waynelittle Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Which one works best ? Any sujestions ? best regards wayne.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynelittle Posted February 1, 2006 Author Share Posted February 1, 2006 Bride?.....<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynelittle Posted February 1, 2006 Author Share Posted February 1, 2006 these are for a 61mm X 64mm column in my local Yellow pages. Constructive critisism welcomed best regards Wayne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric merrill Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I was trying to figure out what cre-ampersand-ive meant until I saw your URL at the bottom. I'd suggest making the 8 a little less stylized in the logo section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari douma Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I agree about the 8. I thought it was an X. I was trying to figure out what it said. I like the image of the bride better for the add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_thorlin Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Totally agree with Eric - it looks confusing. Suggest the second one is better - is it not usually the bride's family that pays the bills for this ? Forgive me for saying it but the first one could be taken to mean that the groom ( or whoever he is ) has already enjoyed the benefits of the nuptials :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_levine Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I would explore web site ads and bridal shows, before using the yellow pages. Phone book ads seem to only draw in price callers. If they call you after meeting you at a bridal show, or after seeing your web site. They already are pre-qualified for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynelittle Posted February 1, 2006 Author Share Posted February 1, 2006 thank you all for such quick responses, I take on board your comments, thank you. What about this one....? regards wayne<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari douma Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Looks better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark pav Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 That's clearer now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daydreamsart Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 The drop shadow on the main text might not print very well for a phone book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaimie blue Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I like it, the second bride version. About your tele number, and not because you have a UK phone number, but because when I put my tele info on a card and did not put any periods, dots, dash...everyone I knew had a fit and screamed about the numbers being difficult to read without their proper markers! Well don't like dashes in tele numbers so I put periods and my friends and critics claimed it was easier to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garry edwards Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Getting better I think. I agree that the Bride shot is better for an ad - because the buying decisions are usually made by the Bride and women like looking at pictures of other women... Is your ad going to be in white knockout? If not, it might be an idea to print it on yellow and see how it looks. Bear in mind that although YP insist on 600 dpi the quality is poor, you may find that a plainer and heavier font is needed and that the fancy border to the photo gets lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari douma Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Ok, one more small thing. What about having the bride on the other side of the ad, or reversing the image so she is looking into the center rather than off the edge of the ad? I think it would look better that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari douma Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Ok, I played a little.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry schaefer - chicago, Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Design is pretty okay especially the second bride. Lots of typefaces narrow those down to 2 and very the weights with bold and talic. I have an issue with cre8, c u L8tr, un4tunate. It all looks like instant messenger style, gangbanger, dummed down language. The very ghetto centric crap I badger my kid to stop using. Too gimmicky to be in your add. And what does 8 have to do with cre ate ivity? w8 awhile and think it over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry schaefer - chicago, Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 very = vary talic=italic You see theres that dumming down thing taking over. Yo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary van schaick Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 The question I have is why the Yellow Pages. I've had an ad in the local yellow pages for 6 months and no leads from it. I get leads from Internet Wedding pages more then anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_thorlin Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Reckon you are about there - you can spend too long worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susan_flewelling Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I like the very last one that you posted with the bride looking back. Looks great and I like the contemporary look. I know from experiece yellow page ads can be very regional as to how many people use them. Maybe you can try calling a few and asking if they have had success, some may share info with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anner Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Before you spend money on this ad, do a quick survey of your recent brides and ask them how they found you. Then ask them when they last looked in the phone book. Whatever their response is to the first question, put more money into that. Whatever their response is to the second question, should tell you whether or not you should place an ad in the phone book. I'm going to take a stab and say unless you're in a very rural area, most people don't use the phone book anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen hazelton Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Once upon a time, here in the US, we were given a Phone Book, that had yellow pages. At some point, that changed, and umpteen different companies started publishing their own Yellow Pages, many of which simply do not have everyone listed, and therefore tend to go in the dumpster. I don't know your situation, but if it's similar, the ad might be less useful than you imagine. And, I don't know where you are, but if that book gets distributed anywhere that you don't want to shoot (IE, it covers a bigger area than you do), you need to show your location in the ad. Lastly, I assume you have an answering machine or answering service or some way to make sure that calls to that number actually get answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynelittle Posted February 1, 2006 Author Share Posted February 1, 2006 A great ( or should that be Gr8 ) big thank you to all. I welcome all of your comments and find them all very constructive. I am having second thoughts with regard to the yellow pages. I am trying to come across as modern, so use the text message style name to this end. However I got the idea from the infinity symbol and merged the two together. Just put this together, I want it to be clean and modern. Perhaps I will use this in my new web design ? thoughts welcomed.. regards wayne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anner Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I like that last logo- very modern and dare I say "edgy" too! It presents more of a commercial photographer image. So if you're going for modern.. how is it that the yellow pages (not very modern) fit into that strategy? Perhaps a better investment would be toward some web coverage if you're interested in attracting a modern crowd :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynelittle Posted February 1, 2006 Author Share Posted February 1, 2006 as I said, YP is looking a no no since getting good advice from this thread... wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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