The Secrets of High Money Classified Ads

When used effectively, classified ads can be one of the quickest and most inexpensive ways to increase your sales. A well written classified ad can generate thousands in sales, yet could cost you pennies to write and run.Most people don't appreciate the power of well written classified ads. They think... Read More

How To Make Your Resource Box Sell

Ezine Articles - they're everywhere!And little wonder. They're one of the fastestways of building traffic to your website.But what many people overlook is the Resource Box.It's almost as important as your Article. After all,your traffic comes to you through your Resource Box.Writing your Resource Box is an art in itself.... Read More

How To Get Big Sponsorship Money for Your Band, Tour, Event or Production

Touring is a bands greatest opportunity for success. But, touring can be very expensive. Getting your tour, band or event sponsored is critical to your success. Sponsorship can off-set production, travel, promotion and virtually any of your expense. The right sponsor can also significantly augment your advertising, publicity and promotions.... Read More

10 Simple Techniques To Make Your Ad Get Powerful Attention

1. Make your ad's keywords and phrases standout by enlarging the text. This technique works wonders with headlines and sub headlines.2. Make your products list of benefits and features stand out by using a symbol in front of each of them. The symbol could be a dash, solid circle, star,... Read More

Ten Secrets for Getting FREE Advertising

The opportunities for getting free advertising for yourproduct or services are only limited by your imagination andenergy. There are so many proven ways to promote withoutcost it's truly mind-boggling! Here are ten proven methods. 1. Write an article relating to your area of expertise andsubmit it to all the publications... Read More

Latino Television Programs Fill a Void in Hispanic Advertising; While Advertisers Look to Attract

Advertisers that are beginning to focus on the young Hispanic market have been given a gift in the form of Latino television programming. Now mind you it's not your typical Latino television programming that you would find on Univsion, this programming is geared towards the large and most overlooked demographic,... Read More

How to Write B2B Ads That Catch Customers

Are your business-to-business ads working for you? If they are not making sales, are they at least generating interest in your company? Are they making an impression on your potential customers by making you stand out in a crowd? If not, then you should take a look at this article... Read More

Juice - Scam of the Decade or Opportunity of the Century

If you are an ardent web surfer and MLMer like I am, then I am sure you would have seen the sales pitch "Give away free broadband and earn £27 GBP each time". Depending on which side of the fence you are, this product is either God's gift to freebies... Read More

10 Reasons Why Your Company Needs Custom Invitations

I am always amazed when I hear about companies who spend tens of thousands of dollars organizing a make-it-or-break-it company event designed to celebrate a company milestone and/or impress prospective customers. Sometimes these events have big contracts or sales at stake! Yet, often planners will fall short on the most... Read More

Worn Out Brochure Design Is Keeping Small Business Owners Down

I got another one of those calls the other day...Can you make me a brochure?" Many business owners have been sold on the notion that they need a tri-fold brochure or they are not in business. Forget it...everybody's got one and no one uses it.Your potential clients need an education.... Read More

Double Your Sales Potential With Double-sided Business Cards

Swapping business cards is one of the most basic and common forms of networking in the business world. With something that is so common practice, people often hand out cards blindly while not really thinking about what the card does AFTER you hand it out.How do your clients feel about... Read More

Prove It! - Give Your Marketing and Advertising More Credibility

Your marketing and advertising won't be effective if your potential customers don't believe the claims you make. So how can you prove your that you can do what you say you can?Tone it down. Even if it is possible, your claim that dieters can lose 50 pounds in a month... Read More

Tips On Writing a Successful Ad

When knowledge is based on truth it is powerful!When it is critical knowledge, its presence can drive our success, while its absence may contribute to our failure. I will attempt to convey in this report some useful and practical knowledge about how to write awesome ads for the World Wide... Read More

13 Facts About Newspaper Advertising

Advertising in the paper works for many people in business. The astute merchant understands the newspaper's weaknesses and works to avoid them whenever possible.Here are 13 facts you should know.1 Despite declining circulation figures and increasing ad rates, newspapers still reach large audiences, daily.2 Newspapers are considered the PRIMARY advertising... Read More

Advertising Inserts

One of the best and easiest ways to advertise without having to worry about shelf life of those who would most likely use your services or buy the products from your small business is to use inserts in your local newspaper. A marketing piece might also be to insert our... Read More

Imprinted Promotional Items ? Their Many Marketing Applications

There are many uses for promotional items. This means that they are just not used as freebies for a grand opening special. Knowing all the uses for these nifty items, often called "swag," will open up many opportunities for your place of business.Advertising SpecialtiesLook around you. You can probably count... Read More

Testimonials Convert Prospects Into Buyers

Big businesses get instant credibility with their well-known company name or brand name. But small companies have to create their own credibility. One of most powerful tools you can use for this is customer testimonials. Here are 5 tips to help you get persuasive testimonials ...and use them to convert... Read More

Successful Print Advertising Designs

Do you often see print advertisements outdoors, as much as you see Web advertisements when you surf through the Web? I'm pretty sure that you have entirely different views and reactions upon seeing and actually taking notice to these two different kinds of advertising. The differences may vary in their... Read More

How to Write Ads that Increase Your Business

I caught myself wracking my brain over what kind of article I should write for newspapers that would be useful to business people. It struck me that I was making a solid effort to get into the mind of my target market. It also struck me that this is the... Read More

Advertising In The Local Press

There are three main reasons why I would hesitate when deciding to advertise in the local press:? Everyone else is doing it? Nobody buys a paper for the adverts? The odds are it won't workJust because everyone else is doing it, doesn't mean it's a good thing, or more importantly... Read More

What Is Most Important ? Copy Or Pic?

