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		<title>A Practical Guide to Hotel Marketing Budget Planning:</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the success of your hotel business, it is necessary to write a hotel marketing plan. Your professional hotel marketing plan must contain all the relevant information regarding your product or services, target market, target audience and competitors. We can say that marketing plan is one of the most important sections of the business plan. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the success of your hotel business, it is necessary to write a hotel marketing plan. Your professional hotel marketing plan must contain all the relevant information regarding your product or services, target market, target audience and competitors. We can say that marketing plan is one of the most important sections of the business plan. It tells the entrepreneurs where they are and where they want to go. </p>
<p>Your hotel marketing plan must include the following key components: <br />•    An Executive Summary<br />•    Business Overview<br />•    Location, Business Concept<br />•    Sample Menu<br />•    Layouts and Design<br />•    Market Strategy<br />•    Competitive Analysis<br />•    Industry Assessment<br />•    Marketing Strategy<br />•    Budget<br />•    Management Team <br />Planning budget is the most important part of any hotel marketing plan. Following are some factors a marketing plan writer must consider, while planning hotel marketing plan budget:<br />Start with internet marketing: Internet is the easiest way to market your company and your product. If you do not have enough budget for other marketing strategies you can easily create a website that contains all information about your company and product.<br />Remember your crucial business goals: Knowing your important hotel business goals helps you to generate large amount of profits. <br />Be aware of changing trends: Avoid making long term goals. The world is changing rapidly. Review your hotel marketing plan at least once in a year. <br />Marketing cost categories: Divide your marketing costs into two parts:<br /> Initial development costs: This cost contains: <br />•    Research development<br />•    Content creation<br />•    Website design<br />•    Marketing systems set up<br />Ongoing expenses and maintenance: This includes:<br />•    E-Mail marketing<br />•    Search visibility improvement<br />•    Pay per click advertisement<br />•    Consulting fees<br />•    Analytics and tracking analysis<br />•    Website maintenance and development<br />Most important hotel marketing budget categories:<br />•    Staffing expenses<br />•    Training fees<br />•    Consulting fees<br />•    Website optimization<br />•    Search visibility improvement<br />•    E-mail communications<br />•    Media production<br />•    Content development<br />•    Press relations &amp; media outreach<br />Below are three marketing budgeting approaches:<br />•    Increase overall sales<br />•    Build your brand<br />•    Save profit<br />Above are some factors a marketing plan writer should consider, while planning hotel marketing plan budget. Making budget for your professional hotel marketing plan is one of the most important tasks. One should be very careful when making budget for his hotel marketing plan. <br />You can easily take help from the marketing plan writing services in order to have a successful marketing plan. BizPlanCorner.com is a helpful site that provides you the solutions to your business problems 24/7. At BizPlanCorner.com we provide a good quality marketing plan, which is written by our professional marketing plan writers.</p>
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		<title>Things to Consider When Selecting the Internet Marketing Product</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Internet marketing is full of opportunities to venture into. There is great potential for success if you are determined and know what you are doing. One of the more difficult things to do is come up with a product to promote. It is hard to make money if you do not have a good product [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Internet marketing is full of opportunities to venture into. There is great potential for success if you are determined and know what you are doing. One of the more difficult things to do is come up with a product to promote. It is hard to make money if you do not have a good product to sell. Luckily, there are some things you should look for when selecting the perfect internet marketing product. You will find it much easier to stay motivated to work if you like what you do.This will make it much easier to have success.</p>
<p>If you are going to be handling the product yourself, try to select a product that is light and easy to ship. It can become quite expensive to ship out products that are larger and heavier. It will make things much easier if you select a product that you can quickly distribute without worrying about shipping costs.Next, make sure the internet marketing product as public appeal. While there is a wide range of internet surfers, there are some products that just do not sell well on the internet. Take the time to research in depth what is hot and what is not. This can save you the hassle of promoting a product that will get you nowhere.</p>
<p>Take into consideration start-up costs as far as the product goes as well. If you are working with very little money it makes it difficult to go out and promote an expensive product to begin with. Know what your price limit is prior to looking for a product and then stick to that limit. This will eliminate the worry of having to pull out a loan of any type.</p>
<p>Lastly, find a product that you will enjoy promoting. There are a number of jobs that do not give you the chance to sell something you enjoy.But the internet allows you to enjoy your job because of the wide array of people to sell to. You will find it much easier to stay motivated to work if you like what you do.It can become a long process selecting the perfect internet marketing product, but it will be worth it to take the time to research.</p>
