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Any opportunity to get your company name and look out there to your customers is crucial—and very doable.</p> <p> </p> <p>You are already in the Yellow Pages, you say. Yes, along with 20 other vendors in your field. How do you stand out from the pack on a small budget?</p> <p> </p> <p><b>A Few Ideas</b></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li class="text">Instead of a full page ad, go to two, ¼ page ads, each with a different message about your company placed several pages apart. </li> <li class="text">Change your ads (not your logo!) so they are fresh, yet have a connection to your core message.</li> <li class="text">Have a continual message. Like those highway road signs of the past, have ads that tease your customers into reading each ad and finding the connection.</li> <li class="text"><span class="text">Make your ads less text-intensive and more eye-catching. </li> <li class="text">Humor, if pertinent to your industry, works well, as do noticeable graphics.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><b>Think About</b></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li class="text">Advertising in local community group newsletters and bulletins. </li> <li class="text">Giveaways<font face="Arial">—</font>for mere cents, you can have pens, pencils, pads or something clever with your name and logo on it. </li> <li class="text">Having tee shirts printed up with your company logo for you and your staff. </li> <li class="text">Attending industry conferences to hand out newsletters and brochures. </li> <li class="text">Creating a Web site ad. </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Copyright ©2003-2008 J&M Marketing. 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