Faster Pc for You » 2007 » December

Ok, so I guess I'm a lousy salesman because I can't get into lots of glorious phrases here for how nice it is to have my old QUICK computer back. When I first got my XP computer it was so fast that I told my best friend, "This thing is so powerful I don't know why I'd ever have to upgrade to a more powerful computer."

Then the time factor kicked in. The more time I spent actually using my computer the slower - true, it was little by little but still... - the slower it got.

Took forever to start up. Programs took two or three times longer to load up. Jobs took me longer and longer to complete.

I Wanted My Fast Computer Back and I Got It!

It was really a drag. A drag on my time and a drag on my fun using the computer.

Anyway, for $9.97 - yeah, only Ten Bucks - this guy gives me over twenty pages of instructions on how to clean up the Microsoft Mess that became my computer. Easy stuff. I'm no computer geek but even I could follow his instructions. Some of the stuff I knew but had forgotten. Other stuff was just plain news to me. Even free software I could use to clean up my computer. Oh, and he's not selling addtional stuff there. It's just information.

Anyhow, if your computer sometimes bugs you because it's getting slower or you just want to do some preventive maintenance to keep it fast, I'd say check out this guys help now.(It's not a buy button, it's just information.)

 

by Le T. Anh

Making an advertising plan contains many factors you need to consider. What type of message to be delivered to audience? Which is targeted audience and how to get them. How much is the budget and the nature of the advertisement.

Regarding the type of message to be delivered, try thinking from the point of the customer. What will impress him and catch his fancy. Note down points what the customer expects from the company and what advantage will he have when dealing with the company. Effort should be made to retain viewer or listener’s or reader’s interest in the advertisement until the end. This procedure is known as message selection.

After creating the outline of the picture, pick lines that will actually attract the customer. The message should be short enough for not boring your customer. Some advertiser think that the more you write, the better message delivered. They don’t want to miss out any information and fear about it. Finally it does not help but reduce the effectiveness of the advertisement and customers is not happy.

For example, the title of the advertisement shouldn’t be just “We Sell Clothes” which consider too precise. The human nature should be studied and the title should be some thing making people think that we met what he want. Seasonal timing can be a big factor, let say the season is summer and the area have a lot of beach around, the title can be good to be changed to “Summer Clothes for Sales” or “Get the heat off - Buy Swimwear”. The body of the advertisement should talk of the necessities to switch to summer clothes like cotton clothing. It should discuss the health point of view too, like cotton cannot be used as swimwear as it will cause contamination, therefore the swimwear is made of synthetic material. Also include lines about swimwear for overweight people.

Traffic builder or relationship builder or reputation builder are either way of ads. If the budget is limited, the target should be relationship builder. Customer are normally trust the company and won’t switch to other companies once the relationship is established with satisfaction. According to a research it takes ten percent less resources to retain existing customers than attracting new customer. If the focus is on brand recognition, the advertisement should be traffic building.

Whether the advertiser want quick or long lasting results is an important factor. If he want quick results, then the time limit should be levied. Such as the case of seasonal sales, the buyer is hurries to get the benefit of the offer before it is over. So in this case quick results can be expected. So quick results are expected in this case. But the disadvantage with advertisement with time limit is that the customer are bound to forget about the product or the company within a short period and it doesn’t creates a deep impact on the minds of the customer.

Competing against rival company’s ad also contributes to a successful advertising plan. The power of the message should be compared to that of the competitors’. It doesn’t mean that the advertiser should use the same plan like his competitor, it would look like imitation and effectiveness will be decreased. But the advertisement should be planned smartly via a different and effective path, to out-do the competitor’s advertisement.

The description of the product is also very vital like suppose an advertisement is made for a restaurant, it will get customers immediately, if it is attractive. But if the advertisement is for a computer, it won’t yield immediate results, as it’s not every day that someone buys a computer. This is called analysis of the purchase cycle.

Newsletter is the best if you want a higher impact. This approach should be adopted for message delivery if the newsletter are sent to the real potential buyers. It should only be opted be after thorough analysis, no matter what the budget is. Another important point is to always hire a professional advertiser or an ad writer because not hiring one will sometimes be more expensive and results in more losses.

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