Posts Tagged ‘services’
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Most of the time, the biggest hurdle that most, if not all, small businesses, especially in Las Vegas, have is a limited marketing and advertising budget. Having a small business budget makes it difficult for your Las Vegas business to have the most glamorous marketing and advertising campaign. Advertising can be pretty expensive, especially when you have so many other things that can eat up your budget.
With a limited budget in mind, you should consider some less expensive and cost-effective forms of advertising your business including:
Website
Even with a small budget, you can get a small simple website up fairly inexpensively. Good news about a website is it can advertise your Las Vegas business 24/7.
Flyers
Create a simple flyer (you can do this yourself in Word) that you can hand to potential clients, as leave behinds in other businesses. Include an incentive or special offer to get better results. You can print a simple flyer on your own printer or have it printed in bulk at a copy center fairly cheaply.
Google AdWords
Advertise on google and come up on the first page as a “Sponsored Listing” and help deliver website traffic and leads for your business. Most times, you can find relatively cheap keywords to bid on and you can set your own monthly budget.
Sponsor Community Events
Donate services and/or time to local Las Vegas community events and be recognized as a supporter of your community. Often times you’ll receive a way to promote your business through a free ad, a press release or PR event. This can help give you an edge over your competitors as well!
Hang in There!
The key is not get frustrated because you only have a small budget to work with. Small businesses are often very imaginative, especially when it comes to stretching their money and making sure that each dime is put to good use.
Posted By: Michael Gazzano
Tags: advertising campaign, business, Community, Las Vegas, Marketing, Promote, services, small businesses, vegas community, website, website traffic
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
Las Vegas Brochure Design Tips
If you are in business in Las Vegas, you should probably have a brochure to promote your business that you can leave behind when you meet a potential client. Maybe you’re afraid you cannot write one yourself? This articles was written to help!
Brochures are basically a great way to help promote your Las Vegas and can be left after meeting a potential client, can be left in hotel and restaurant lobbies, handed out at networking events, trade shows, etc. So how can you create and write an effective, targeted brochure that will stay on someone’s desk and not end up in the shredder?
Define your products and services & your target market.
Take a few minutes to figure out exactly who your target market is. Gender, age, location, and specific issues that they face that you can help solve with your products and services. Tailor your brochure copy to most effectively communicate and help your target market.
For example, if you are a family law attorney and your clients are mainly women, late thirties, seeking child support, then your brochure copy should focus on this target market. The copy you write, the tone and the points you make in how you will help a potential client should focus around your target. The images used in the brochure, the headlines, the colors, etc. should all support the communication.
Keep your reader’s interest.
Write enticing cover copy and headlines for your brochure. Try not too stuff too much information on each panel of your brochure as you don’t want it too look overwhelming to read. A reader should be able to glance at headlines and sections of your brochure without becoming overwhelmed. Keep paragraphs brief and use bullet points to help compact the information you’re trying to communicate. Keep your paragraph headlines exciting! This will want to make readers read on!
Keep your brochure from ending up in the trash.
Utilize an area of your brochure that has helpful Q&A, resources or tips on information relevant to your business. In the example of the family law attorney above, perhaps include links to complimentary legal and government websites or direct readers to more information or resources they might find on your own company website.
The key is to think carefully about designing and writing your brochure so that you will keep your target market engaged, raise their interest, provide helpful information and ultimately get that reader to contact you for more information!
Posted By: Michael Gazzano
Tags: brochure, brochure design, brochures, business, Las Vegas, services
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Ways to promote your Las Vegas website in a cost-effective manner.
So just what is the difference between promoting your Las Vegas website and a traditional brick and mortar store? It’s a common question asked by many new business owners and internet marketers. It turns out the principles are the same but the methods are a bit different. Let’s take a look at how they differ.
The primary goal of the promotion and awareness-building of both is to first create awareness of its existence. Secondly, you need to communicate to potential customers to know what exact products and services you offer and why it will make their life or running their business more easily. Next you want to show them how your products and services are better than any others others in the market. This is all to achieve your final goal of visiting your Las Vegas website or store. Making the sale is another lengthy topic all together.