<p>After taking these things into consideration, create a list of products that you may want to promote. Look on Google to see how hard it will be to break your business into the market. Also, try to promote a specific niche as oppose to an entire category. Instead of having an entertainment site, have a movies site that you sell just movies. This will make it much easier to have success.If you are working with very little money it makes it difficult to go out and promote an expensive product to begin with. </p>
<p>It can become a long process selecting the perfect internet marketing product, but it will be worth it to take the time to research. After selecting the product for your business you will be that much closer to building up a successful home based business.</p>
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		<title>The Price of Internet Marketing Products is Highly Exaggerated</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As autumn and cold crawl their way into Canada and the sun sets before 4 p.m., this darkness and quietness bring along a time of reflection for all of us. The assessment I want to share with you is about internet marketing. Although my list of things to do seams never-ending, I am very happy [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As autumn and cold crawl their way into Canada and the sun sets before 4 p.m., this darkness and quietness bring along a time of reflection for all of us. The assessment I want to share with you is about internet marketing. Although my list of things to do seams never-ending, I am very happy to realize all I have accomplished in less than a year ( over 40 active web sites, a hypnosis for childbirth program that already got international recognition, over 100 published articles on the net, etc)</p>
<p>I have been in internet marketing for a little less than a year and I have attended ten internet marketing seminars in 2006. I am the kind of person who likes to get to the bottom of things. For more details go to: www.internet-marketing-word.com I want to share my findings with people who are starting, thinking of starting or even stalling in the internet marketing business.</p>
<p>The ten biggest pieces of wisdom I want to share with you about internet marketing I have learned are:</p>
<p>1) The price of Internet Marketing products is highly exaggerated. Many marketers are comfortable taking hundreds of dollars for useless e-books or software. They are able to overcharge such big money for two main reasons: their customers believe their well-written sales letter promising them to become a millionaire by working only two hours per day. The second reason is that since other people have raised the bar before them, they feel comfortable with overcharging for their products.<br />I encourage everyone who is about to purchase any internet marketing product to take a deep breath, backing up and do an internet search. Most probably, the product or its equivalent is already available for a fraction of the price on the internet.</p>
<p>My opinion is that no e-book is worth that much unless it provides me with the code of the safe at the bank for this internet marketer.</p>
<p>2) In the internet marketing business there are dreamers and there are doers. I have repeatedly met some people at internet marketing seminars who have not taken action and just keep buying the next product promising them a fast an effortless income. My experience is that it takes work (but then again I don’t see it as work as I enjoy it very much) at least in the beginning to secure a decent income in the internet marketing business.</p>
<p>3) Many internet marketers made their fortunes by selling products to people who want to make a fortune in the internet marketing business. Willie Crawford draws the parallel that the people who got the richest during the gold rush were the ones selling shovels and sticks to the gold diggers.</p>
<p>Anyone interested in internet marketing has to ask themselves if they have just been enriching the people selling them promises to make millions in the internet business.</p>
<p>4) There are basically three categories of internet marketers out there: the ones who just want your money, the ones who give you a good deal for your money and the ones that genuinely care about helping you making good money by sharing their efficient tactics.</p>
<p>I will, of course, not name any names here and I think that deep down people know what kind of marketers they are. I can tell you that upon trying to do a mental list of the genuine, caring ones, I had enough of my ten fingers to do the complete list.</p>
<p>5) The real successful internet marketers are often not on stage at seminars. I have met some very successful and knowledgeable people by talking to the person sitting next to me at seminars. I highly recommend you get to know the attendees at any given seminar; you will be surprised to sometimes find out that they know more than the speaker upfront and wiling to share everything with you…for free.</p>
<p>6) A masterminding group is a great resource to learn and share tricks and tips about internet marketing. The rule is to be part of a group that is about (or even better, a little above) your level of knowledge and accomplishments in internet marketing.</p>
<p>7) Action is power. Whatever piece of gold nugget you learn is useless if you do not take action on it. Many people are eternal course takers but have yet to get their first web site up. For can visit to: www.secretly-spy-your-internet-competition.com Even the best intended internet marketer will not make a penny if he doesn’t get his product out there. I have heard numerous times the advice to put out your product and fix the fine details later. It has been a little challenging for a perfectionist like me but, honestly, it works great. Often, customer comments allow me to go back and improve my product in ways that I would have never thought of.</p>
<p> <img src='http://ukweatherstation.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> Internet marketing is a number’s game. If you put all your eggs in one basket, you might rise very fast very high and then tumble down as fast. Diversity is the foundation for a solid business.</p>
<p>9) There will always be new things to learn. One cannot stay in their basement and hope that the world will not change. The internet marketing world is one that changes at the speed of light and one has to keep informed of the new trends and developments.</p>
