Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Secret Formulae for a Successful Advertising Campaign


Majority of the internet marketers feel frustrated and disheartened when their well-intentioned and expensive advertising campaign bites the dust and doesn’t grab the eyeballs. There are certain rules and guidelines you need to keep in mind when wanting to spread word successfully about your service and product. Let’s now take a look at those secret formulae for advertising success.

# 1

An advertisement has to be effective, persuasive and it should ideally cover all the points or highlight all the positives about your product or service. The advertisement must represent you or your company and create interest in the product or service it is trying to promote. It makes good sense to hire professional help to create your ad copy and rework it till it is perfect. Getting an ad copy reviewed by professionals and others for detecting flaws and errors is something most internet marketers miss out on.

# 2

A successful advertisement has to be displayed in the right place so that it can easily grab the attention of your target audience and potential customers. For e.g., if an advertisement for an item of general interest is placed exclusively in a business newsletter, the response rate will be really low. Again, the most popular advertising venues won’t always guarantee great response.

# 3

Right ads need to be displayed at the right time. In the world of internet marketing, weekend advertising elicits fewer and slower responses as does summertime advertising as potential customers are away on vacation or are in recreation mode.

# 4

Repeat and run your advertisements at primetime, as frequently as possible to create an impression on your target audience. Try to keep the name of your product or service in front of people’s eyes and within reach of their ears at all times.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Social Media Benefits for Human Resource


It is a pretty well known and well documented fact that social media is a very powerful tool for transforming your advertising campaigns, as demonstrated by the strategies adopted by majority of the big shot corporations. But did you know the power of social media in promoting and improving human resource management?

Information Sharing

Nowadays, many HR departments in the corporate circles encourage their employees to use social media to accelerate the process of information sharing. G Talk and Yahoo messengers are now the preferred modes of speedy information exchange as opposed to outdated office memos, redolent of bureaucratic slowness.

Industry watchers are of the opinion that once people overcome their initial shock, they would readily jump onto social media platforms such as Wikipedia and Twitter to glean valuable information, which will, in turn, streamline the whole process of research.

Employee Engagement

Social media enhances productivity at work and employers are now harnessing the powers of Twitter/Facebook account management and blogging for empowering their staff as these activities help to keep the staff engaged and genuinely interested in the job they are doing. This also simultaneously boosts the company’s brand image as it promotes better customer service and transparency.

Recruiting

In a world of cut throat competition and relentless rat race, it is not surprising to see fresh young talented graduates taking the help of technology (YouTube, blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn etc) to land their dream jobs. Employers are also happy with this new development as it helps them discover talent and recruit gems from wider domestic and international pools.