Archive for October, 2008
- LTD Viper 50 by ESP
I have recently decided I needed a new axe, most of my studio guitars are fine but I wanted something with a nice low action for live playing and something I could keep at home for personal playing as well as taking to work with me.
- POTS of Fun!
Guitar repairs can be great fun and they are often not to difficult. By taking your time and being methodical you can even carry out simple repairs yourself. Often however people don’t want to deal with hacking apart their pride and joy and hand them over to me for repairs.
Having provided a great deal of advice, both in a casual and professional capacity, over the years I know just how important it is to know what you need!
Regardless of if you need a new PA or a targeted marketing plan, your budget will generally go further and Produce better results if you have some good advice from the outset. I am going to look at both of these examples and show how proper advice can make sure you get the best “bang for your buck”, so to speak..
A Simple Poster Design - …or is it?
Anyone who has run a business or even seen an episode of “The Apprentice” will probably recognise the need for marketing. Lets face it, without marketing on any level you have no business. So in a time where we are forecast a global recession it is key to get the maximum return on investment from your marketing budget.
Lets consider the following situation. you decide that posters may work well to advertise a forth-coming event or service. You take your idea to others within the company and they agree, so without further ado you jot down the details of the service or event and drop them off with your IT/Graphics guy (or indeed gal).
Great you have your posters! Or is it great? Selling from the page is a real art, you wouldn’t dream of asking the Graphics department to close a sale with your biggest account, would you? So why expect them to close deals with you prospective clients?
The result? Well apart from a few hundred great looking posters that do little to sell your event or service the only real result is a waste of your marketing budget, and at worst the eventual failure of your business.
Another Way?At Boston Recording our Graphics team are trained in marketing and understand how to sell from the page, screen or billboard. They work closely with our web development team to ensure we don’t just make a web shop we build an Internet sales tool, that helps your business attract the custom it needs.
We will even work closely with your management and marketing teams to ensure we produce a targeted campaign that reaches your target clients in the manner required. A simple poster design starts from as little as £25 but in the long run it could save your business!
If you would like to discuss your marketing campaign or how Boston Recording can help your company then please contact us on 01205 317 710 together we can make your business grow.
Check back for part two to see how our Audio Consultancy team can help you get the most from your hardware budget, for free!
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