

So what does marketing entail?

  • You define a strategy
  • You use marketing tactics

For example…

Article marketing is more than the marketing tactics:

  • Writing articles and publishing them online.

You also need to include the article marketing strategy if you want to make your readers want to take action.

You need to think through your article marketing strategy:

  • Who are you writing for?
  • How well do you know this audience?
  • What can you write that will interest them?
  • What do you want them to do?
  • How can you get them to do this?
  • Do you know how your audience will respond to your strategy?
  • How will your audience find your articles online?
  • Will your audience find you?

A Good Marketing Strategy

A good marketing strategy is based on how you well you know your audience.

Your communication must be right for your marketing to make your audience want what you have to offer.

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Cindy King is a Cross-Cultural eMarketer & International Sales Specialist, aligning businesses with different cultures. She has over 25 years field experience in international business development and helps mid-sized business owners create international business development strategies that shorten time to profitability.

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Social & Economic Impacts of Advertising

In recent times, the word ‘Advertising’ has become a fiercely mooted topic. Advertising has positive as well as negative, social and economic impacts on our society. Considering advertising as a public welfare is a positive social impact whereas exposing women as a sex tool comes at the negative side. As far as economic factors are concerned, funding for the media and stimulating an active and competitive economy, are the major examples.

Assorted techniques are enforced for persuading consumers that they want the product which is being advertised. These techniques usually give attention to the benefits that would be brought to the consumers rather than focusing on the actual products. For instance, an automobile advertisement adverting the mechanical attributes of a vehicle, most likely concentrates the exhilaration, reputation and social progression it may bring to the buyer. This swarming advancement is habitually sexual, or involving the opposite gender to attract the consumers with the glamorous women/men’s fancy car.

There are various blames that advertising is causing a negative social impact on the lives. The chief unfavorable judgment for advertising is that it hales the public to buy things that they are not their real want. It is arrogated that advertising plays with emotions and encourages people to think that buying and depleting are the activities of life.

According to advertisers, they state that people are capable enough to set their mind and no one can force them to buy anything which they dislike or which they think is not a necessity. Advertisers also think that there are positive impacts of advertising on our society and culture. For example, it can be used to generate awareness among the public that which product is OK or to which they should say NO. In other words, advertising also acts as an educator in the sense that it educates people what is good and what is bad for them and puts a ceiling on the harmful products like smoking and drinking etc.

There are not only social benefits of advertising, but it also has some economic advantages. Without advertising, the media, including newspapers, television and radio would never be much strong. Advertising provides revenue for commercial mediums which would otherwise need to be funded by the actual consumer of these mediums. So, we can see a major economic infrastructure based around advertising, in which the big companies fund and subsidize the commercial media by the way of advertisements.

The major economic negative aspect of advertising is that it boosts the price of goods and services. The source of this contention is that, when organizations subsidize the mass media with advertising, we, the purchaser, subsidize advertising by compensating a grossly increased price for heavily advertised goods and services. An easy example of this is that a box of Omo washing powder generally costs around two to three dollars while the market price of the product would be seven to eight dollars. The fact behind this is that the remaining proportion goes in heavy advertising in television and print media.

So, the impact of advertising on our society is in a jumble form, depending on the functions and implementations of numerous campaigns. Our society and the marketing of products depend very badly upon advertising. The companies have become much dependent of advertising that even its negative impacts can never outweigh the many positive social and economic effects.

Maaz Iqbal is a copywriter and an SEO content writer. He maintains a blog which is, http://advertisinginnovations.blogspot.com

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Search Engine Optimization – What SEO Is, and Why it Matters

I recently returned from a conference where I learned many things about the Internet I never knew before. In fact, by comparison to many folks, I’m behind the times, just getting my feet wet with e-newsletters and a conversion-driven mentality where my web site is concerned.

The topic that most impressed me was search engine optimization. Now for many techies, this will be old news (more like ancient history). But for a writer, paying attention to how search engines work – and thus knowing that my content will make them find the sites I write with greater frequency – was worth the price of admission to the conference.

Search engines rank your site high if they “see” that your content is relevant to a given search. Search engines decide what’s relevant by sending out “spiders” or robots which “crawl” (analyze) sites and index or record their findings. If you know anything about algorithms, then you have an idea of how the findings are then determined useful and included in the search results. Since I am not a math whiz, I focus on content and how I can improve my chances of making it relevant.

Search engines list search results found through organic or natural searches and results found through searching through paid placements. The natural search results occupy the bulk of your computer screen. The paid listings are on the right side. Paid advertising is how the search engines make their money, so I will focus on tips for making your site more relevant to organic searches:

Search engines look for phrases rather than words, so including these phrases in as many places as possible on your pages will bump up the placement of your site in search results.

