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Friday, February 28, 2014

Faces of Multi-functional Posters

Both theater and posters make us cry, hilariously laugh, somewhat reflect and perhaps learn from them. They perform different roles. These roles can be convincing while some may not. Nonetheless, they hit us!

Look around you. From the espresso shop you’ve entered a week ago, to the bus stop, to the cinema, down to Mr. Smith’s grocery store, there you can find posters. Practically they are indeed everywhere - as far as your eyes can reach!

That is the proof measuring the popularity of posters. In addition, movie promotions, product launching and opening of new businesses will be incomplete without posters to boost them.

Posters have multiple faces. A face is equated to an emotion or feeling. The feeling of an overwhelming joy can reflected in bursts of laughter. The feeling of melancholia and frustration can be manifested by rolling tears down the cheeks. Posters can hit us in our soft spot. It can pinch our heart in agony, inspire to our heart’s satisfaction, draw out desire, sigh in dismay, moan in relief and calm our distressed mind and soul.

Posters are so powerful. What do you think is the reason? The infallible fact is that – visual appeal is an effective attention-grabber. That’s where posters printing’s significance comes in. Digital advertising through plasma display panels, computer monitors, liquid crystal displays, and televisions are used to enhance this visual appeal. In fact, in connection with posters printing, the use of digitally-generated images is common nowadays.

The transformation was amazing. Those jaded and overlooked posters are nowhere to be found. What replaced them were potent and head-turning posters. This phenomenon wipe away idle posters a\that were considered ‘waste of money’.

Commercial printers are easy to contact. You can go to their place personally or just go online. All you have to do is click your mouse or tap your keyboard – that easy.

Modern day posters printing is a catalyst to yield quality and worthy posters in an affordable price. Its versatility opens various doors of alternatives, opportunities and explorations to succumb the greatest impact in your marketing approach!


Writing a good headline for your advertisement

There is no denying the fact that the success of an advertisement lies mostly in the headline. The headline should attract the reader and make him read the rest of the advertisement. The headline should be simply catchy and various key points should be embedded when deciding on the headline for the ad.

The headline should catch attention of the eye at the first glance. Words in headlines should act as tags for the advertisement. It should say it all about the content that follows. If a company is selling reasonably priced furniture, the headline of their advertisement should be ‘Durable furniture for less price’. This headline will attract the right customers who are on a look out for durable furniture as well as low cost furniture.

 If the customers to be reached belong to a category that are interested in decorating their house with beautiful furniture and aren’t concerned about the price to get the right look, then the headline can be ‘Change how your house looks by our oriental furniture’.  Anything other than the prospects should not be included in the headline. If both men and women can use a product, both of them should be referred to in the title, missing out even one of the category is like losing a huge number of potential customers.

The title should be instant product seller. According to a research, five times more readers read just the headline when compared to those who read the complete advertisement. So the investment is of no use, if the title isn’t good enough to sell the product. There can be a possibility that the content of the ad isn’t strong enough. All the harm can be undone by having a powerful headline.

The headline should be centered on the product and not the company that is selling the product. The customer’s interest should be reflected and he should feel that he is directly addressed. Start with ‘you’ and not ‘we’. So if the client specified on mentioning the company’s name, don’t start the sentence with it. For example, instead of writing ‘Tylenol – solution for sever cold ’, write ‘Got sever cold? Try Tylenol’. Never forget to mention the name of the product in the headline. The product name should be of top priority.

A snapshot of the benefits of the product should be given in the headline. This is an important quality of a well-phrased headline. The customers look out for advantages when he thinks of buying a product. Keywords like whiter teeth, nutritious cereals, or miraculous growth should be incorporated in the title.

If inculcating all these factors have made the headline long, it should be remembered to write the product advantages in bold. If a visual is placed in the advertisement, it will be a good complement. As a picture speak thousand words. But care should be taken that the headline should say some part of the story and the visual should say the rest. Don’t repeat the headline or the picture.

Too much of cleverness should not be applied to design a headline. There are nearly five hundred advertisements in a local newspaper on weekends. A regular reader reads the headings of all of them. He will be able to classify between a false heading and a genuine heading. No false promises or information should be included in the headline. Over smart headlines are good for award competitions, but don’t really work with the savvy customers.

The headline should give out a positive feeling to the reader. Negativity should be totally excluded as it not only creates a negative impression but the mind will also be not receptive friendly. It sometimes confuses the mind and it interprets a negative meaning of the message being delivered. Confidence should be reflected in the headline. Don’t include any doubtful words like if and but. Conditional phrases are a strict no. The sentence should be in present tense, instead of past or future.


Producing Poster Ads

Advertising involves a lot of analysis. It is an analysis of the good points of what you have to offer. You need to analyze your offerings carefully, bring to light all the good points and let the full glare of advertising shine upon them. A good advertising writer is like a sponge. He absorbs every idea within reach and if he does not use the ideas and suggestions the moment they come in, they are absorb in his mind to be later pulled out when required.

Most promotional materials out there are poorly visualized and as a result they are not able to market the products or services successfully. If a promotional material in a crowded marketplace lacks a strong motivational message it becomes a costly mistake to the business. But if you are able to put together a good advertisement you are way ahead of the game.

So let’s say you need to create a good poster to showcase your latest shoe collection. Before you create the poster you should first have a mental picture of the space you are to fill. Fill the space right, with neither too many words nor too little. Be a reporter first and an editor afterwards. As a reporter, get all your best thoughts on paper and as an editor, polish, elaborate and trim until your ad is perfect.

For a poster to be effective, it should be able to attract attention. And that means having a provoking headline and visual element. It should also appeal to your prospects interest. Keep in mind that a poster that tells the readers how they will benefit from your product or service keeps their interest. In addition, it should communicate your company’s advantage. Why should the readers pick your products or services over the others? Most importantly, the poster should stimulate your readers to take action. This is usually accomplished by giving offers such as free trial, a discount or a bonus.  

Remember, your poster should do more than just bring you customers. It should bring you more profitable customers. Likewise, it should make your business stronger, smarter and better able to compete. So, be honest, be natural and be sincere in your poster advertisement. If you are able to be these in your ad, chances are you will better be able to motivate your prospects to contact you.


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