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A Joint Venture In A Small Town
A JOINT VENTURE IN A SMALL TOWN by Ron Rensink The heated debate ove...nd federal laws for decades. In small towns, agencies operated by state-charte...

...m the largest city to the smallest town, most independent agents have a core g...this other party lives in your 'small town' of market influence makes them a p...

...p plan with the cooperation of the town where the waste site was located, and ...credit. The firm removed all but two cars from the showroom and arranged the ...

... package), the response doubled. You need to be careful to use advertising dollars wisely and to "couple" media types that fit, but we are firmly convinced that it works. This doesn't mean that more always means better. I wouldn't think of using TV, radio, print, Yellow Pages, billboards, and direct mail all together . . . it might work in a small town, but in most places like our marketing area, the cost would be prohibitive and unproductive. John Farr | Arrow Insurance Management | Frisco, CO Advertising bombards every one of us every day from a multitude of sources, everywhere from vehicles to billboards. Newspapers and advertising papers abound. Radio and TV beam us up. Phone books, direct mail, place mats at fast food outlets, ... How does an insurance agency compete with this blizzard of information? The answer is that you have to be very careful because the only winner may be the advertising salespeople! Advertising pays when it sells something! We do not believe that just getting our name out is worth much. Also, advertising only registers with people in need or want of a particular product. Look how big-ticket items such as cars are advertised. Auto ad execs tell me that only 10% of the public is buying a car at any one time period. So they are really advertising to only one person in 10! Advertising has to have some impact and a way of getting a message out that has some long-term follow-through. Here is an ad that our agency did in a low-budget way in a community saturated with ...

... package), the response doubled. You need to be careful to use advertising dollars wisely and to "couple" media types that fit, but we are firmly convinced that it works. This doesn't mean that more always means better. I wouldn't think of using TV, radio, print, Yellow Pages, billboards, and direct mail all together . . . it might work in a small town, but in most places like our marketing area, the cost would be prohibitive and unproductive. John Farr | Arrow Insurance Management | Frisco, CO Advertising bombards every one of us every day from a multitude of sources, everywhere from vehicles to billboards. Newspapers and advertising papers abound. Radio and TV beam us up. Phone books, direct mail, place mats at fast food outlets, ... How does an insurance agency compete with this blizzard of information? The answer is that you have to be very careful because the only winner may be the advertising salespeople! Advertising pays when it sells something! We do not believe that just getting our name out is worth much. Also, advertising only registers with people in need or want of a particular product. Look how big-ticket items such as cars are advertised. Auto ad execs tell me that only 10% of the public is buying a car at any one time period. So they are really advertising to only one person in 10! Advertising has to have some impact and a way of getting a message out that has some long-term follow-through. Here is an ad that our agency did in a low-budget way in a community saturated with ...

... package), the response doubled. You need to be careful to use advertising dollars wisely and to "couple" media types that fit, but we are firmly convinced that it works. This doesn't mean that more always means better. I wouldn't think of using TV, radio, print, Yellow Pages, billboards, and direct mail all together . . . it might work in a small town, but in most places like our marketing area, the cost would be prohibitive and unproductive. John Farr | Arrow Insurance Management | Frisco, CO Advertising bombards every one of us every day from a multitude of sources, everywhere from vehicles to billboards. Newspapers and advertising papers abound. Radio and TV beam us up. Phone books, direct mail, place mats at fast food outlets, ... How does an insurance agency compete with this blizzard of information? The answer is that you have to be very careful because the only winner may be the advertising salespeople! Advertising pays when it sells something! We do not believe that just getting our name out is worth much. Also, advertising only registers with people in need or want of a particular product. Look how big-ticket items such as cars are advertised. Auto ad execs tell me that only 10% of the public is buying a car at any one time period. So they are really advertising to only one person in 10! Advertising has to have some impact and a way of getting a message out that has some long-term follow-through. Here is an ad that our agency did in a low-budget way in a community saturated with ...