Advertising Flyers 101

Flyers are used as a mean of advertising and salesdecorations, images, pictures, illustrations, funny
promoting.drawings and so on, you have a very attracting tool of
Their efficiency is depended on the way you circleadvertising. We know that well designed Flyers are
them and how do they reach the potential customer'skept for good in an easy to be reached spot at home
hands.or office. Flyers of "Take a way" food are very
The expression: "Garbage Mail" was born because ofpopular, Flyers of emergency aid like plumbers,
those million Flyers who were packed andelectricians, locksmith and such are very needed. 
compressed in our mail boxes. Most of the people 
don't care to read those flyers and they areYou can compare Flyers to Business Card Magnets. It
immediately thrown away, or as it is known in otheris an advertising and promoting tool too. The magnets
words: vertically filed in the garbage can.assure that the information on it is there to stay, stuck
 to a "catching the eye" surface. Yet the big advantage
Talking about efficiency - several marketingof Flyers is their measures. Much more room for
companies studied the efficiency of circling flyers ininformation.
male boxes and they found that per 1000 flyers you 
get 100 phone calls, which crate 10 business meetings,Now that we know that Flyers are here to stay, let's
which end with 1 closed deal. If the deal is for 1000$learn some basics about the product itself and how to
then its OK, but most of the deals which are followingdesign it.
Flyers are for 100$. 1000 flyers cost the distributorFlyers are printed on chrome 160 gr paper. Yet one
350$ manufacturing and distributing. The conclusion iscan ask for any other kind of paper.
obvious: it doesn't pay.The most popular sizes are A4 - 22 X 28 cm or A5 -
 21 X 15 cm. One can order any other sizes.
Let me advise you where, when and how to makeIt can be printed on single side or double.
Flyers efficient:It can be a single flat sheet or folded into two pages.
1. Distribute your Flyers enveloped. People respect 
envelopes. In the collective memory: envelopes contain 
serious content. They wouldn't be thrown away near 
by the mail box. People will take them home and open 
them there. The minute the Flyer reached home -  it isThe real challenge is how to design the graphics and
a whole different story. It will be read and since then itmake the Folder attractive and appealing.
got much more chances to be attended and evenIt begins with the color of the background. The first
kept.impact of the Folder is its background color. Physicians,
2. Flyers with changing data are winners. When ahealers, social workers, tend to choose soft colors.
person is addressed by his name on a Flyer   -Clowns, DJs, wedding organizers, tend to choose
there is almost no chance that he'll throw it away justyoung and happy colors.
like this. Changing data makes Flyers more relevantLawyers, accountants, brokers, coachers, tend to
and actual. It adds a dimension of power, of convincingchoose off-white, beige, soft-gray colors.
force, to this piece of paper called Flyer. In most casesBusiness people, salesmen, tend to choose sky blue as
the personally addressed person will pick up the phoneif "the sky is the limit".....and so on.
and ask what its all about. 
3. Hand your Flyers over personally. There are severalOn the background comes the information "what's the
ways to do it wisely:Flyer wants to say". It can be verbal or graphic art or
A. Pile them on your store counter by the cashier andthe combinations of them. Let's begin with illustrations,
while people are waiting to their turn - they'll take aimages, pictures and such. First of all - "Logo", that's
look at them and probably will add one of them to theiressential. Then comes a landscape photo in case of
shopping bag.tourism Flyer, or a drooling image of the food you'll
B. If you are running a restaurant -  add one of yoursend home from your fast food kiosk or restaurant.
Flyers to the bill. It can be done wherever a bill isPlumbers and other disastrous repair men use funny
handed personally to customers.illustrations in order not to intimidate their
C. When your cashier is packing goods for byers -customers...............and so on.
instruct her to add a Flyer into the package.  
D. Pizza delivery boys always come with an extraWith using the right background colors, "Logo" and
Flyer. Your plumber wouldn't leave your premisesimages, you don't have to overload the Flyer with
without leaving his Flyer behind.unnecessary wordings. Just add the various ways of
 contacting you and your Flyer is done.  
When the Flyers get their attention - then 
revealed their advantages. On a shiny, colored,Address experts who know how to design efficient
pleasant to be touched sheet of paper , you can printFlyers and enjoy their advantages of advertising and
a lot of information. If you add to the wordings somepromoting your business.