Creating a Profitable Catalog: Everything You Need to Know to Create a Catalog That Sells - Hardcover

Schmid, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0658000640 ISBN 13: 9780658000645

Verlag: NTC Publishing Group,U.S., 2000

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"Jack's in-depth knowledge of the catalog market and his exceptional talent for articulating a precise set of how-tos for seemingly every aspect of this complex business are unrivaled. . . . A masterful volume of a highly complex and challenging topic, written by one of the best catalog consultants around." -- Laura Beaudry, Editorial Director Catalog Age "Creating a Profitable Catalog is a comprehensive guide to modern-day cataloging. It includes up-to-the-minute information on concept and creative development, design and production, merchandising, circulation planning, database marketing, operations, and financial management. All of these topics are analyzed in intricate and careful detail as author Jack Schmid guides the reader through every step of building a successful catalog--either in print or on-line. This is a must-have for any aspiring cataloger's library and a welcome addition to the bookshelves of catalog industry veterans. Praise for Creating a Profitable Catalog by Jack Schmid "Jack Schmid is one of this country's best catalog marketers, and he has packed this book full of detailed, practical know-how on each and every aspect of cataloging. This book is important to anyone already working in our industry, but it is indispensable for someone just getting into the business." -- Bill Spaide, Partner Spaide, Kuipers & Company "I consider Jack Schmid to be the number one catalog strategist of our time. His magnificent new book, Creating a Profitable Catalog, is a treasure chest that starts with the year 2000 and goes beyond." -- Bob Stone, Chairman Emeritus Stone & Adler Author of the bestselling Successful Direct Marketing Methods

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The advent of the Internet and on-line catalogs has created intense interest in cataloging from both the consumer and business-to-business markets. More companies than ever before are starting catalogs or adding catalogs to their marketing arsenals. Now Jack Schmid, the catalog industry's leading speaker and lecturer on catalog marketing, offers this detailed guide to developing and launching-or revamping both print and on-line catalogs. Written for anyone who is interested in starting a catalog business or in adding a catalog to his or her company's marketing mix, Creating a Profitable Catalog promises to become the handbook of twenty-first century cataloging for direct marketers, students of direct marketing, small business owners, entrepreneurs, and marketing managers alike. Creating a Profitable Catalog gives complete coverage to the entire catalog process, including business and strategic planning, merchandising, creative, marketing, fulfillment, testing, and measuring response and return on investment (ROI). Filled with examples from reallife catalogs offering a vast array of products and services, Creating a Profitable Catalog also features an eight-page, four-color insert containing examples of vital catalog creative aspects (including layout, design, typesetting, color, and color separations), a complete business plan for a catalog start-up, and a foreword by Laura Beaudry, editorial director of Catalog Age, the preeminent publication of the catalog industry.

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• Verlag: NTC Publishing Group,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0658000640
• ISBN 13: 9780658000645
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 239
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