<p>10) The Internet is here to stay. Internet has been growing at an astonishing rate and those who got in the game will be ahead of the pack in this exciting and powerful window to the world. The possibilities are infinite.</p>
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		<title>Learn More about the Online Blackjack Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As individual, each of us has our own preferences for many kinds of things. As persons, some of us would have our own imaginations about fun. But for some of us, we might have something in common. Some of us have described the fun as playing the games in the internet. To be more specific, for some of us have chosen the online gambling games as the most interesting games for them that they could find in the internet. It could be so excellently interesting because it has many eminences if we compared it with other kinds of games&#8230; One of the most interesting pats of the online gambling games is; the online gambling games provide lots of money. As players, we would be delighted if we could win the money from the games.</p>
<p>In order to be able to bring home the money, we should try to click the internet to find some guidance sites. Without the guidance sites, we couldn’t find the perfect site that would give us the money if we won. The online casino games have been declared as many people’s most favorite games. There are so many kinds of games that we will be able to play in the casino site and surely, those games are incredibly interesting and exciting. Some of us would rather to play some online casino card games. Some of us have decided to choose the blackjack as their most favorite games. In order to win the games, they should be able to beat the other players which means, they would need to learn about the <a href="http://www.ballyfire.com/" target="_blank">online blackjack strategy</a> to win the games.</p>
<p>In order to learn more about the <a href="http://www.biggesttsunamisite.com/" target="_blank">online blackjack strategy</a>, they would have some chances to find some info in the internet. There are some sites that would give the players some chances to learn more about the games. In the internet, they would have some chances to find some excellent guidance sites such as the Ballyfire.com. This site would give the players some assistance to learn more about the strategy, the tips and the trick to win the games. They could also click the Biggesttsunamisite.com. With the <a href="http://www.silentgarden.net/" target="_blank">online blackjack strategy</a> tutorials from those sites, hopefully the players would have the better chances to win the games. For more information, the players would be able to click the Silentgarden.net. Surely, those three sites would be the best guidance for the players.</p>
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		<title>iloans90.com for Your Short Term Loan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you are looking for installment loan in bank, you will need to trough such a complicated process and in the end they will only give you lower loan or even you will get nothing. While with so many people out there that are needed loans to pay their expenses, make lots of online lenders are trying to help them in easier way from the bank.</p>
<p>It is iloans90.com that will be the answer of your problems. You can get <a href="http://iloans90.com/">installment loans for bad credit</a> there so you will no need to worry again when you are looking for loan with your bad credit, they still can give you the loan. Besides that, they are also offering us with installment loan with no credit check. You can also apply for the <a href="http://inmyloans.com/">payday loans</a> online. Fewer documents will be needed there, so you can easily apply for the installment loan or payday loan that you want.</p>
<p>They are offering you with easy and quick process of accepting your application and you can get the loans right away. No more worry when you need more money if you are able to apply for the short term loan or installment loan at Iloans90.com without worrying about your bad credit.</p>
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		<title>These Four Things Will Make Your Direct Marketing Successful</title>
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<p>Direct marketing is built on four things. The other way to look at it is that when you think direct marketing is not working only one of four things can be wrong. Let’s look at each. </p>
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<p>1.The Target – This is who you are sending your marketing to. The target is your list and the list is your market. These are the people most interested in what you have to say, what you have to offer and what you have to sell. These are interested prospects, hopefully, that will want what you have to sell. If this group does not want or need what you have then your target needs changed. Your target does not represent your market in this case. </p>
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<p>When working with list brokers, you can specify what your ideal target, ideal client or market should be. This is where most people think of demographics. How big a company is, what the income is or sales level is, where they are located, their age, their family size, etc. All of this defines your target and the tighter the definition of your target, the higher the probability of success. </p>
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<p>TO-DO: Write out the description of your ideal client. Contact list brokers and see how many of these there are. Make sure to specify geographical areas. Determine the cost of such a list. Buy the list and start mailing to it over and over and over on a frequent, consistent basis. </p>
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<p>2.The Vehicle – This is what you are sending to your list. In the world of direct mail it’s pretty simple: A letter, A postcard, A catalog or a three dimensional package. Professional companies like letters. People that are on the run, multi-taker entrepreneurs may prefer postcards. C-level officers buying high ticket items may prefer a package. Consider this when determining your direct marketing campaign budget and base it on what you think your target market will want. </p>
