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We’ve told you in previous posts that one of the most important steps after settling for a company name is creating a good logo. Also, we talk about what a good logo should be, how it should look and what it needs to express in order to be memorable and become part of your identity.

Below we’ll show you some logos we found interesting and inspirational. If you wish to see more, check out our other related post about logos.

Promotional gifts are great ways of promoting your company name. While traditional gifts such as pens, bags, mugs work like a charm, a great and useful promotional gift is a stress toy. They do their job of promoting your company name and also, give comfort to the stressed user.

Below are few reasons why you should take into consideration stress toys when wanting to hand out promotional gifts:

They are fun gifts

They relieve stress and people play with them all the time so it’s great exposure for your company name if it is personalized with it. This is a great way to make them remember you and also to get other notice the name written on the toy.

A wide variety to choose from

First of all, they are all small and affordable and also, it’s easy to find a supplier that can provide them for your company. Secondly they came in different shapes, colors, sizes and pattern. So you can choose whichever you like and put your company name on it. Also, if you wish to set a theme for the gifts you give, they are perfect for the „job”.

You can personalize them in no-time

They are easy to personalize due to their shape and also because they are made of plastic. No matter  if some may have a more elaborate shape, all of them still have an area where printing is an easy task.

Only you will know whether these items are right for your company but if you want to give out fun and popular promotional gifts stress toys may be just the items you have been looking for.

Internet marketing can be one of the less expensive yet very efficient means nof promoting your company name or products when done properly. Tere are multiple ways you can use the internet in order to get attention and persuade customers to use your products or services.

Below we’ll give you few tips of most efficient internet marketing strategies:

Social networking

Social networking is the most used and also most effective mean of advertising nowadays. Millions of people use Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and so on, thus, making these great places for you to promote your company name and allure possible clients. Start a social networking page for your business, add as many friends as possible and then continue advertising as much as possible, whenever possible. Remember that regular activity is a must.

Marketing with videos and virals

Video marketing has become an Internet phenomenon and can be accomplished in so many ways no matter the budget or style of the video. When you’re done creating the video, put it online on websites such as YouTube and Daily motion and from there, publicize it to the masses via social networking, websites, forums and even link trading with fellow businesses. They can very well become virals if they are original and funny.

Press release and written promotion
Other great means of promoting your company name are press releases and written promotion that have been around for generations, but, now you can use the om the internet. Write a press release that promotes your company name, services, the benefits of using your service and of course, any promotions, offers and details and submit it to as many press sources in the world such as online magazines and newspapers and even mass e-mails and social networking posts. They should do the trick if you write them in a catchy, witty, unique but also beneficial to the reader manner.

As we have talked in previous posts, the logo in extremely important in making your company name known as well as making it stick in the minds of your potential customers.

While it is advisable to stick to the logo and not change it so that it will remain deeply carved in the mind of those who acknowledge it, throughout time, you may need to change it a little so it won’t look outdated. Aldo, people get bored fast so, modifying it a little might just bring it the fresh air it need.

Below we’ll show you how some famous logos evolved form the most well known companies.

Nowadays, publicity is crucial for making your company name known. One great way to make your business known and also reach to a great number of potential customers is social media marketing.

Social media marketing is effective as it costs very little but drives massive amounts of traffic on the website. There are several advantages that using Facebook, Twitter, StumpleUpon and Digg bring. It requires as much effort as any other marketing campaign but, in the end, it’s worth it.

Generates a lot of traffic

Social Media is a great avenue that could earn one’s site a massive amount of primary traffic from visitors directly from these social media marketing sites and secondary traffic from others who link to one’s site and gather them more visitors. This way, more people learn about your company name and so you get more potential customers.

Excellent Links Built
Gaining popularity on websites that cater to social media marketing gains one a large number of links. The better the submission to these sites, the larger the number of quality links that it would build for one’s site. These links in turn result in higher search engine rankings. Gaining higher search engine results eventually makes your website visible to more online visitors from the target market.

Mininal Costs

One great thing about social media marketing is that it produces great results but it implies minimal costs. Joining the above mentioned sites is free, the only thing you need to invest is some time.