If you have a sizable advertising budget, you can start by advertising in the New York Times or on NBC for a brick and mortar store or on Google or Yahoo sites if you’re on the internet. If you do not have a large budget, there are many cost-effective ways you can promote your Las Vegas website.
8 Cheap Ways to Promote Your Las Vegas Website
- Tell your friends and family all about your website. On average, a person has a couple of hundred family members and friends. Email them, stay in touch and let them know!
- Sign up for a leads service that will refer leads to your Las Vegas website. This will be a nominal expense in relation to the leads if you utilize the right service.
- Post your helpful articles and opinions on forum web sites. This helps add credibility to you as an expert in your field and will refer people back to your web site.
- Consider Search Engine Marketing (SEM). An paid advertising campaign on Google Adwords is another way to reach your potential clients. You can choose the exact phrases and words you want and set your own monthly budget.
- Create a flyer or simple tri-fold brochure that promotes your Las Vegas business and your web site.
- Place newspaper classifieds in local Las Vegas newspapers. You can generate a very cost effective campaign using weekly newspapers that are less expenisve and can reach your target market in Las Vegas and beyond.
- Write and publish helpful and insightful articles just like this one that showcase your expertise and knowledge and help direct clients back to your web site.
- Start your own Las Vegas blog on your website. Your own company blog allows you to add more pages of content to your website and more pages of rich content helps with SEO efforts.
For more ways to promote your website for free, consider doing a google search for “free ways to promote my website” and see what other helpful tips come up. It takes a little time to do the research, but the benefits can be very beneficial!
Posted By: Michael Gazzano
Tags: business, Google, Las Vegas, Marketing, Promote, search engine marketing, SEO, services, website
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
If are a lawyer, then you need to figure out how to market yourself so that you speak to as many customers as possible. After all, the more people who know about your services, the more likely they are to one day use them. This doesn’t mean that you should advertise only to one group of people but to as many different groups as possible. An often overlooked population is the Hispanic community. More and more people in this world speak Spanish and are looking for lawyers who understand this. This is why it is so important to really consider one’s Hispanic marketing options. The following are just some of the many ways that you can target this community.
The first thing to do is to create a Spanish language website. Creating this ensures that the Hispanic community will be able to quickly and efficiently access important information about your law firm and about your services. Additionally, such a website shows this community that you care about their culture and respect their language. This could really be the reason that a person decides to use your services versus someone else’s. Make sure that when you build this website you not only use the Spanish language but use people and images that remind this community of themselves. The more specific you make this website to the intended audience – the Hispanic community – the more successful the website will be.
Once you have a Spanish language website, you can incorporate search engine optimization (SEO) techniques into it. This will increase the likelihood that the Hispanic community will learn about your website and about your services. Consider the Spanish words that people may use when looking up information about lawyers. By incorporating such words and phrases into the website, you can be sure to increase traffic to your website. The more traffic a website has, the higher the likelihood that people will end up using your services.
Don’t underestimate the power of targeted direct mail. By sending direct mail that includes not only Spanish but also relates to the Hispanic community’s customs and traditions, you will then be able to stand apart from other lawyers looking for new business. Direct mail is exactly what it sounds like: direct. By learning about this culture and using Spanish on such marketing items, you can be sure that this population will be that much more likely to remember you.
Ultimately, when it comes to Hispanic marketing for lawyers, you want to make sure that you show this community that you respect them. This means using their language, understanding their customs, and showing them that you generally care about their needs. Once you do this, you can focus on everything from SEO content on your Spanish language website to SEM targeted at Hispanic community. The more people you can speak to, the better: This brings in more clients who bring in more money.
For an evaluation and assistance, contact perkolate at fullsteam@perkolate.com or call us at 702.341.0085. Se habla espanol.
Posted By: Michael Gazzano
Tags: business, custom, hispanic community, hispanic marketing, Las Vegas, Marketing, new business, perkolate, search, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), services, website
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Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Perkolate is proud to announce the launch of its latest website for VegasBestExtensions.com. Perkolate designed the logo, website and extensive flash gallery.