Using links from one page on your site to another page within your site will also appease search engines, and keep readers on your site longer, which should increase conversions (from readers to buyers). This may mean you reference an article you’ve written in an e-newsletter that’s archived on two or three other pages. Use links liberally. “Related Articles” are a great way to do this.

Shorter titles are preferred over longer titles on your pages. If you can use keywords or key phrases in your title, so much the better.

Use bullets to break up copy on your pages. They are easy on the eyes.

Include a call to action on every page.

If you are able to incorporate some of these tips into your web pages, you’ll be able to catch the attention of search engines. But the most important lesson I learned was to write for human consumption rather than for the search engines.

The president of Wharton Communications, Laura S. Wharton is a marketing communications consultant and professional copywriter with over 24 years experience. Visit her company’s website http://www.whartoncommunications.com and sign-up for the free monthly e-newsletter Content-WISE, which provides marketing strategies and tips on improving business communications that will positively impact your company’s bottom line. With your free subscription you’ll get a complimentary report on “How to Write Advertising Headlines that Sell” valued at $24.95 as a special bonus.

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Useful Tips For Creating Professional Brochures

In marketing annals, the first impression is often the last impression. A brochure is often the first exposure of a customer towards a particular product/service or company and goes a long way in creating a positive impression in the customer’s mind.

Keeping in view the importance of a well-designed brochure in creating a lasting impact, it is always advisable to get it designed from a professional graphic design agency which boasts of a team of competent designers well-versed in advertising and branding.

On your part, you need to know what a good brochure must have so as to ensure that you have a winner in your hands. Following is a list of ‘must have’ for promotional brochures:

Be original

Remember that the main motive behind a brochure is to convey some unique and useful information about your business to your targeted audience. Hence, it should be designed after proper research and consultation. Make sure that the brochure design is an original one and highlights the positive aspects of your business.

Simplicity sells

Once you are ready with the idea of the brochure, select only the necessary ingredients that might be helpful in communicating your message. There is no need to over decorate the brochure design. When it comes to graphic elements to ornament your brochure, keep it to the minimal.

Basic elements

The important part of the message should be larger, bolder, brighter to make it stand out from the rest of your message. The front page of the brochure must be appealing with all the important things that you might want your audience to know. Also provide necessary contact information at the end.

High resolution images

For a professional looking brochure you can’t compromise on the quality of the images. Use high resolution images for clear and sharp output. If the images for printing are of poor resolution, it will affect the whole set up.

Paper quality

Until and unless the design of a brochure is supported by good quality paper, the brochure will not meet your expectations. Paper comes in all sizes, colors, and textures. You can choose from a wide variety of gloss and matte finish papers. Go for paper that is heavier in weight and to which an appealing gloss can be added.

Color combination

Use of right colors is the success mantra of a good brochure design. Particularly, the colors must synchronize with the colors used in your company’s corporate branding and positioning strategy. Or else, the brochure may not look as part of the company’s promotional kit. You can also go for colored paper if the need demands so but make sure they don’t make the brochure look out of place with the company’s brand colors, its website colors, its product packaging colors and so on. Remember, it is always better to use minimum colors in an effective way instead of creating a color riot.

Proofreading

After the final brochure design is sent for printing, it is not possible to make changes. Hence, it is essential to proofread the final design several times before having it printed. You can even show the design to some other people for their suggestions. It will help you to correct overlooked errors.

Print size

For better result, be specific on the size and the print layout at the initial stage of brochure designing. Because, after the final printing is done, it is not feasible to change the whole set up. It is both time consuming and wastage of money.

Extra edge

Brochures are first printed together in sheets and later on sliced into single units. During the slicing process, at times the blade fluctuates over the text material. Hence, it is advisable to expand the brochure design by some inches beyond the established page borders so that during final cutting, the materials of your brochure remains safe and intact.

It is true that with the help of software tools like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark Xpress, and Microsoft Publisher, one can design their own brochures. But when it comes to quality, it is advisable to take help of professionals. For instance, if you are a company looking to expand your base in the UK, a professional web and graphic design agency in London would be well-versed with the branding practices in the UK can give your brochure a winning edge.

James Elliott is a web designer who offers affordable solutions for web and graphic design in London [http://www.liquidbubble.com/webdesign_revamp.htm].

Besides working as a senior designer in a graphic design agency in the UK [http://www.liquidbubble.com/print_media.htm], he dabbles into writing too. His articles on affordable web design have been published in various sites devoted to the web design industry in the UK.

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How To Get Competitive Advantage At Internet Marketing

Introduction:

There are literally millions of sites out there on the World Wide Web and many sites are being launched daily. In this environment of extreme competition, it is essential for you to gain an edge over the others in your area. It is important not to become complacent about your fantastic idea and forget to market yourself to prospective clients. No matter how great your product is or how customer-friendly your service is, if you can’t convert people into customers, you will not make any money. So remember that the key to success is great marketing. Now how do you market your site?

