With more and more media competing for eyeballs than ever before, it's a real challenge to grab people's attention these days.

Creating a business Facebook page, tweeting about industry news, sending sale push notifications to customers… the channels we use to talk to leads and customers are evolving every day. While these platforms are remarkably effective most successful businesses practice a combination of online and offline marketing strategies to generate leads and boost sales.

Banners, flyers, posters, business cards, pavement ads, branded giveaways (like pens or shirts), and local donations are all examples of offline marketing.

Helloprint is one of the companies offering these services of online printing.

These simple actions are easy ways to spread the business name in subtle but effective ways. Below we pay tribute to the old-school marketing strategies that still do the job today.

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