Web Site Marketing in Orange County

Not all companies feel they are ready to sell to everyone who uses the Internet. The thought of someone purchasing a product that is 3,000 miles away from your pr client might be scary for some companies. Even if you are a local Orange County company, or a local Publicity Orange County company, you can do business anywhere with almost anyone.

When pr clients set up their eCommerce web site, it seems only logical that they are ready to sell across the entire Internet. This might be part of their marketing plan, or marketing strategy. Unfortunately I come across pr clients and other companies who have a web site, and maybe even a traditional brick and mortar store, but they feel selling out of their local Orange County area is too much trouble. That type of thinking is what causes companies not to grow. PR Clients need to better understand how to market themselves and use the Internet to their advantage. Think of your web site as an eBay store. If you are willing to sell something on eBay, or purchase something at one of these other web sites, then why not do the same with your products or services? When you have a product that people want, let them have the right to by locally or across the country from you. It can add up to increased sales, which will help your bottom line. That in turn can make you be more than an Orange County company, even if you still think you are only a Publicity Orange County company.

Humor In Advertising

There can be a funny side to advertising and publicity


How do you capture a readers attention, and make it memorable?

There are several methods to use. The shock approach, the factual/informative approach, the serious approach and the humors approach.

We chose to use the humorous approach for this specific campaign for our client, Foundations Financial.

The reason, we wanted to break away from the clutter of the typical institutional ads and show the investors we have something unique to offer than traditional companies.

The campaign consisted of placing two different ads in the publication. In addition, this magazine, Personal Real Estate Investor, has a conference at the end of this month and Foundations Financial will be one of the guest speakers on the panel.

The conference will allow our client the opportunity to meet one-on-one with investors and to get to know Foundations Financial personally at the conference.

When possible, using the two marketing tools of Advertising and Publicity can be very rewarding.

I like to always include the two because the final result is powerful and creates a stronger impact.

It also helps to position our pr client as a forward thinking and progressive company.

Publicity has many different applications. One of those is what I just described. Too often, the two departments of advertising/marketing and publicity work separately. I feel this is a waste of time and money.

So the next time you plan an event, or have an ad campaign running, try to incorporate your overall marketing strategy to get the two departments to work together. You will be pleased with the outcome.

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