#3 Write a Persuasive letter
You work as an advertising sales specialist for Limitless Holdings, which publishes dozens of magazines around the world. After a shaky start as the technology matured and advertisers tried to figure out this new medium, online advertising has finally become a significant force in both consumer and business marketing. Companies in a wide variety of industries are shifting some of the ad budgets from traditional media such as TV and magazines to the increasing selection of advertising possibilities online – and more than a few companies now advertise almost exclusively online. That’s fine for companies that sell advertising time and space online, but your job involves selling advertising in print magazines that are worried about losing market share to online publishers.
Online advertising has two major advantages that you can’t really compete with: interactivity and the ability to precisely target individual audience members. On the other hand, you have several advantages going for you, including the ability to produce high-color photography, the physical presence of print (such as when a magazine sits on a table in a doctor’s waiting room), portability, guaranteed circulation numbers, and close reader relationships that go back years or decades.
Write a persuasive sales letter about the benefits of magazine advertising that encourages recipients to purchase advertisement slots within the numerous magazines that Limitless Holdings publishes. Keep in mind that Limitless Holdings coordinates its print publications with an extensive online presence (including thousands of paid online ads), so you can’t bash online advertising in your letter.
