Are You Committing These Mistakes While Using Marketing Tools?
August 7, 2010 by Aya Wilkinson
Filed under Web Design
If used properly, various marketing tools can guarantee quick success regardless of the type of business for which these are being used. However, a number of individuals tend to commit mistakes that can be easily avoided and loss of money and time can be prevented. Some of such mistakes are discussed here.
1. Website: Web design or the design of a website is an important factor in determining its success and quite often, the most neglected part. A dull or an unattractive design can put off the visitors and they may decide against visiting a website again. One should make smart use of images and text fonts to make maximum impression on the visitors.
It is common to see website owners ignoring the statistics related to traffic on their websites. If these results are not studied, how will a webmaster know what is happening with his business?
2. Flyers: Flyers can be quite effective in making people know about a particular product, service or any other such stuff. However, in absence of an attractive flyer design, the effectiveness can get reduced quite easily. Information being provided on flyers needs to be organised properly; otherwise lack of focus can put off the reader. The images, colors and graphics need to be used at optimum levels so as to avoid looking too flashy and the flyer may become an eye-sore.
Too many different types of fonts, too much or too little space between adjacent lines.
3. Email marketing: A large portion of the marketing emails end up either in trash bins or get filtered out by spam filters. Marketers should be extra cautious while sending emails or risk similar treatment for their emails as well. First of all, sending out too many mails should be avoided as it can earn the label of spam very easily. Secondly, the customers – both existing and prospective ones – need to be contacted with help of newsletters and other promotional stuff at regular intervals to avoid losing contact with them.
4. Corporate branding: Making other people know about a product is as important as manufacturing it. So, one mustn’t lag behind in promoting his or her company by various means like promotion by word of mouth, catchy slogan and an attractive logo. Apart from that, the business owner must deliver what has been promised by it to the customers. Otherwise, it may put a big dent on credibility of the business.
Aya Wilkinson is a Team Leader writers of leading SEO Company “Aclickeahd” having a large number of articles published on various well reputed internet sites. Her writing about latest trends in Web Designing can be found at Flyer Design and Promotional Merchandise











