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determined, priority should be given to the most effective medium.
Generally, this will be or include advertising in trade publications (see
"Media Planning").
The first step to implementing your print advertising campaign will
be to create your
material. Given your goals and photos, an agency can create the
material for you. Alternatively, this can be done in-house as long as
your material meets the Publisher's specific formatting criteria. Please
contact us should you need help in creating material or finding an
agency.
The second step is to choose
your magazine. Referring back to your marketing plan, try to find
the best match between your objective and the publication's readership
profile.
Finally, determine your
schedule. The frequency of the insertion will have an impact on the
effectiveness of the campaign. Failure to repeat is the most common
mistake made in print advertising and sometimes results in minimizing
the benefits of all the efforts made and resources invested to this
point.
After this work is done, it is important to follow up and review the
effectiveness of the advertising campaign. This crucial step is often
overlooked. Qualitative analysis of the results of your campaign are
essential feedback for you to be able to make your future advertising
even more effective. Some publishers provide reader service cards which act
as an indicator of reader interest as well as regular reader surveys on
advertising effectiveness. The bottom line will be the effect on your
bottom line!
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