Does advertising work? Of course it works but only if you have the right message going to the right audience, at the right time, in the right place. Is advertising in publications right for every business? Absolutely not! Is advertising online right for every business? No way! Will outdoor advertising work for every business? You got it, nope! Determining what marketing vehicles will work best for your business is what we do. If advertising doesn’t make sense for your business, there are likely numerous other options that make more sense. However, if you’re in a business that does benefit by advertising, we’ve got the right strategies to put you on the right track with your campaign. In addition, we believe that the ONLY way to know if your advertising is working or not is to test and measure. If you don’t have the tools in place to do this, we’ll get them to you. This is critical to the success of your advertising.
Some quick advertising tips:
- The real key to success in your advertising is in your headline. You can have the best designed ad and if the headline doesn’t resonate with the reader it won’t matter how great your ad looks. It has been determined that 75% of the decision to read further into an ad is based on the headline alone. So because this is such a critical part of ad development, we commit the majority of our time developing messaging that will get your ad read and will get your potential buyer’s attention.
- Benefits, benefits, benefits. Your potential customers want to know one thing when they read your ad, “What’s in it for me?”. If your ad doesn’t answer this question clearly, go back to the drawing board.
- Use a clear call-to-action. What do you want the reader to do? Visit your web site, call, order, join, vote? Make sure you tell them what to do and how to do it.
