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AM: Marketing Challenge #2; Atyouroffice.com tag line
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Tom,
I'm afraid that none of the tag lines do a whole lot for me. I suggest that you go back and look at the BENEFITS that you are delivering rather than the mode of delivery. Let's think about that:
1. Lower cost.
2. Better selection.
3. Easier. Especially for someone like me who works at home. If I have to buy office supplies it means getting up and driving to Staples. Buying from my DESKTOP would be super. (Notice I said nothing about the Internet or the Web, that's irrelevant.) I'll still have to go to Staples occasionally in an emergency. BUT it's a lot easier to sit down and order that inkjet cartridge when I use the last one...
How about:
"Office supplies at the touch of a button: Fast, Cheap, Easy."
"Our store is in your office."
"Order all your office supplies without leaving your chair, and at a lower cost."
Just some ideas for you... Bob
>From: Mitch Arnowitz <marnowitz@morino.org>
>Reply-To: "marnowitz@morino.org" <marnowitz@morino.org>
>To: "'marketing/advertising discussion group'" <ad-market@netpreneur.org>
>Cc: "'youroff@erols.com'" <youroff@erols.com>
>Subject: AM: Marketing Challenge #2; Atyouroffice.com tag line
>Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 17:24:58 -0500
>Organization: Morino Institute
>X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211
>Sender: owner-ad-market@netpreneur.org
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>Folks-
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>One of our group, Tom Graham has asked for our help. Tom is
>undecided on his company's tag line & wants us to help him make a
>decision.
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>Following you will find:
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>* brief background on Tom's company; Atyouroffice.com
>* sample tag lines that Tom's agency, VC, etc. have suggested
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>Tom wants to know if we like one of the enclosed tag lines, or can suggest
>a better one. The tag line will be used in off-line collateral's and online
>marketing. Please email Tom *privately* at: youroff@erols.com (also the
>cc: address on this note) with your preference from tag lines mentioned
>below (as easy as giving Tom the number of the tag line you like from
>below). Or... you can email Tom *your* idea of an appropriate tag line.
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>Tom will summarize our input and shortly report back to the group.
>Lets see how many responses we can get to Tom by Wednesday,
>February 3 (is it February already?).. If you have questions for Tom
>or other comments on this marketing challenge, please cc: the group-
>this may give us additional ideas that help Tom.
>
>Do you have a MARKETING CHALLENGE for our group of smart
>WDC Internet advertising & marketing minds? Send it to:
>marnowitz@morino.org . We'll get it out to the group & see if we can
>help out-
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>Have a great weekend-
>Mitch
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>About the business:
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>Atyouroffice.com is an Internet business that will sell over 24,000
>different office products and services primarily to the Small Office and
>Home Office (SOHO) market. This means that an Internet user will be
>able to access the web site, search and display 24,000 office products and
>services from our web-based catalog, select products and services to
>purchase by placing them in a virtual "shopping cart," and then submit
>the order along with a credit card number for payment.
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>Atyouroffice.com will use, as its first major marketing effort, an
>affiliated sales program in which SOHO sites will promote
>Atyouroffice.com by having a click from their site to ours (either from
>a banner-type advertisement or from a special section of their site).
>In return, Atyouroffice.com will pay the originating site anywhere from
>1-8% revenue (it will be different for each Partner) for any buying
>customer they send.
>
>In terms of a tag line, the main ideas that distinguish us are that we
>will offer 24,000 items (most similar sites offer 3,000), provide a best
>price guarantee, and offer free shipping on orders over $25 (most
>similar sites have a $50 threshold).
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>Ideas thrown around for a new tag line (not edited):
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>1. Inexpensive office products for small business via the web
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>2. The first web service for office products exclusively for
>small business
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>3. The only Internet site for office products exclusively for
>small business
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>4. 24,000 office products for small business
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>5. The cool way to purchase office products for your small
>business
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>6. The value site for office products on the web
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>7. Office products for the web for your growing business
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>8. The PC way to buy office products
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>9. Wired office products for your growing business
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>10. We supply growing businesses
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>11. Office products from the web to your doodstep
>
>..
>
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