Creativity:

First we take for granted that you have a viable product or service that online customers are looking for. Now, get creative. Try various methods of marketing and go with what works. This means that you not only need to try the different methods, but you also need to keep track of the response and ensure that you know which ones have been successful. It will require patience and planning on your part. But no one said it was going to be easy. Or if they did, they lied. It’s never easy to make money, online or otherwise, so if you are in a legitimate business, be prepared to be creative and diligent.

Authenticity Rule:

This rule says do not over sell your product or service by claiming it to be the ‘world’s best’. Do not use superlatives or multicolored or red font. People will distrust your site and it will end up looking tacky. It is a better idea to use moderate sales pitches and include the pitch in descriptive areas subtly. Use plenty of good, informative content with subtle messages to encourage a purchase. Furthermore, allow your customer to skip past the sales letters if they choose to go straight to the purchase. Offer different lengths of sales letters so that people with diverse preferences have a choice. Be persuasive but realistic in your approach and allow people who need more convincing to click on longer sales pitch letter.

Usage of Images and Headlines:

Use images on your website but only where relevant or esthetic. Also ensure that you don’t load up on graphics that take too long to download. Use persuasive, clever copy and headlines to ensure that you catch attention but do not make false claims or sound melodramatic. Use some SEO in your copy but don’t try to overdo it by spamming search engines.

Enticing Teasers:

Finally, try to give a little enticing teaser – offer something for free that will encourage a sale, maybe a small sample of the product or service. Offering good quality advice and a few free quotes for say a stock trading site will keep the customers coming back and encourage them to trust the site more. This will lead to progressive buying activity. Make sure that if you do choose to offer freebies, don’t give away anything completely useless or too much. Try to maintain a balance. Some sites will let you have some information for free and then to get more detailed data, you need to buy the service. This allows the customer a little free sample and gets them hooked.

William King is the director of Wholesalers Suppliers & Wholesale Dropshippers Directory, Wholesale Products & Wholesalers Supplies Directory and Pakistani Properties & Pakistan Real Estate Property. He has 18 years of experience in the marketing and trading industries and has been helping retailers and startups with their product sourcing, promotion, marketing and supply chain requirements.

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Social & Economic Impacts of Advertising

In recent times, the word ‘Advertising’ has become a fiercely mooted topic. Advertising has positive as well as negative, social and economic impacts on our society. Considering advertising as a public welfare is a positive social impact whereas exposing women as a sex tool comes at the negative side. As far as economic factors are concerned, funding for the media and stimulating an active and competitive economy, are the major examples.

Assorted techniques are enforced for persuading consumers that they want the product which is being advertised. These techniques usually give attention to the benefits that would be brought to the consumers rather than focusing on the actual products. For instance, an automobile advertisement adverting the mechanical attributes of a vehicle, most likely concentrates the exhilaration, reputation and social progression it may bring to the buyer. This swarming advancement is habitually sexual, or involving the opposite gender to attract the consumers with the glamorous women/men’s fancy car.

There are various blames that advertising is causing a negative social impact on the lives. The chief unfavorable judgment for advertising is that it hales the public to buy things that they are not their real want. It is arrogated that advertising plays with emotions and encourages people to think that buying and depleting are the activities of life.

According to advertisers, they state that people are capable enough to set their mind and no one can force them to buy anything which they dislike or which they think is not a necessity. Advertisers also think that there are positive impacts of advertising on our society and culture. For example, it can be used to generate awareness among the public that which product is OK or to which they should say NO. In other words, advertising also acts as an educator in the sense that it educates people what is good and what is bad for them and puts a ceiling on the harmful products like smoking and drinking etc.

There are not only social benefits of advertising, but it also has some economic advantages. Without advertising, the media, including newspapers, television and radio would never be much strong. Advertising provides revenue for commercial mediums which would otherwise need to be funded by the actual consumer of these mediums. So, we can see a major economic infrastructure based around advertising, in which the big companies fund and subsidize the commercial media by the way of advertisements.

The major economic negative aspect of advertising is that it boosts the price of goods and services. The source of this contention is that, when organizations subsidize the mass media with advertising, we, the purchaser, subsidize advertising by compensating a grossly increased price for heavily advertised goods and services. An easy example of this is that a box of Omo washing powder generally costs around two to three dollars while the market price of the product would be seven to eight dollars. The fact behind this is that the remaining proportion goes in heavy advertising in television and print media.

So, the impact of advertising on our society is in a jumble form, depending on the functions and implementations of numerous campaigns. Our society and the marketing of products depend very badly upon advertising. The companies have become much dependent of advertising that even its negative impacts can never outweigh the many positive social and economic effects.

Maaz Iqbal is a copywriter and an SEO content writer. He maintains a blog which is, http://advertisinginnovations.blogspot.com

Author: Maaz Iqbal

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