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Selecting Advertising Agencies Wisconsin
by Jay Conrad Levinson
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Tip #1--
Be certain that the Milwaukee
Advertising Agencies and Madison Advertising Agencies realize
that advertising is only a small portion of marketing. The Milwaukee
Advertising Agencies must demonstrate that it knows there are
many other marketing weapons and that it is capable of using
(or directing the use of) all the appropriate ones in your potential
marketing arsenal. Guerrilla businesses deserve guerrilla advertising
agencies. Don't settle for less.
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Tip #2 --
Ascertain that your account
will be considered special and deserving of the Milwaukee Advertising
Agencies and Madison Advertising Agencies top talent. Be sure
that you meet and talk to the people who will actually be doing
your advertising - creative, media, research, the whole works.
See what else the creative people have created. Ask about the
results. Avoid agency figureheads and get to know the troops
who will be serving on your front line. Is the chemistry right
between you? Don't underestimate the immense power of good chemistry.
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Tip #3 --
Be sure that your Milwaukee
Advertising Agencies and Madison Advertising Agencies understand
your company's objectives and considers them reasonable. This
understanding will be reflected in the marketing and advertising
strategy that the agency creates for you. If it's missing, look
elsewhere.
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Tip #4 --
Check to see that the people
who will be working on your account have the right credentials,
experience, and attitude. See if they are good listeners. If
they haven't worked on a business just like yours, don't worry.
Just make sure that they understand the critical relationship
between profitability and creativity. If it doesn't help you
earn profits, it's not creative.
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Tip #5 --
Be positive that the people
you will work with have a knowledge of your business, an interest
in your business, and a knowledge of the competitive situation.
If they've done their homework by the time they present to you,
they'll have these things. If not, you're not interested.
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Tip #6 --
Look at the ads and other marketing
materials they have created: theme lines, logos, signs, telemarketing
scripts, brochures, videos, catalogs, newsletters, Web sites,
direct mail letters, postcards, posters, and even postcard mailers.
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Tip #7 --
The best Milwaukee Advertising
Agencies and Madison Advertising Agencies have grown from the
growth of their clients and those clients' ever-increasing marketing
investments. That is a better benchmark than growth coming from
new clients. Such agencies are hard to find. But the search will
be worth your time.
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Tip #8 --
When selecting Milwaukee Advertising
Agencies and Madison Advertising Agencies ask people from the
agency to make a presentation to you, but don't ask them to spend
a lot of money doing so. Listen to their words, hoping they will
talk more about you than about themselves. Be aware of the emphasis
they place on the importance of a strategy, for that strategy
is crucial to you. See if they know how advertising fits into
the overall marketing mix. Be wary if they speak only of advertising
and nothing about marketing.
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Tip #9 --
You must do everything in your
power to know the difference between clever advertising and effective
advertising. Be careful if the agency relies too much on the
use of humor, for humor is often the enemy of effective advertising.
Advertising gains power through repetition, but humor becomes
weaker with repetition. If you're marketing candy or chewing
gum, humor may help. But if you're marketing high-priced offerings,
humor rarely leads to beautiful profit-and-loss statements.
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Tip #10 --
Be sure that your Milwaukee
Advertising Agencies and Madison Advertising Agencies understands
the crucial necessity for follow-up, that they are abreast of
the growth of online marketing, and that they are up-to-date
but not too far in advance of society.
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Tip #11 --
You can learn about agencies,
not only by their presentations, but also by walking around the
agencies themselves. Look at their work in progress for other
clients, and see for yourself their staff's passion and enthusiasm
for creating advertising that works.
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Tip #12 --
Be especially aware of Milwaukee
Advertising Agencies and Madison Advertising Agencies campaigns
that have run for a long time. That's a sure sign that it is
successful. Be sure that the creative people are willing to experiment
and test, to create materials that are timeless. Watch out if
they create "vampire" advertising - the kind where
cleverness, jokes, and special effects draw attention away from
your offering.
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Tip #13 --
The key to great advertising
is to forget the advertising and be certain that the product
or service is the star. Great advertising agencies produce advertising
that creates a desire to buy. It is not supposed to make people
say, "What wonderful advertising!" Instead, it is supposed
to make people say, "I want that product."
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Tip #14 --
Advertising creativity comes
from knowledge. The more knowledge the agency's people possess,
the more creative they can be. That means a powerful agency asks
questions, listens to answers, engages in tireless research,
and never stops learning.
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Tip #15 --
Can your Milwaukee Advertising
Agencies and Madison Advertising Agencies help you engage in
fusion marketing arrangements with others - where you combine
marketing efforts to reach more people, but save money because
you are sharing the cost? A top agency is able to use technology
to the utmost but not rely too much on it. Its advertising begins
with your offering and the reason you are in business in the
first place - not with a snappy jingle or dazzling graphic approach.
Copyright © Jay Conrad Levinson 2000m
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