When it comes to designing a leaflet, it may sound fairly simple at first but it can be a little tricky if you want to create an attractive and effective design. You should have the important information but not too much where the reader becomes overwhelmed. It needs to have an effective design and layout and the following tips can help you achieve that goal.
Keep it Short and Sweet
The purpose of a leaflet is to make readers take action; whether through direct contact or simply visiting your website. The information you provide should entice and appeal to the reader; not overwhelm or confuse them.
While you likely hope to pack a lot of information into a small space, you want to avoid this. You simply need the information that will get your point across; the website is where the loads of information should go. If the purpose of the leaflet is to offer customers a special deal or discount, focus on making it easy for customers to realise this.
Appealing Design
While your leaflet should have important, but basic information, it’s also important that it appeals to the reader; you want to catch their attention. Therefore, it’s important to keep this in mind when considering the layout of your leaflet.
Colour overload can also overwhelm readers. Don’t use colours that clash but rather a ‘set’ of colours that compliment each other very well. Avoid using any word or clip art and stick to professional images if you need to add graphics. Most people will view a leaflet with clip art or word art as unprofessional and likely won’t bother reading your leaflet.
Targeted Market
Sometimes it’s more beneficial to pick a particular market and stick to it. Even more so if you provide a variety of services. Be sure to detail the ‘main’ services you offer but try to include a specific service you offer and are an expert in; maybe one that needs more attention or light shed on it to bring in more buyers. If you try to appeal to everyone or too many people at once, you’ll likely miss out on appealing to the market that is ideal for your business.
Include an Offer
Finding new clients can be a little difficult sometimes and getting ‘repeat’ customers can be even more challenging. This is where a leaflet comes in handy. Consider offering a special deal for new customers and then a discount for their future purchases to entice them into coming back to you.
It doesn’t matter if your services are awesome and successful; you must still convince customers to the point they’re willing to give you a shot. Study your competition and see what they’re offering and try to match, if not beat, their own promotions. Try not to offer something that results in profit loss on your end, unless it can be earned back quickly in the near future. Above all else, your leaflet and your offers should catch the attention of readers.
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