When, some little time ago now, I first descended upon the advertising scene, we were a good deal more concerned than most people seem to be today about the nature of the business we found ourselves in. We were always holding debates ? in the saloon bar of the Coach... Read More

Constructing Business Advertisements

What many may consider the most important part of advertising is writing an effective ad. The information provided in a classified ad may be the deciding factor if it is successful or a, "bomb". In addition, there are three important angles to consider when writing business advertisements.Choosing the angle of... Read More

Grab Your Share of Untold Amounts of Advertising Dollars

If you advertise in any way, the following information could show you how to find and utilize untold advertising dollars you may not be aware of.In the mid 80's I was an account executive for a radio station located in Santa Rosa, California. During that time I became very familiar... Read More

Advertising Primer for Fast Learners

Advertising, when done well is a very effective way to increase your customer base and ultimately grow your bottom line.Many businesses have no idea how to advertise; they do a little bit here and a little bit there and end up saying that advertising doesn't work. Advertising, like everything else... Read More

Creativity and Getting Outside of the Box

Sitting in front of a blank piece of paper? Wondering where in the world to start? I have a suggestion. Turn the page upside down. Or better yet flip it over onto it's backside. Let it know who's boss. If your first idea is terrible, write it down anyway. If... Read More

TechCrunch (blog)
Twitter COO: We'll Have An Advertising Business Soon. And You're Going To Love It.
Washington Post
It seems that Twitter has come across the Holy Grail of advertising, and it's coming soon. Today during his interview at the RealTime CrunchUp, ...
Twitter COO Dick Costolo: Revenue is on and advertising is coming soonVentureBeat
Advertising in Twitters FutureTransWorldNews (press release)
Twitter Sales Top $4 Million; Ad Business PlannedBloomberg
CenterNetworks (press release) (blog) -San Jose Business Journal -Technologizer (blog)
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AFP
US newspaper ad revenue down nearly 28 percent
AFP
WASHINGTON — US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and ...
Newspaper revenues plunge againRadio Business Report
Ad Revenue Sees 13th Consecutive Quarter of Decline in Q3Editor & Publisher
Newspaper ad revenue of 28%, 8 quarters of double-digit dropsBloggingStocks (blog)
The Associated Press -Washington Business Journal -Media Buyer Planner
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Three local companies Advertising.com employees may look to for jobs
Baltimore Sun
There is a growing list of alumni from Advertising.com who have gone on to start or take leadership roles in busy and growing startups. ...
Tough choices coming for employees at Advertising.comBaltimore Sun

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Times LIVE
Avusa First-Half Profit Drops 67% as Advertising Revenue Falls
Bloomberg
20 (Bloomberg) -- Avusa Ltd., a South African media and entertainment company, said first-half profit dropped 67 percent as advertising revenue fell by a ...
UPDATE 1-Avusa H1 profit drops, sees tough H2Reuters
Avusa interim revenue down 5% to R2.2bnSowetan

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China Daily
CCTV Advertising Revenue Set to Rise
Wall Street Journal
BEIJING — Advertising revenue on China's national broadcaster is poised to continue to rise in 2010, as domestic and international companies ...
China's CCTV sees 18.5% rise in bidsVariety
CCTV advertising: Indicator of China's overall economyCCTV
Optimism high as CCTV ad slots are snapped upChina Daily
Hollywood Reporter -AdAge.com
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Los Angeles Times
AirTran unveils seat-back advertising
Bizjournals.com
AirTran Airways said Wednesday it plans to outfit all of its 138 Boeing jets with seat-back advertising. During the next two weeks, each seat will be ...
AirTran Airways to introduce seat back advertisingTrading Markets (press release)
AirTran Airways puts ads where passengers can't miss themLos Angeles Times
Mother Nature Net Flies With AirTranMediaPost Publications
Daily Finance (blog) -Wall Street Journal (blog) -Gadling (blog)
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ABC News
Inside the Black Friday Marketing Machine
ABC News
In fact, in the advertising industry, media professionals have long called the eight weeks starting the week before Thanksgiving and ending the week of ...

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Budweiser's global advertising director speaks
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Andrew Sneyd, Budweiser's global advertising director, gave a half-hour presentation to a packed house at SLU's Busch Student Center. ...

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Hotels rein in risque advertising campaigns
Las Vegas Sun
... that “What Happens Here, Stays Here,� Las Vegas hotels have toned down their advertising in recent months to reflect a new era of caution. ...

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Daily Buzz Online (blog)
Nielsen Ratings Coming to Video Games
CNBC
() ] are teaming up to study the reach of in-game advertising in the second season of "1 vs. 100" on Xbox Live. This will be the first time Nielsen has ...
Microsoft Targets Television Advertisers For Xbox Live, Embeds Nielsen ...MediaPost Publications
Microsoft looks to deliver metrics for 1 vs. 100 advertisersResearch Magazine
Microsoft and Nielsen Partner for 1 vs. 100 MeasurementNewTeeVee (blog)
TechFlash (blog)
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