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HP Launches aLaserJet Pays You Backa Global Marketing Campaign

^{Published on 2010-06-24 03:21:42 - Market Wire}
 

PALO ALTO, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--HP (NYSE:HPQ) today unveiled its [ aHP LaserJet Pays You Backa ] global marketing campaign to illustrate the significant cost savings a" up to $2,500 in less than one year a" that are possible when using an HP Color LaserJet Multifunction Printer (MFP).⁽¹⁾

"What seems like a small decision a" like buying a printer a" can have a big impact on your business"

The campaign illustrates the surprising returns available from an HP Color LaserJet MFP. Over time, the printer pays for itself through money saved and then continues to pay customers back through energy, paper and toner savings.⁽¹⁾

aUpgrading to an HP Color LaserJet MFP is like trading in your gas guzzler for a hybrid that pays for itself in gas savings and then continues to pay its owner after that,a said Ron Coughlin, senior vice president, LaserJet and Enterprise Solutions, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. aThe campaign helps demonstrate how HP LaserJet printers are an investment that keep giving back to your business.a

To celebrate the significant cost savings businesses can achieve by using an HP LaserJet printer, HP is teaming with renowned entrepreneurs Ivanka Trump and Bill Rancic to host the HP aPay Backa event today at 11 a.m. ET at the north corner of Madison Square Park (next to Shake Shack) in New York. Trump and Rancic will apay customers backa with a gift, while supplies last, courtesy of HP.

aWhat seems like a small decision a" like buying a printer a" can have a big impact on your business,a said Ivanka Trump, executive vice president, Development and Acquisitions, The Trump Organization. aIa™m a fan of creating value and I like to create efficiency a" the HP LaserJet printers do both and can provide near- and long-term return on investment.a

Campaign illustrates the surprising returns of an HP LaserJet printer

Through innovations such as the recently announced, industry-first [ aplug and printa ] laser printers and todaya™s unveiling of the significant cost savings available when using an HP LaserJet printer, HP is delivering increased value and remarkable returns to its customers.

[ HP LaserJet Pays You Back ] is a powerful, primarily digital marketing campaign that combines social media, digital influencers and strategic partnerships to engage small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and IT decision makers while broadening awareness of the HP LaserJet as a business investment.

Highlights include:

• New creative assets: [ Print ] and [ online ] ads highlight the value of HP LaserJet printers by asking customers, aWhen was the last time you bought something for your business that actually paid for itself?a Created with an innovative 3-D-like design, this is the first time the look and feel of the companya™s [ aHit Printa campaign ] has been applied to the HP LaserJet ad campaigns.
• Strategic social media engagement: Starting next month, HP is teaming with next-generation media and publishing company Federated Media to ignite a viral conversation about what a good return on investment (ROI) is and how to find one. Through leading blogs such as [ Boing Boing ], [ The Business Insider ], [ Hardware Secrets ], [ Mashable ] and [ ReadWriteWeb ], HP will be driving IT decision makers and SMBs to expand how they think about ROI by offering inspiring stories and inviting them to share their own personal experiences about finding ROI in surprising places. These HP-branded conversations will then be amplified across IDG sites such as [ CIO.com ], [ ComputerWorld.com ], [ InfoWorld.com ], [ ITWorld.com ], [ NetworkWorld.com ] and [ PCWorld.com ] to reach an IT audience as well as followersa™ Twitter and Facebook posts. These stories will feed into HPa™s banner ads, driving vibrant, real-time content.
• The [ aHP LaserJet Pays You Backa ] microsite: The site features the HP LaserJet savings calculator, peer reviews, detailed product information and special offers. With the new, quick-and-easy savings calculator, customers can select an HP LaserJet model and generate a report showing how long it will take for the printer to pay the customer back in money saved and offset the original hardware investment. The microsite is available at [ www.hp.com/go/paysback ].

HP also is equipping its channel and retail partners a" including MicroCenter, Office Depot, Quill and Staples a" with branded marketing collateral such as direct mailers, banners and an in-store destination with access to the savings calculator to help them show customers the benefits of purchasing an HP LaserJet MFP.

The campaign will be available in 11 countries: Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Additional information about the HP LaserJet Pays You Back campaign is available at [ www.hp.com/go/hplaserjetsavings ].

About Ivanka Trump

Ivanka Trump, American businesswoman, best-selling author, and former model, is the daughter of Ivana and Donald Trump. She is Executive Vice President of Development and Acquisitions at The Trump Organization and the President of Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry. Founded in 2007, her jewelry collection is sold at the branda™s flagship store on Madison Avenue and at other prestigious independent jewelers and other retailers around the globe. Along with her brothers, Ms. Trump founded the Trump Hotel Collection which currently includes five award winning luxury hotels bearing the Trump International Hotel & Tower flag. Before joining the family business she worked for Forest City Ratner Companies. Ms. Trump recently wrote a New York Times best-selling book called The Trump Card. From a rising star in the business world, The Trump Card is a book for young women on how to achieve success in any field.Ms. Trump also recently announced new footwear and handbag initiatives. These lines will be in stores in Spring 2011.

About Bill Rancic

Several years after his introduction to America as Donald Trumpa™s original aApprentice,a Bill Rancic continues his commitment to entrepreneurship throughout the country. Currently, Bill is developing real estate in Chicago and speaking to businesses and organizations on motivational and business topics. Bill also regularly appears in The Board Room on NBCa™s primetime show aThe Apprentice.a He produces and stars in the A&E series aWe Mean Business,a Style Networka™s reality series aGiuliana and Billa and is the executive producer of aAirplane Repoa airing in January on Discovery Channel.He makes regular appearances on numerous daytime broadcast and cable television programs such as aTodaya, aThe Tonight Showa, aThe Viewa and various CNBC programs to talk to viewers about business and entrepreneurship.

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The worlda™s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP is available at [ http://www.hp.com ].

(1) Savings based on printing 50 copies of a brochure (double sided and on special glossy media) 12 times per month on the HP Color LaserJet CM3530 MFP compared to average retail copy shop pricing. Additional savings from Instant-on Technology, two-sided printing and HP Smart Web Printing. Actual results may vary. Source of copy shop pricing data: Infotrends aCost of Printa studies, March 2009. Go to [ www.hp.com/go/printcosts ] for more details.

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