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Defying Tough Competition With Some Special Brochure Ideas

By Colleen Davis - Feb 10, 2010

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Competition is a real challenge in most businesses. Even in brochure printing, many firms will face rivals that print brochures that have a fair chance of encouraging customers to come away with them. That is why special brochure printing ideas are needed to defy tough competition in certain industries. If you want to know some of these special brochure ideas, let me give you a few facts on what to do. Just read on below and discover.

• Larger or longer brochures – Size can become a great weapon against tough brochure competition. Most firms today of course print standard trifold brochures with standard dimensions. This is the easiest form of brochure printing that most businesses like. However, if you want to beat the competition, you must go beyond this by printing larger and longer brochures. These “super-sized” brochures should be more eye catching and have a better presence amidst the brochure racks in public places. The chances of the large brochure being picked up is greater, meaning a greater chance of marketing success because of it. So why not add those extra dimensions in your brochure designs and ask your brochure printer to print a little bit larger. The changes should be quite worth it.

• Original shapes and folds – Another special brochure idea that can help you defy tough competition is to use original shapes and folds. As a standard, the rectangular trifold brochure is absolutely boring already. Changing your color brochure's shape to something more original can make it quite distinct amidst the competition. For example, you might want to print circular or even oblong brochures with different kinds of folds to make it quite interesting to look at. People will be interested in picking these unusual color brochures first because of their unusual nature. This makes for a more effective brochure that really attracts people to get that message across.

• Unusual and eye-catching colors – Besides shapes, another special brochure printing idea is to print brochures with unusual or eye catching colors. While white is of course the most practical in brochure printing, using colors like black, red, bright yellow, bright orange or even neon green and blue will indeed catch lots of eyes. People tend to focus on unusual colors out of instinct since it is something new. This can be a great advantage when delivering very unique marketing messages to people.

• Unconventional distribution – Finally, defying tough competition means using unconventional distribution tools and strategies. Besides handing out brochures by hand or leaving them on racks, why don't you go proactive and put a little incentive into getting a brochure. Giving people some candy or free mints with the brochure can be a simple and subtle way to get your brochures picked up. Everybody likes free stuff, and adding that with your brochure increases your chances of getting read by tenfold. This can give you that advantage against tough competition when you really need it.

Great! Hopefully the tips above should help you defy your rivals and get the upper-hand in this competition. This brochure ideas should really give you an extra advantage. Good Luck!

Author Bio
Colleen Davis has been in the internet marketing industry for more than 5 years. She writes articles, press releases and blogs in printing and digital media.

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