post Category: Marketing post Comments (0) postNovember 20, 2008

A press release is usually a definite statement about a new product or service, released singly or simultaneously via the media. There are many ways to issue a press release, i.e. call for a press conference and give a concise statement regarding your product, write a descriptive note and send it to the editors of all newspapers which you identified for this purpose, send it to the local TV network, the national and international TV channels, depending on its importance and your marketing strategy.

Most of the times, official press releases are short and power packed with the news and details about the product or service, in order to get the attention of the public to it. A press release acts like a launching pad for any marketing strategy; once the product is launched in the knowledge of the public at large, the marketing campaign can formulate ways and means to complement and build upon the official press releases to keep the image of the product fresh in the minds of the public.

An effective press release usually has a definite structure. Its body contains the information in a given pattern; so as to ensure that the news is presented in such a way as to create the greatest impact on the mind of the person whop reads it. The best format will have a two-line title, normally a very catchy one, describing briefly an event or an important aspect of the product or service. In newspapers this could even get to be headlines on the first page.

This is followed by one paragraph which gives a summary, or a synopsis of what the press release intends to say. This paragraph will be able to tell the whole story for those who will not have the time to read or listen to the whole story.

Next, you will have the lead sentence - which is actually a paragraph - whose main aim is to grab the interest of the reader or listener. For this purpose, this is one of the most crucial components of the official press releases. The catchier the starting phrase or paragraph, the more effective will be your campaign.

The body of the press release should carry enough information about the product as to whet the public’s appetite to know more, to see more, to have more. It should showcase its advantages, its qualities, its use and its edge over the competition.

The whole things may be wrapped up in the last paragraph, summarizing the best features of the product or services soothe readers carry this last picture in their minds long after they stopped reading the press release or listening to it.

Most of the times, the first indication of success will be the generation of enquiries from the public about your product or service. The more enquiries, the more interest is generated. Gauging from the results of the first press release, you need to plan and design your marketing strategy to take your campaign to full success. Tough this sounds easy; a marketing campaign is a very challenging task. Since the press release is almost always the first step in this direction, it has to be done well, since this will become the launching pad of the whole campaign.

Kevin Dark is an online marketer. Find out more on press release with his new project.

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post Category: Advertising post Comments (0) postNovember 17, 2008

With a huge Indian population and a growing economy, the advertising industry in India finds interesting opportunities to establish itself and make profits. Soon after independence there came a number of Indian advertising agency which were promoted by the public sector. However, with liberalization, a number of multinationals came into the country to set up offices and preferred agencies of the same origin.

Thus, as the Indian economy opened, Indian ad agencies started selling out their equities to foreign agencies to earn great profits. And today, we have multinational agencies with their offices in India, holding the top positions in terms of annual profits. Not just this, the Indian creative talent is also being recognized globally. The multinationals are using the agencies in India, appointed by them, to not only create advertising for the Indian market but also for their international markets, especially Asia. Thus, the opportunities for advertising agency in India are immensely rising.

The ad agencies in India today are not just developing creative ideas for print and TV commercials, but are diversifying in a big way. They are treading newer paths to reach customers. This they are doing by harnessing the power of unconventional media such as ground promotions in malls, events, movies, celebrity endorsements, etc. For example, Lintas has a separate division for rural advertising, called Linterland, and a division for promoting brands in the entertainment sector including movies, music, etc., called Lintertainment.

Thus, a single ad agency today, is providing a plethora of services from content creation, developing the artwork, TVCs, radio jingles, internet advertising, promotion in movies, outdoor advertising, POPs, media planning, public relations services, marketing consultancy services, amongst others.

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post Category: Advertising post Comments (0) postNovember 14, 2008

While there are a host of benefits for companies and websites that choose to advertise via the Internet, there are many negative facets to online advertising as well. These aspects include advertising activities that many deem immoral or even illegal. Such things as Spyware and Adware, commonly referred to as malware, can have detrimental effects on your computer and should be avoided at all costs if possible. Much of this malware is actually viewed and obtained via activity on unsafe websites. Fortunately using the security settings on your computer can allow you to block such websites from being visited.

Essentially adware is an application of sorts which, when come into contact with, can modify your computer system’s settings. It is through this modification that your computer is harmed. While there is an extensive variety of this type of damaging adware and spyware programs, the most common of which is perhaps the Trojan. Trojan applications are designed in such a way that once they infiltrate the surface of your computer’s inner workings they can become extremely difficult to remove. Many people have written procedures on the Internet trying to explain how to rid your computer of the Trojan, sadly though many of these simply do not work. If you are a well educated individual when it comes to the removal of adware and spyware programs and methods of protecting against infiltration, you are certainly in luck.

If, however, you are not so skilled when it comes to computers and you find yourself directed to an unsafe website, you may be in some trouble. Of course, you may never come across any dangerous adware while visiting such a site but, it is important to keep in mind that this malware can affect your computer in a matter of seconds if you happen to be once again redirected to another less safe website.

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