Monday December 17 – Friday December 21 ~ Get your marketing questions answered by our team on our FaceBook Page. Our Gift to you. No strings attached.
Give the Gift of Marketing!
Looking for a new idea for giving? A gift idea for a business person? Ways to help charities?
Gift Cards from Engine Communications start at $25 and can be purchased for business or any not-for-profit organization. Help your favourite local charity or business person get ahead with Professional Marketing Material & Consulting Gift Certificates. Learn more>
New Interactive Online Marketing Website Launched!
Launcharoo!!
Congrats to Beauty Works Day Spa Belleville!
On your new interactive online marketing website.
It’s been our pleasure to work with you on your latest initiative!
Features include:
- Banner Marketing
- Creative Advertising Concepts
- Branding & Taglines
- Interactive Online Marketing
- Calls to Action
- Online Forms
- CMS (content management system)
AND…….. AWESOME SAUCE TOO!
Check it out here>
FREE LOGO WINNER for Adopt-a-Child Belleville, Prince Edward County & Hastings Fundraiser
Congratulations from Engine Communications!
The FREE LOGO WINNER for the Adopt-a-Child – Belleville, Hastings and Prince Edward County draw is Mary @ Crust and Crumb Bakery!
Thanks for helping to keep kids warm this winter! We’re looking forward to creating a VERY TASTY logo for you!
See Branding here. The possibilities are endless!
Engine Communications Knows Schools
It’s a numbers game these days. Let us help you get your numbers up with fresh, new and exciting marketing tools to help your school get noticed!
See our newsletter for schools.
Win Free LOGO ~ Keeping Kids Warm!
Winter Gear BLITZ for Adopt-a-Child!
This week only: Blitz Donations of $100 or more to Adopt-a-Child will be entered into a draw WIN a custom-designed business logo from Engine Communications.
How? Once you’ve donated min $100, go to our FaceBook Page and post ” I donated. Enter me into the free logo draw”
You Can Help: Please Join, Like and Share this Last Minute Blitz This Week for Winter Gear for Kids event with your friends
Call 969-5555 or Visit:
Donations of $10 or more are eligible for tax receipts. Cash and cheques payable to Adopt-A-Child are accepted at:
- Belleville Police station, Dundas Street East at George Street,
- Quinte Broadcasting, 10 South Front Street,
- Stirling-Rawdon Police
- Central Hastings and Prince Edward County OPP.
Donate by Credit Card? Call 969-5555
Receipts for charitable gifts in kind are available if donors include their original receipts and mailing addresses.
About: The Adopt-A-Child program assists low income working families and those on assistance with new winter outer wear. This program run by our Belleville City Police, Prince Edward and Madoc OPP, Stirling Rawdon Police and Quinte Broadcasting NEEDS your Help.
Imagine! Over 1,100 KIDS in our own backyard DO NOT have Winter Coats and Boots! The Adopt-A-Child Program assists low income working families and those on assistance with new winter outerwear. Your help is much appreciated!
PLEASE SHARE. Thanks!
Join Adopt-a-Child Belleville, Hastings & Prince Edward County on FaceBook
Look who just got a website makeover! See before and after transformations.
Tomasso’s Casual Dining Before…….
Tomasso’s Italian Grille After…..
MKR Dental Cabinets Before……
MKR Dental Cabinets After…..
your new website. Visit the site.
Is your website really working for you? Learn more>
Yes, you too can have your site kicked up major notches. Let’s chat!
Summer Olympics 2012
Summer is just around the corner, and that means that the Summer Olympics are too (July 27 – August 12). I just received an enewsletter from BrandsoftheWorld.com and I was reading about all the hype surrounding the logo created for the games held in London, England this year. According to www.spiked-online.com, criticism about the logo include: “the design sucks. It’s just too difficult to read the numbers ’2012′. They are barely distinguishable as jagged, cut-out shapes, and the colours are garish. Meanwhile, the Olympic rings… have been shrunk to a tiny detail and treated in a single colour.” You are welcome to read the entire article here to get all the juicy details.
A couple of years ago we wrote a blog post about historical olympic logos and we asked what your favorite logo was. I’m curious what your thoughts are on this latest Olympic logo! I had a look at the ticket design for the games as well, and I can honestly say that I quite like them! I love the bright colours and I think that they have echoed the “jagged, cut-out shapes” and “garish” colours quite nicely in the design! Your thoughts?
Funny Little Boxes
QR Codes by Engine Communications
You may have seen these funny boxes and wondered what they are or perhaps you’ve used them on your Smart Phone. They’re called QR codes and they’re everywhere!
QR is short for Quick Response. What do you need to know now?
They send Smart Phone users directly to anywhere that is online. Engine creates customized versions of these QR codes. We’ve been using them for quite awhile now on signage, auto graphics, magazine ads, posters and more. We get to play with colours, sizes from tiny to huge and have have fun hiding cool images inside of the boxes. While these funny little boxes can be great, let’s remember to give how we use them, a great deal of thought. Used correctly, your Online Marketing World can expand substantially.
Yes, we’ve seen them used incorrectly:
An example of using QR codes incorrectly? We’ve seen QR codes placed on websites. Huh? Ummm, no, that’s not the idea. Think print. You see, the idea is to send people to your website or other online content anywhere on the web. Driving traffic to your online content, continuing your marketing message and increasing business.
QR Codes? That’s Smart!
5 Marketing Questions to Ask Yourself:
What are you saying? After branding, a user-friendly interactive website is likely one of the most important tools that you need for your business or organization. Your online messages, along with cohesive marketing collateral, make a big difference for increasing your business. To help you get started in the thought process, here are 5 Marketing Questions you should ask yourself:
1. If I’ve never heard of my business, is it absolutely clear ‘WHAT IT IS?’ that I do?
2. Do my messages immediately identify the ‘WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?’ question?
3. Am I consistent in my branding across ALL print, logo, tagline, ad, POP item, website and Social Media?
4. Do I have a UNIQUE printed piece that I could give to my clients that encourage repeat business?
5. Does everything I do include my website ADDRESS?
Yippee for SPRING!
We thought we would take a moment to show our appreciation to you, our clients. To us, it’s all about relationships. Thank you for including Engine Communications in your marketing success. As a little thank you, we’ll be posting marketing tips on our Blog, FaceBook, Twitter and Google+ pages. Stay Tuned!
Here’s to a great spring season! Need Help? We’re here for you. Let’s Chat!
~ The Engine Communications Team