Better accepted

This form of marketing is less agressive than the paid advertising. It is brodcasted to a large group of viewers randomly.

Have you noticed how when a large truck or a van that has something written on it goes by, we always try to read what it has written on it? It’s out innate curiosity that makes us want to see what that’s all about, and this might just work like a charm in favor of those who wish to promote their company name.

Even if you don’t have a big car, you can use smaller ones. Size doesn’t matter because as long as there’s curiosity and something written on your car, people will want to read it.

Of course, you can spray it, you can stick it, but what we believe to be most suitable for its advantages are magnets, and here’s why:

• A magnetic door sign with your company name or logo costs less than it being sprayed on
• No matter if you are shopping, running an errand or going out you are still advertising your company name everywhere you are
• It does not restrict you to one vehicle. You can move it to any of your vehicles.
• As well as the large car door sign, you can have smaller signs made up in the size of an average magnet and stick those on your vehicle.  Doing this means that if your vehicle is parked somewhere and you’re business is appealing, it’s easy for potential customers to take a magnet to put on their fridge.
• If your business incorporates other services or it changes, the cost of replacing the magnets is lower that with stickers or any other type of such ads.

Magnetic signs are a low cost, effective, eye catching way of promoting your company name.In comparison with sprayed signage, they represent a way for the business to customize their promotion work in an simple and interchangeable way.

A great way to promote your company name as well as your business and products or services is with the help of a business blog. What you need to know is that you must not approach the blog the same way you approach other means of marketing. Here are a few tips on how to have a successful blog!

Update your blog constantly

You must update your blog a few times a week. If you post once this month and again next month your blog will be ineffective because the reader won’t have a reason to return. As well, constant relevant content is great for the search engines.

Don’t focus your posts on your company only

From time to time you should write articles related to your activity domain, of general interest. Don’t focus all your posts on your company. Readers will get bored soon if you use the blog as a place where you publish press releases. Give them helpful information that will improve their lives, the interaction with your company or help their use with your products or services.

Don’t push your sales

As well as not focusing only on your company, a blog that exhorts too much marketing message will not provide value. You shroud try creating a content to which people relate and will want to share instead of avoid because it is clearly a sales message.

Always interact

It is vital to remember to interact with those who leave comments. It’s a great way to get feedback and also create a bond between you and your clients. Never leave comments unanswered or delete them.

Don’t be too personal

A big mistake when blogging is being too personal. It is important to have a friendly tone when addressing to your readers, but going too deep into your personal lives can be too much for some visitors and potentially cause troubles for the business.

Promoting your company name or products with the help of e-mails is an efficient marketing strategy, but if done wrong, it might be rather harmful than helpful. It can even go to such extent that it can ruin the company’s reputation. You should be careful when opting for this method so we’ll provide you with some advice on how to go about it.

Always mask the “to” addresses

Don’t ever send marketing e-mails leaving the “to” field exposed for all the recipients to see. Avoid this by using the “blind copy” filed or using an e-mail marketing application that automatically hides the addresses.

The severity of the consequences can be major if, for example, the recipients are all participating in a health study, or taking a particular prescription drug.

Give the recipient the option to unsubscribe

It is important to have an “unsubscribe” link in the e-mails you send so that the recipient can remove its e-mail address form your list in case he does not want to receive any more e-mails form your company. It is also important to remove the addresses of unsubscribed users for the database or else your e-mails will be considered SPAM and that can trigger quite some problems.

No e-mails to children under 13 unless you have parental permission

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) restricts companies from gathering information online from children under 13. You may think it is okay to send an email to a child, since you are not collecting information from him. However, if the child replies to a marketing message, or makes an inquiry, or unsubscribes, then you have knowingly collected information from a child in violation of COPPA.

Renew your e-mails database

No one wants to receive outdated email messages from companies they no longer do business with. Clean your database! Don’t save email addresses of customers who have opted out of marketing emails, and don’t keep any personal information related to customers longer than you need to keep it.

These were a few tips on how to market your company name with the help of e-mails without harming your reputation.