Perhaps the most basic question you have to ask yourself before creating any marketing/communications materials is:
Who is my target audience?
The more you know who they are, where they are and what they need, the better your materials will be.
And yet. A couple of days ago, I was driving down Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest D.C. and saw a sign outside of a church that made me wonder.
The sign said:
English Classes Available. Please Call [telephone number] to Enroll.
Now, if you need to learn English, can you read English? Nope. Is the audience for this sign people who know people who need to learn English? Perhaps. I would think this sign would be more effective if it were written in the language of the people you are trying to target, don’t you think?
About Deborah Brody
Deborah Brody writes and edits anything related to marketing communications. Most blog posts are written under the influence of caffeine.
