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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

 

The Secret to Yellow Pages Advertising Nirvana? The Unexpected Takes You There

CONTRAST is The Secret!
Visual and verbal contrast can pop your Yellow Page ad to the very top of your prospects’ mind and attention. Open the Yellow Pages to your ad right now. Does your ad visually leap out from the clutter and background noise of your competitors? If not, if it blends into the sea of yellow, then your ad stands little chance of being seen or heard.
And that’s just the way it works: your ad has to be seen to be read; your ad has to be read to have its message effect your prospects; and your message has to move your prospects before they’ll bother acting on it. Finally, the customer has to call before you can ring up new business from your Yellow Page ad. The strategy is simple, but the execution takes skill. And the first step requires the most artistry.
So how can you ensure your Yellow Page ad is seen amongst a sea of competitors? Use unexpected imagery and words that work together, to convey your unique, compelling story. The background noise and clutter is actually created by predictable ads, generic images, and uninspired copy. Just be strikingly different in your approach and you’ll stand out like a glittering gold coin amongst rusty pennies.
Jolting your prospects’ senses with the unexpected requires some design talent and skill, but is possible for a lot of do it yourselfers. But, grabbing the readers’ eyeballs AND creating a message that’ll move prospects to call you requires an expert with:
Extensive Yellow Page experience,
Incredible design skills, and
A silver-tongued pen.
Hiring such an expert costs more, but the reward for making a strong emotional connection with your audience is having prospects jumping to call you first – and having your phone jump off the hook with new business in return. And isn’t that the point of Yellow Page advertising in the first place?

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