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Catalog Production – 9 major areas
Writing copy Design and layout Art and photography Typesetting New art and/or “film ready” computer
disk Film preparation Printing and binding Distribution and mailing Back-end analysis
Writing Copy
Function – give enough info to let the purchaser order.Order numberPriceHard data
Sizes Colors Materials
As space and policy allow: Descriptions Illustrations Sometimes, special inducements
Show rather than tell Today’s audience – more oral
and visual than literary Be succinct.
Read your own copy using the mindset of your most likely audience.Would YOU understand the
message?Would YOU want to learn more
about the product? Is there a practical way to give the
info – in text or pictures – right in the catalog?
Now read your copy looking at your “catalog imperatives.” Do you have the correct…
Stock numbers Prices Quantities Colors Sizes Materials Special offers Conditions of sale
Lastly, look at your copy as a wholeDoes your copy sell the
uninformed reader?Does your copy confirm the
partially committed reader?Does your copy make it easy and
practical to order?
Art and Photography
Conventional wisdom – photography is better than art.Some exceptions:
Use art when impression is more important than reality.
Use art where it’s better at showing necessary detail.
Use art for dreams that have not yet been realized.
Typesetting & Desktop Publishing
TypefacesLimit the number of typefaces used
in the body to one or two.Sans serif (square) type is harder
to read for most adults.
Yellow Pages
Remember…You are not looking for customers.
They are looking for someone to fill their needs.
You are not likely to get a second chance. You either get a response, or you don’t.
Whatever you decide, you will have to live with your decision for at least a year.
Yellow pages usage is driven by demand for products and services.
Analyze the demand for your product, and create your copy accordingly.
Match the Yellow Pages message to the reality of customers you are trying to attract.
The Decision-Making Process
Identify the number of new customers you need.
Look at Yellow Pages as an investment, not an expense.Calculate your ad’s ROI.
Number of calls to make a sale Average gross profit per order Cost of ad being considered Percentage of profit expected
from YP ad.
YP ads are positioned according to:Size (biggest first) If size is the same, then…
When you originally bought that size ad under that heading determines your position.
Layout and Design
In-Column AdvertisingYou dominate through size and
potentially through the use of color.
Use larger and bolder type.
Display AdvertisingMajority of headings DO NOT
contain display ads.You SHOULD NOT consider buying
a small ad under those that relate to your field.
Rather, dominate by a relatively large in-column ad under those headings.
When you see several or many display ads under a heading, there is a reason.
The more and larger the ads, the more you need to consider advertising under that heading.
Make the ad large enough to get the attention of a high % of users.
Ad CopyWhat you say in the ad will
eventually determine how often you are selected.
Must make users select and contact the advertiser.
Writing your YP Ad
Differentiate among what you could say, what you don’t want to say, & what you definitely do want to say.
Use headlines as bait.