As one of our Creative Director's here a ACS Creative, I get to talk to clients a lot about marketing, sales, graphic design, and how they all fit together. More specifically sometimes, the important role graphic design plays in their marketing and sales efforts.
(I like to keep things simple, so excuse my rather "simplistic" definitions)
Marketing tactics (both online/digital and traditional) should help a company position itself to the marketplace. It should identify WHO it helps, WHAT problem it solves, and HOW it will benefit you....which, if done effectively, will help build awareness to the marketplace and hopefully create leads for its sales force.
Sales tactics should help position the companies product or service to the specific customer. It should help provide awareness to potential problems (known or unknown by the client) that your product or service helps to solve.
The effective tools needed to assist (both marketing and sales) is where professional graphic design comes in......(Stay tuned for part 2, when I expand a bit more)
(I like to keep things simple, so excuse my rather "simplistic" definitions)
Marketing tactics (both online/digital and traditional) should help a company position itself to the marketplace. It should identify WHO it helps, WHAT problem it solves, and HOW it will benefit you....which, if done effectively, will help build awareness to the marketplace and hopefully create leads for its sales force.
Sales tactics should help position the companies product or service to the specific customer. It should help provide awareness to potential problems (known or unknown by the client) that your product or service helps to solve.
The effective tools needed to assist (both marketing and sales) is where professional graphic design comes in......(Stay tuned for part 2, when I expand a bit more)
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