Catalog Marketing That Sells |
Article Submitted by: karen grahams
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
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According to research, 25% to 30% of customers actually read print
catalogs somewhere other than the beginning of the sales literature.
It's an interesting fact. But how can you as a marketer apply this to
your own catalog printing?
By restructuring your print catalog to be interesting from page to
page. While this means that you don't ignore the logical order from the
front cover to the last page, you can also expand your design to
include more information that you scatter throughout the catalog
printing.
In addition to the details on who you are and what you can do for your
target clients, you might want to include reminders on why your target
readers should buy from you and not from your competitors. Instead of
sticking to your usual layout of your Letter from the Manufacturer at
just the beginning of your catalog, scatter it to the rest of your
pages. Not only that, but your guarantee, photos of your organization,
as well as some pictures of your building or structure. These things
would definitely provide that warm and fuzzy feeling not only at one
time, but the rest of the period that your target clients are reading
your print catalogs.
The guarantee for one should not only be in one page but in a number of
pages. The more your target readers refer to it while reading your
print catalog, the easier it is to convince them to buy a product or
avail of a service from your company.
So let's reiterate: do your selling on every page; not just at the
beginning of your catalog printing. So that no matter where your target
clients start reading (remember what we said about the reading pattern
of catalog browsers?), your products and services will be sold. The
friendlier and warmer your print catalog would feel to your target
readers, the better your chances for a purchase.
The point: Use the first page to start selling your most powerful
product. Get them attracted and interested at the front cover. But put
an effort to providing your target readers with interesting information
throughout your pages. Make every page exciting. Show them stuff that
pops out of the page. That is what they came to your catalog for. If
you can give them what they want, you'll definitely be able to reach
out and get what you want from them in the process.
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