About VegasBestExtensions.com
Safe, Natural looking, Reusable, Remy, Non-chemical, Non-glue, Gorgeous Human Hair Extensions! Vegas Best Extensions services are available in Las Vegas and Los Angeles hair salons. Whether you are looking for fun and excitement, or a full head of long beautiful hair; your dream is a reality with Vegas Best Extensions.
Vegas Best Extensions, Inc. was founded by Paul Juma, a professional stylist, master colorist, and well respected hair extensions artist. Paul is certified by American Board of Certified Hair colorists (ABCH).
For more information about Perkolate contact us at 702.341.0085 or visit our website at www.perkolate.com.
Posted By: Michael Gazzano
Tags: flash gallery, information, Las Vegas, launch, perkolate, professional, services, website
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
Choose the Right Template and Look and Feel to your Presentation
When it comes to designing an effective PowerPoint presentation for your Las Vegas business or sales force, there are a few things to keep in mind. First, you should make sure that the presentation is eye-catching, but not distracting. This can be accomplished by choosing a slide design, that suits the type of presentation that you are working on. If your business has it’s own branding in place, you will want to make sure that the look and feel matches your current branding and existing marketing materials. There are many schemes that work perfectly for different types of presentations. Many of them pair very well with specific topics, and you can easily make your presentation unique by exploring these options.
Choose Animation Effects Carefully
Next, we come to animations and transitions. These can be very fun additions to your presentation, but you should be careful not to overindulge. Again, since the presentation should not overpower the information itself, the best bet is to select one or two effects, and use them consistently throughout the entire presentation. For most topics, a simple fade or dissolve effect is a great choice. This goes for slide transitions, the effect that takes place when one slide changes to the next, as well as the text or graphics in the slides themselves.
Content is Key - Keep It Simple
As for the information within the presentation itself, the best advice is: keep it simple. Most of the text boxes in the slides are pre-designed as bulleted lists because the information should be presented with concise statements. For the most part, the presentation will be accompanied by a speaker who is further explaining the information. The audience will not want to switch back and forth between listening to the speaker and reading lengthy paragraphs of information on each slide. Also, adding appropriate graphics to break up the monotony of a text-only presentation is perfectly acceptable, but again, in moderation. Remember not to overload your slides with text and graphics should you decide to use clip art, photos, or charts. Charts, tables, or graphs typically warrant their own slides, as they should be large enough for the audience to be able to read them.
Audio & Video
The timing of the slide show itself can be rehearsed (practice makes perfect!) to make sure that the information is displayed at the right pace and that you know exactly what you are speaking about. If a speaker is presenting the information, the slides can be changed manually. Soundtracks, audio and video can also be added to standalone presentations, are actually quite effective at drawing in the appropriate audience.
PowerPoint gives you the ability to make your presentation your own, and as long as you keep your audience in mind, you can effectively communicate your message.
For Information on Professional PowerPoint design services in Las Vegas, visit perkolate.com.
Posted By: Michael Gazzano
Tags: Branding, business, Effective, Las Vegas, Marketing, marketing materials, perkolate, Powerpoint, powerpoint design, powerpoint presentation, professional, services
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
Perkolate is proud to announce the launch of its latest website and blog for Priority One Commercial Real Estate Brokerage of Las Vegas at www.priorityonecommercial.com.
About Priority One Commercial
Priority One Commercial is a Real Estate Brokerage Firm specializing in commercial leasing and sales. Since 1993, Priority One Commercial manages commercial office, industrial, land and retail properties.
Priority One Commercial provides commercial property management services to clients throughout the Las Vegas and Henderson metropolitan area. Our primary goal is to work with our clients to maximize their cash flow and establish stabilized property values. by creating customer specific marketing strategies through personalized service, Priority One Commercial matches the right client to the right property.
Posted By: Michael Gazzano
Tags: blog, custom, Las Vegas, launch, Marketing, marketing strategies, perkolate, services, website
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Launching a website for your Las Vegas business is one of the smartest steps you can take - these days, having a site is absolutely necessary. Here, we’ll cover the basics on how to get started in designing an attractive, functional website for your business in Las Vegas.
Your first step is to register a domain name for your business. Your domain name should be the same as your business name and easy for customers to spell and remember. You’ll also need to make sure that you have hosting for your website. You can often find domain and hosting packages, which is something you may want to look into for convenience’s sake.
