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CD ROM Business Cards - Offline Marketing For Online PromotionTip! Use your business cards to introduce yourself to prospects you meet at networking functions, in the park or at your children's soccer games. It's a great concept, - and it has a 'cool factor' of 300%! Many people will pop these into their drive just because
of image appeal alone. What's really neat is when one is
so well done, so informative, so interactive, that everybody
wants one. This type of viral marketing can be very effective and create
residual traffic to your business. The point I would like to
make here is, don't undertake these projects without specific
goals in mind. Yes, they are cool, yes, they (themselves)
are not that expensive, but without a well done message, or
purpose, they lose the 'cool' effect very quickly. The point
is to keep interest, no matter what your selling, or
announcing, or rolling-out.
Anyone can get online and find a dozen CD replicating firms
pretty quickly. What you really want to find is a pro-
fessional consultant that can assist you in putting it
all together, making it all work, and keeping it interesting. This presentation is what will make the CD card become a
success (sizzle!). The CD cards are not your real expense (under $1 each), it's the chosen platform and presentation you care to deliver and how. Let's look at some ideas... One of the first things you should consider is that the
presentation have live links to it's major content. In
this way, we can constantly keep our site pages updated and
the CD remains usable (not outdated). When loading, you can
choose to have a permission based icon burned onto the user's
Desktop that links directly to your website (and even ask permission). Tip! Use the front as an enhanced marketing tool. A photographer friend of mine turns his originals creations into four-color business cards. You can make special offers that can be retrieved at your
website. You can use them for your next huge Tradeshow,
Product Announcement and Roll-out. How about your Corporate
Year End Results? These cards can hold different capacities (MB's), and come
in many shapes. You can create a custom shape, but that
adds heavily to the investment (there are plenty of shapes available). You can fit audio, video, and most content within this form factor. The popular interface is currently Flash™ or other Macromedia™ applications. They are fast, allow complete creativity, and interface well on both PC and MAC platforms. If you have a Flash™ specialist in-house, then you can save money in the creation process. Tip! Leave your business cards everywhere you go – leave one on the table in a restaurant, post a few on community bulletin boards. Now you should take the major goals of the CD and layout a
Storyboard that accomplishes those goals. We have a lot of
flexibility here, we have audio, sounds, voices, music, and
we have animation, video, and links to more information. This should be your interactive TV commercial. Besides,
the CD ROM's, we keep a copy of the commercial on our
website for the benefit of the people who didn't receive
a CD card. They can view our webfomercial from online too! Use your logo prominently through-out your presentation (branding). Keep your messages and information focused, always restating the benefits. Know your audience! especially if this CD Project is directed at a specific market segment. Create the environment with that audience in mind, not what desk executives like. Tip! Make Reading Easy: Business cards are meant for quick reference. Contrasting colors are recommended as well as a simple sans font such as Arial. The image on the cover of the CD is completely flexible as well.
You can use a photograph, a screenshot, or a combination. The
image resolution has improved dramatically in the past 3 years. Use or create some of your "best stuff" for these CD projects, it is worth it. You can also pay for plastic sleeves that each CD has been inserted in-to (you want these). It makes them very easy to mail. Consider that image, you receive one in the mail with your
Christmas card from the company. Maybe you ship one out with
every order for a month..? It really depends on what you want
to accomplish. Spend the time to come up with the concepts necessary in having a successful campaign. Written by and Copyright © Scott Sedwick Scott is the Founder and Sr. Internet Marketing Specialist for
Hyperformance Media, Inc. a website marketing firm located
just outside of Chicago, IL. since 1996. Specifically, he
has over 24 years of sales and marketing experience and
accomplishment in the computer industry. Written by and Copyright © Scott Sedwick
http://www.hyperformancemedia.com
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