Online Population Explosion!

According to ClickZ Network, the worldwide Internet population in 2004 is at 934 million. Here is how they project future growth:

2005 - 1.07 billion
2006 - 1.21 billion
2007 - 1.35 billion

The amazing thing is that today, 712.51 million are non-English speaking! That’s about 75%. And the vast majority of those millions use native language search engines to look for products and services. This is a huge increase since the early days of the internet in 1996.

It stands to reason, that if you are looking for growth for your products and services and they lend themselves to international trade, you need to be on those native language search engines. But how? There are two possible ways:

Either way, The Marion Group can extend your international reach.

What Are Your Site Visitors Looking At Anyway?

Imagine this is your Home page. The path traced by the red line is the typical path the eye follows on a web page. What will a visitor see on your Home page?

A preliminary study done by Eyetrack lll Project on the path a visitors' eyes follows when on the Home pages of news sites, has relevance to any site. Take a look at the simplified eye movement pattern at the right.

Noteworthy observations:

For complete story, see Eyetrack lll Project.

Ask Marion to develop an “eyetrack” friendly site for you. Call Aaron at 713-623-6444 or reply to this email.

Online Marketing is Growing - ARE YOU?

According to the Millward Brown Marketing & Media Snapshot, released Monday, September 15, 56% of top marketers said their total marketing and media budgets increased in 2004 over 2003.

Sixty percent said they expect an increase in 2005 over 2004.

The report was based on interviews with 300 senior-level marketing executives responsible for the marketing and media budgets at their companies.

Also…

•	TV and magazines were rated the most effective for building brand equity
•	Direct mail was rated most effective for reaching a target audience and providing measurable ROI.
•	Online marketing was seen as the most effective medium for acquiring and retaining customers and in offering efficiency.

Source:

Ask The Marion Group to help you grow your online and off-line business with an integrated marketing strategy across ALL MEDIA. Call Aaron at 713-623-6444 or reply to this email.

Unity Goes for "Unity"

The Marion Group has been working with the Unity Church of Christianity in Houston to bring “unity” and consistency of their image to communications in all media. We have featured the logo in this newsletter before. The logo was the first step in the makeover process. Now that process has extended to a newsletter template, website template and now a brochure.

Here are examples of the work:

Builders Preview Finished Homes to Clients Before the Lot is Cleared

3-D Illustrations and animations are a great way for builders to show clients how their home will look outside and in, while still in the drawing board stage. All we need are the blueprints and exterior drawings. Clients can even work with their interior designers to incorporate any detail of interior or exterior design, including the actual landscaping, furniture, floor and wall treatments, art, drapery treatments, rugs and anything else you can image. The final rendering will show a 3D image of how the new home will look with all the interiors and exteriors finished exactly the way the clients want them.

View 3-D Illustrations.

View 3-D Animations.

Marion Has Moved Up In the World…

…Well at least from the first floor of our building to the very top - if it is only the sixth floor! Everyone has more space and the view is better as you can see below (if we only had a chance to enjoy it!):

Our Old 1st Floor View	Our 6th Floor View

New address:

The Marion Group
2900 Weslayan, Suite 610
Houston, Texas 77027

Come up and see us sometime!

How about a personal tour of our new facilities? Just call Aaron at 713-623-6444 or respond to this email.

http://www.catalogsportswear.com/marion