Comments for Angela Neal Media

Comment on Boost Sales with an Annual Promotion Schedule by Inga

Inga — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:50:35 +0000

Great article Angela, this is what I need to start doing. I’m too much splattered onto everything that comes to my mind, thus wasting efforts on not-useful things. I’ll start my planning right away and put it up on my Social Media sites. Thank you
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Comment on Boost Sales with an Annual Promotion Schedule by get wso products

get wso products — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:27:41 +0000

I totally agree you, Angela. Making goals and creating structured plans to move forward is an ongoing process and a surefire way to ensure growth.

Thanks for all info you posted!
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Comment on Boost Sales with an Annual Promotion Schedule by John Reiss

John Reiss — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:19:52 +0000

Great article, Angela! As owner of a promotions company (and a guest blogger for Angela Neal Media), I heartily endorse the idea of special promotions. Tying promotions to a holiday other than Christmas will separate your company from the crush of holiday advertising. Sure, everyone sends out a Christmas card, but how many people send out Halloween or Independence Day cards? When writing your message, go for the creative approach, and in promotions, the cornier the pun, the more memorable it will be. Promoting a “Halloween Spooktacular Sale” will bring a smile to your recipient’s face and likely get your card passed around the office.

Angela’s advice to seek out offbeat or commemorative holidays is another strong marketing strategy. For National Chocolate Month (February), why not send out a mailer describing the “Sweetest Deal of the Year”. But don’t let your marketing efforts stop there. Traditional Direct Mail has a response rate of just 2 – 3%. Why not up your ROI by adding a response card or driving the reader to your website for more information. This is where my company come in (shameless self promotion goes here). If you offer a reward to your reader for acting on a Call to Action (“Sign up at our website for future offers and receive a free travel mug”, for example) and the response rate skyrockets to almost 40%. Tie your promotional giveaway into your campaign’s theme. For an “April Showers” sale, offer readers an umbrella or rain poncho for responding. The goal of all advertising is to create action on the part of the reader, offering a promotional product increases that response exponentially.

You can take your campaign even deeper by adding a QR code to your mailer, driving the reader to a special promotions page on your website.Simple actions can further your message; integrate your marketing theme into your business correspondence by adding your campaign slogan with a link to an online promotion under your signature. How about answering your business phone calls using your theme slogan (“Top o’ the morning to you, this St Paddy’s Day. How can I help you?”). The more times you repeat your theme to your customer, the higher your response rate will be. Effective advertising doesn’t have to be expensive, it just needs to be creative!
John Reiss
Give Back Promotions
http://www.givebackpromotions.com
john@givebackpromotions

Comment on Boost Sales with an Annual Promotion Schedule by Les & Ingrid Foster

Les & Ingrid Foster — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:39:48 +0000

Angela, we also hope you are doing better too. I just got out of surgery and know how it can really delay all the things you are doing.
We also are doing things around the house to make living a little easier, feeding the animals, and trying to keep our small home office Internet business going also with going to the VA hospital twice a week and getting over this painful surgery…
P.s. love your pics

Comment on 5 Obvious Social Media Mistakes by Angela Neal

Angela Neal — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:51:21 +0000

Thanks Jocelyn.

Comment on 5 Obvious Social Media Mistakes by Jocelyn Wilhelm

Jocelyn Wilhelm — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:51:45 +0000

You’ve touched on great points Angela. I’ll be sharing this on my FB Page.

I see many of these mentioned mistakes happen all the time. Some businesses think OK, I’ll have a FB Page or open up a Twitter account because so and so has one and I want to gain more fans and followers than they do. After I ask them, how will they do it and what will they do after they start gaining those, they draw a blank. A strategy is key! Without it, you might as well go back to spending your hard earned money on yellow pages.

Thanks for writing this great article. Worth sharing!
Jocelyn

Comment on 5 Obvious Social Media Mistakes by Angela Neal

Angela Neal — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:23:23 +0000

“if you market to serve you will succeed.” Well put Jon!

Comment on 5 Obvious Social Media Mistakes by Jon

Jon — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:24:23 +0000

Great tips for any social marketing strategy. I think that many people look at social media as a well of buyers rather than as individuals living their lives and looking for things to make that journey a little bit better in some way. If you market to sell you will fail, if you market to serve you will succeed.

Comment on How to Make Money Online by Angela Neal

Angela Neal — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:39:32 +0000

Thanks Marlee!

Comment on How to Make Money Online by Marlee

Marlee — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:26:53 +0000

Hey Angela!
Great site you’ve got here. Thanks for the inclusion on your list. Love the no bs approach you take. I’m all for that! Have a great weekend!
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