Industry Specific Marketing Advice
Marketing a Graphics Services Business
There is little room for error in marketing a graphics services business in today's economy. Fortunately, we have the information you need to stay ahead of the curve and outperform the rest of the field.
If it's executed properly, marketing spans the gap between your brand and your audience. If you fail to recognize the primacy of good marketing you'll quickly find your graphics services business stuck in limbo.
Strategic marketing tactics can help small graphics services businesses stand toe-to-toe with the rest of the market. What small companies lack in resources, they can make up for in marketing intelligence and expertise.
Newsletters
Despite the unrelenting demands of generating content on a monthly or quarterly basis, a company newsletter has promising potential as a marketing device. Unlike flyers and other advertising mediums, newsletters have an informational focus. In fact, the best newsletters encourage customers to take the next step without ever asking for a sale. These days, graphics services businesses to distribute newsletters through online channels (e.g. in email campaigns and as PDFs on the company website).
Strategic Partnerships
Strategic partnerships offer graphics services businesses economies of scale, not to mention a larger promotional footprint. Joint ad campaigns, mailings and other marketing initiatives can be conducted on either a short- or long-term basis, as long as each partner is involved in the creation of messaging and has approval authority over the content that is released.
Public Relations Strategies
Public relations is more subtle, but no less powerful than a full-blown marketing push. If you want to send unrestricted marketing messages to your audience, buy a mailing list and perform a direct mail campaign. But if your strategy calls for sophistication, media buy-in and thought leadership, hire a PR consultant. The art of storytelling is a core PR competency. Storylines need to be believable and objective while communicating your brand's strengths and value proposition.
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