Developing Effective Marketing Communications

Whether delivered in person, through promotions, or via traditional media, direct mail, or e-mail, all marketing communications need to accomplish the same tasks:

check.png Grab attention.

check.png Impart information the prospect wants to know.

check.png Present offers that are sensitive to how and when the prospect wants to take action.

check.png Affirm why the prospect would want to take action.

check.png Offer a reason to take action.

check.png Launch a relationship, which increasingly means fostering interaction and two-way communication between you and your customer.

Good communications convince prospects and nudge them into action without any apparent effort. They meld the verbiage with the visual and the message with the messenger so the consumer receives a single, inspiring idea.

Creative types will tell you that making marketing communications look easy takes a lot of time and talent, and ...

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