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<p>3.The Message – This component of direct marketing is what you are saying to your market; to your audience; to your list. This is also where you develop and communicate the offer that you are seeking a response to. Your job with the message is to communicate benefit oriented information and advantages that will motivate the prospect to take some type of action. The action might be a sale, a phone call, a visit or a web-site visit. </p>
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<p>Think of a coupon. That is a response mechanism. The prospect sees the value and product offering on the coupon and visits a place of business and redeems it, all conforming to benefit communication and motivation to action. </p>
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<p>4.Frequency – So many times people try direct marketing and give up because of low response. They typically give up before giving the campaign enough time to work. We are inundated with marketing messages everyday, therefore it takes repetition and consistency of delivering that message to match up with timing and desire to the point where the prospect will take action. </p>
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<p>The rule of thumb is 6-8 times will create the top of mind awareness in the mind of your prospect so that they think of you, your product or service when their need or want arises.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of market products on cell phones is not new. This idea has been talked about for quite some time but has not really taken hold for a number of reasons. Not everyone uses their phone all the time and people with these phones would probably object to having their conversations or other activities [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The idea of<a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/outgoing/article_exit_link']);" href="http://www.cell-phone-cash.com/"> market products on cell phones </a>is not new. This idea has been talked about for quite some time but has not really taken hold for a number of reasons. Not everyone uses their phone all the time and people with these phones would probably object to having their conversations or other activities interrupted by an advertisement. However, this is already done in a limited amount such as when one dials a free 411 call and gets an advertisement before the number.</p>
<p>At the current time the only ones, other than 411 callers, using this media of advertising are mobile phone companies, mobile game makers and people pushing ringtones and applications for cell phones. However, many people are working on ways that this virgin field of advertising could be used. One suggestion advanced was that people be given free call minutes, or even a free phone all together, if they would allow advertising on their phone.</p>
<p>The cell phones are often referred to as SMS which stands for Short Message Service and this is the term that is being tossed about in discussing possibilities of using this means of advertising. With over 2.4 billion active users of these phones this is certainly a possible market that has the attention of people interested in marketing.</p>
<p>It is a general consensus that advertisers outside of these fields need to be attracted to this marketing media. There is no doubt that it is a area that could deliver anyone&#8217;s advertising to billions of people. The problem seems to be how to get these cell phone owners to accept this type of advertising. It has been suggested that contests and other activities are one way that would work.</p>
<p>At the present time there are very few computer e-mails that do not have an advertisement pop up on their screen along with the correspondence. This has caused a large number of complaints as people feel this is an intrusion of their private space. Unfortunately, this has not dissuaded the practice and it still continues. Some feel this would happen with cell phone advertising.</p>
<p>It has been estimated that this kind of advertising could be a billion dollar a year market in a very short time. However, what would happen if this kind of advertising hit cell phones is unknown. Most certainly, people are too attached to this technical media, as with the computer, to give it up. However, if the consumer is pushed too far there is a question as to what would happen such as new rules and regulations regarding this industry.</p>
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		<title>Are All Budget Web Hosting Plans the Same?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The process of selecting the company that would be handling your web hosting needs could somehow be overwhelming. As a matter of fact, the process of choosing any kind of web hosting company is a challenge because there are just so many of them in the market today.
Budget web hosting is basically any web hosting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The process of selecting the company that would be handling your web hosting needs could somehow be overwhelming. As a matter of fact, the process of choosing any kind of web hosting company is a challenge because there are just so many of them in the market today.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/outgoing/article_exit_link']);" href="http://www.hostingcoupons.org/budget-web-hosting/"><b>Budget web hosting</b></a> is basically any web hosting service, which costs less than $10 monthly. And most of the companies, which offer this, are only able to provide one-year plans. A lot of budget web hosting companies though would give you a quote for the monthly fee that you need to pay by dividing the annual fee by twelve. Make sure that you remember that as you do your comparison of budget web hosting companies. You would then have to check if they charge a setup fee before getting started.</p>
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<p>As you evaluate these budget <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/outgoing/article_exit_link']);" href="http://www.hostingcoupons.org/"><b>webhosting</b></a> companies, you can start by viewing their front page. Their front page should be a reflection of their company and services. Make sure that it looks professional enough and that it contains all the information that you would be needing. Check if the contact information can easily be located as well.</p>
