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The Profit of Color!
Color experts from the Color Marketing Group share their success stories.

  • Color increases brand recognition by up to 80 percent.

  • Color improves readership as much as 40 percent.

  • Color accelerates learning from 55 to 78 percent.

  • Color increases comprehension by 73 percent.

  • Color ads are read up to 42 percent more than similar ads in black and white.

  • Color can be up to 85 percent of the reason people decide to buy..

Savvy marketers know: Color sells! That's why for nearly 45 years companies that recognize the incredible power of color - and the enormous value of selling the right color at the right time - have made sure their color professionals are part of the premiere international association for color, Color Marketing Group.

Headquartered in Alexandria,Virginia, Color Marketing Group (CMG) consists of 1,000 color experts from a broad cross-section of industries worldwide. They follow and report on trends and developments in all industries.They conference together in a dynamic forum that promotes the exchange of broad color marketing information and provides vital reportage on color news across industries. Ultimately, they produce, with remarkable accuracy, trustworthy color forecasts their companies can rely upon to make color decisions that seriously affect the profitability of products and services.

Does it work? Several CMG members agreed to share some successful examples with the CMG network. Learn more by going to their website.

 

Awesome Links

There are a few sites that I use that proved to be very helpful:

» Adobe

» Communication Arts

» Marketing Sherpa

» My Fonts

» iStock Photo

» Edward Tuffte

Please visit my web site to see my portfolio: more

You are invited to submit requests for the next issue.

Questions or suggestions, contact Tim Foley, tim@timfoleystudios.com