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    ate cartoons.

    More important, cartoons communicate at a glance. A cartoon can attract your reader’s attention and drive home an important point in a memorable way.

    The editorial page of any newspaper shows how effective humor can be in simplifying compl

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    Using cartoons can help brand your marketing and drive home important messages. Although surprisingly inexpensive to acquire, humor can be one of your most powerful marketing tools.

    Humor puts your readers at ease. Readers appreciate a touch of humor in an otherwise overly serious world.

    Humor operates on an emotional level, driving home your message in a far more memorable way than words alone. Humor makes sensitive topics more approachable while summarizing and reinforcing points that would otherwise be lost.

    Different types of humor work best in different contexts. Many speakers begin with a joke to put the audience at ease, or a story about ‘a funny thing that happened on the way to the meeting.’

    But jokes and stories are less appropriate for written communications. Jokes can be misinterpreted and depend on delivery and timing for their effectiveness. Stories can take too long to tell.

    Cartoons are perfect for print communications. Readers who typically check them out before reading the adjacent articles appreciate cartoons.

    More important, cartoons communicate at a glance. A cartoon can attract your reader’s attention and drive home an important point in a memorable way.

    The editorial page of any newspaper shows how effective humor can be in simplifying comple

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    herwise overly serious world.

    Humor operates on an emotional level, driving home your message in a far more memorable way than words alone. Humor makes sensitive topics more approachable while summarizing and reinforcing points that would otherwise be lost.

    Different types of humor work best in different contexts. Many speakers begin with a joke to put the audience at ease, or a story about ‘a funny thing that happened on the way to the meeting.’

    But jokes and stories are less appropriate for written communications. Jokes can be misinterpreted and depend on delivery and timing for their effectiveness. Stories can take too long to tell.

    Cartoons are perfect for print communications. Readers who typically check them out before reading the adjacent articles appreciate cartoons.

    More important, cartoons communicate at a glance. A cartoon can attract your reader’s attention and drive home an important point in a memorable way.

    The editorial page of any newspaper shows how effective humor can be in simplifying compl

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    Different types of humor work best in different contexts. Many speakers begin with a joke to put the audience at ease, or a story about ‘a funny thing that happened on the way to the meeting.’

    But jokes and stories are less appropriate for written communications. Jokes can be misinterpreted and depend on delivery and timing for their effectiveness. Stories can take too long to tell.

    Cartoons are perfect for print communications. Readers who typically check them out before reading the adjacent articles appreciate cartoons.

    More important, cartoons communicate at a glance. A cartoon can attract your reader’s attention and drive home an important point in a memorable way.

    The editorial page of any newspaper shows how effective humor can be in simplifying compl

    Big Judgments on Little Information - Understanding How Your Customers Think
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    cations. Jokes can be misinterpreted and depend on delivery and timing for their effectiveness. Stories can take too long to tell.

    Cartoons are perfect for print communications. Readers who typically check them out before reading the adjacent articles appreciate cartoons.

    More important, cartoons communicate at a glance. A cartoon can attract your reader’s attention and drive home an important point in a memorable way.

    The editorial page of any newspaper shows how effective humor can be in simplifying compl

    The Advice Process Starts With a Question
    Obviously, the advice process starts with a question? But who will pose the question. Is it the advisor or the one, let’s say the manager, who is asking for an advice?First the advisor. This can be nearly anyone; from the official advisor or management consultant to someone in the office, a colleague ... But to trigger the advice process and to open the road to a satisfied advice, the advisor doesn’t necessary have to ask the first question.
    ate cartoons.

    More important, cartoons communicate at a glance. A cartoon can attract your reader’s attention and drive home an important point in a memorable way.

    The editorial page of any newspaper shows how effective humor can be in simplifying complex subjects and driving home a point of view.

    Humor also adds a visual dimension to your marketing, differentiating your message from your competitor’s. Cartoons encourage readers to look at topics they might otherwise skip.

    Where do you get cartoons? One of the best sources is the Cartoon Bank, www.cartoonbank.com. Here, you can license reproduction rights to cartoons that originally appeared in the New Yorker Magazine.

    You can select from tens of thousands of cartoons. You can search by topic or keyword. After choosing an appropriate cartoon, you can find out how much it will cost to license it, and then you can download it.

    Licensing fees are surprisingly reasonable for most business applications. For example, you can license New Yorker cartoons for use in presentations for just $19.95! For other purposes, the cost depends on where you’re going to use it and how many people will see it.

    There are, of course, other sources of cartoons. If you see a cartoon you

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