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Although use of the printed phone book is on the decline, there’s nonetheless lots of people who use the yellow pages to find the businesses they’re searching for – and they won’t find you in case your small business isn’t listed there.
In June 1836, French newspaper La Presse was the primary to incorporate paid promoting in its pages, allowing it to decrease its price, lengthen its readership and improve its profitability and the method was soon copied by all titles. Around 1840, Volney B. Palmer established the roots of the fashionable day promoting company in Philadelphia. In 1842 Palmer purchased massive amounts of area in numerous newspapers at a reduced charge then resold the house at greater rates to advertisers. The precise advert – the copy, structure, and artwork – was still prepared by the corporate wishing to promote; in effect, Palmer was a space broker. The scenario changed …
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