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<p>You also need to make sure they have a support number, which is toll-free, so that you need not pay any long-distance charges for any assistance that you might be needing. Having a toll-free number would reflect their willingness to help out customers in anything they need.</p>
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<p>Aside from these, check if they offer a good satisfaction guarantee. You would also need to make sure that they offer a good uptime guarantee, as this would be very important to the website you would be running.</p>
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		<title>Global apparel markets: product developments and innovations 3rd quarter 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In retailing, UK-based Asda has expanded its product assortment by launching a range of ethnic Asian clothing items, including salwar kameez (traditional suits), kurtas (tunics), dupatta (scarves) and churidars (slim leg trousers). Meanwhile, scientists in Japan have taken the first steps to develop a technology which could enable online shoppers to feel the texture of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In retailing, UK-based Asda has expanded its product assortment by launching a range of ethnic Asian clothing items, including salwar kameez (traditional suits), kurtas (tunics), dupatta (scarves) and churidars (slim leg trousers). Meanwhile, scientists in Japan have taken the first steps to develop a technology which could enable online shoppers to feel the texture of clothing via the Internet. In environmentally friendly apparel manufacturing, Anvil Knitwear has unveiled an eco-friendly T-shirt made from recycled plastic bottles and transitional cotton, Zegna Sport has produced an environmentally friendly version of its solar-powered jacket which can charge small electronic devices, and Wundervoll has developed a new collection of lingerie made from Biophyl fabric containing yarns derived from a renewable resource.</p>
<p>For more info, visit : <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/outgoing/article_exit_link']);" href="http://www.visionshopsters.com/product/1393/Global-apparel-markets-product-developments-and-innovations-3rd-quarter-2009.html">http://www.visionshopsters.com/product/1393/Global-apparel-markets-product-developments-and-innovations-3rd-quarter-2009.html</a></p>
<p>In apparel design, Adidas has introduced a T-shirt made from a single piece of fabric and in fabric design a South African textile design student, Moipone Qekisi, has won the Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) Colour Design Award 2009.</p>
<p>In fabrics, Fast Retailing has developed a new denim fabric which can stretch horizontally, vertically and diagonally, Invista has unveiled a new collection of environmentally friendly fabrics called Cordura EcoMade, scientists in New Zealand have developed a new range of natural fabrics for sleepwear, and Quick-Med Technologies has developed a new antimicrobial fabric treatment called Stay Fresh.</p>
<p>In fibres and yarns, Esquel Group and Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) have launched a new range of yarns made from a blend of cotton and Australian merino wool, and Lenzing has developed Tencel Sun, a new version of Tencel which provides protection against ultraviolet (UV) rays.</p>
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		<title>Ad Industry Stimulus Plan: A Bailout For Stressed Testing Budgets</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that budgets are tight.
And unfortunately for advertisers and marketers, their budgets are often the first to be classified as &#8220;expenses&#8221; or &#8220;non-revenue generating&#8221; during hard economic times.
That’s why Animatic Media, a full-service animation studio based in Miami, with satellite offices in Burbank, CA and the UK, has stepped forward with a bailout [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s no secret that budgets are tight.</p>
<p>And unfortunately for advertisers and marketers, their budgets are often the first to be classified as &#8220;expenses&#8221; or &#8220;non-revenue generating&#8221; during hard economic times.</p>
<p>That’s why Animatic Media, a full-service animation studio based in Miami, with satellite offices in Burbank, CA and the UK, has stepped forward with a bailout for stressed ad agencies and their clients.</p>
<p>&#8220;We don’t want to let clients suffer through this period, so we are offering more value for their dollar by giving them 2-for-1 pricing on their animatics and deep discounts on the most popular styles of storyboard frames,&#8221; said Scott Ownbey, CEO of Animatic Media.</p>
<p>This offering will help clients with shrunken advertising budgets avoid a recession disappearance.</p>
<p>As history has shown, companies that continue to advertise during recessions come out much stronger than those that slash advertising budgets all together. In 2001, aggressive recession advertisers were rewarded with an increased market share 2.5 times that of average businesses post-recession.</p>
<p>Animatic Media’s stimulus plan for the ad industry will allow agencies and clients to remain competitive in the recession advertising space while still accommodating recession-sized advertising and marketing budgets.</p>
<p>&#8220;Before the recession set in, average test spot budgets were $15,000 per animatic. For a limited-time, we’re accommodating the pinch that many are feeling by offering full-up, 30-second animatics, including some 3-D, for $6,900 &#8211; $7,500,&#8221; said Ownbey.</p>
<p>In addition to test spots, Animatic Media’s services can also be used by infomercial producers looking for a quick way to create quality animations and videos for demonstrations. Storyboards Online is offering stimulus pricing for as low as $49.95 on loose color storyboard frames and as low as $34.95 per frame for loose black and white frames.</p>
<p>This offer will expire May 31st, 2009. <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href="http://www.animaticmedia.com">Click here</a> or call 954-462-4000 today to take advantage of Animatic Media’s Ad Industry Stimulus Plan.</p>
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