Entries by PelHughes

Is Advertising in Newspapers Still Worth the Cost?

It used to be that if you wanted to make sure people were reading about your business, it was necessary to advertise in newspapers. Now, it’s important to ask the question: is it worth it? Newspapers are still selling advertising space, but it’s expensive. Is it worth the expense? There are plenty of ways for […]

5 Ways to Stand Out at Your Next Trade Show

Trade shows are meant for standing out amongst the competition. You need to make sure your booth has more people crowding around it – and that may be harder than it looks. If you go to any trade show, it’s the companies with the best looking booth that has the biggest crowds. Here are 5 […]

Direct Mail: Why Do You Still Need It?

Direct mail is still an important part of a comprehensive advertising campaign. While some people may view direct mail as old-fashioned, there is still a significant demographic that can be reached via this tactic. Everyone in the world gets, and opens, their mail, and using direct mail advertising is one of the most effective ways […]

How to Make Cross-Media Campaigns Cost-Effective

Cross-media campaigns can often be expensive. This is because you are creating individual campaigns for each type of media that you want to work with. You may be using telemarketers, print catalogs, a website, and much more to try and market your business. There are ways to save money when you create a cross-media campaign. […]

Improve Your Marketing Campaigns with Videos

Videos have become an important tool in a marketer’s arsenal, and for good reason. Video has long been the best possible way to reach consumers, as shown by commercial advertisements throughout history. However, up until recently it wasn’t feasible to include videos in marketing campaigns because the bandwidth simply wasn’t there. Today, you can get […]

Make the Most Out of Your Direct Mail Marketing

For companies that run direct mail campaigns, the ability to effectively measure the highs and lows of those campaigns is vital to the success of their advertising as a whole. The following tips will have you well on your way toward making the most out of your company’s direct mail marketing: Utilize a tracking software […]

9 Ways to Keep Leads and Prospects Engaged

Sometimes the usual phone call or email is just the complete wrong way to follow-up with leads. While tempting, keep in mind that you may catch prospects at a bad time, lead them to feeling like they’re “being sold,” or have them ask you to stop attempting altogether. How can you spark action and interest […]

4 Ways to Enhance Targeted Marketing Efforts

Do your marketing efforts make a personal and immediate connection with your audience? Do you use a proactive approach for telling them how your business can specifically help their needs? If you feel like you should improve your campaigns but are not sure how to, take a look at these four tips to help you […]

The Dos and Don’ts of QR Codes

It is safe to say that QR Codes are everywhere these days. But the real question is, are people using QR Codes correctly? To answer that question, additional questions need to be asked. These may include: “Are the QR Codes big enough to be scanned easily and quickly? Do the QR Codes link to a […]

6 Tips for Cleaning Up Your Marketing Efforts

It’s always a good time to make a proverbial clean sweep of your marketing efforts and see what needs to be cleaned up, de-cluttered or re-vamped. (Scheduling something like this once a year can be a great thing). Here Is Your Marketing Cleaning Checklist: Dump The Old Stuff Time to look at your materials, both […]