Once you have your domain and hosting all set up, it’s time to get building. A website design company will be able to help you come up with a layout for your website that will attract and appeal to your customers. Finding a good website design company to fit your needs is crucial. You can also look into copywriting services to ensure that the content on your website is written in a compelling, clear way. Be sure to make use of SEO optimization when deciding on your website’s content. This helps customers find your company’s website via search engines.
The images on your site should be of excellent quality. Blurry or grainy images do not look professional and will turn your website’s visitors off. You can use images of your company’s headquarters, of your employees and of your products to add a personal touch to your website. You can also use stock images available online if you’d prefer.
Once you’ve launched your website, include links to it in your email signature, on advertisements and countless other places to get the word out to customers. The more people that view your website, the better!
Posted By: Michael Gazzano
Tags: business, custom, Las Vegas, launch, professional, search, search engines, SEO, services, website, website design company
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
If you’re preparing to design a catalog for your company here in Las Vegas, sometimes approaching the task can seem overwhelming at times, however, we here at Perkolate have taken time to put a list of catalog design tips and tricks that will help you plan and think about your new catalog design.
- Plan out what information you’re trying to convey with the catalog and write everything out into a Word document so you can go back and edit.
- Try to imagine how many pages your catalog will be (more pages will be more expensive for both the design and printing) and specify in the content you’re writing what will roughly go on each page.
- Write for your target audience, at their level and tell them how your products and services will help make their jobs easier and help them to be more successful business people and companies.
- Assemble any master graphics and photos including logos, product shots, examples of your work, staff photos, building shots, etc.
- Set a timeline to do your due diligence before contacting a professional design company (like Perkolate) and think about what a realistic schedule is that you want the printed catalog completed.
- Don’t have too much text on the pages, make sure you leave enough room for exciting and dynamic graphical images.
- Cross sell any other marketing materials you have as well including your website.
- Make sure the new design matches your current marketing materials (website, brochures, business cards, etc.) to help reenforce your company’s branding and identity efforts.
Posted By: Michael Gazzano
Tags: brand, Branding, brochure, brochures, business, business cards, content, due diligence, information, Las Vegas, logo, logos, Marketing, marketing materials, perkolate, printing, professional, professional design, services, target audience, website, Write
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Successful marketing techniques are crucial to any Las Vegas business. This is especially true when it comes to internet marketing. Hiring a Las Vegas company like Perkolate to handle marketing concerns can prove to be very beneficial, this is why it is so important to make sure that you have hired the right company. Marketing can not only be hard work but can be quite strategic, not all internet marketing companies may be proficient.
When marketing on the internet, blogs and articles can be very effective in getting the word out. However, utilizing the proper tags and maintaining the appropriate content can be quite perplexing to the most business savvy individual. Some companies may simply make use of “filler” content, which provides no real substance. This makes marketing strategies ineffective and wasteful. Not only should the company provide relevant content, but it should not read as a paid ad.
In addition, content should always be professional. Grammatical and spelling errors should not be present. A reliable company will ensure that the grammar and spelling is always accurate. Information should be factual and geared toward the appropriate audience. These mistakes may seem minor but may prove detrimental when it comes to marketing techniques that involve blogging, aritcle writing, or otherwise posting information on the internet.
Making use of the proper tags is also another frequent error. If the information isn’t searchable, your business is not getting out there. Search tags should be frequently assesed for popularity, age group, and several other criteria. Many other companies may simply attach a few tags and assume their work is done. Maintaining and updating tags assists in extending the life of the material and can make a significant difference.
Blogging and article writing is an excellent marketing strategy, it’s a proven way to get maximum returns on your investment. However, it does require a lot of time and know how. If and when deciding to hire someone to do this for you, make sure the services offer professional quality content. Blog design and content is an expertise and should not be left to just anyone. The future of your business may depend on it.
Posted By: Michael Gazzano
Tags: blog, blogging, business, content, effect, Effective, information, internet marketing companies, Las Vegas, Marketing, marketing strategies, marketing strategy, perkolate, professional, search, services, vegas company
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