Entries by PelHughes

5 Quick Dos and Don’ts of Email Marketing

Email marketing may help you reach your target audience or stay in touch with past customers, but it can also create problems if you do not use caution when you are creating a marketing campaign. Fortunately, understanding what is appropriate and what is not will help. Do Not Send Messages Several Times Per Day Never […]

3 Ways to Produce an Effective Email Marketing Campaign

Email marketing is an effective way to reach your potential customers, but only if they actually look at the email. The key to creating an effective email marketing campaign is focusing on producing email newsletters, advertisements and announcements that your potential customers are willing to look at when they are already busy. Create a Marketing […]

What is SEO and How Can it Boost Your Business?

SEO stands for search engine optimization. It is the means by which a company can improve its Google rank so that potential customers who do a search related to what the company has to offer will see the company website listed in the first page of Google’s search engine results. Optimizing a site for Google […]

Your Business Blog and the Fine Art of Posting Frequently

There’s a thin and very high wire the business blogger must traverse. At one end awaits the mighty search engine whose attention you must capture as often as possible. At the other end, your busy readers are pacing. They want to read your content, glean an epiphany or two and still have time to get […]

Measuring Your Print Campaigns

Despite all the new technology found on the internet, the old fashion methods of reaching new customers are still powerful and effective. Companies literally spend billions of dollars each year on print marketing ads and campaigns. Managing a successful print campaign is possible when business owners can answer two of the most important questions in […]

Why You Should Incorporate QR Codes into Direct Mail Campaigns

Direct mail campaigns need to be effective beyond anything else. While it’s also a good idea to make sure they are colorful and informative, they need to be effective. This means that you have to use all of the latest tips and tricks to make sure that readers see the benefit in what you are […]

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. […]