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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Secrets To Advertising Strategies

The Top Five Secrets To Advertising Strategies –

Starting With Your First Ad

Summary about Secrets To Advertising Strategies by Linda DiMarco

Today, most advertising strategies focus on achieving three general goals, as the Small Business Administration indicated in Advertising Your Business: promote awareness of a business and its product or services;

An advertising strategy is a campaign developed to communicate ideas about products and services to potential consumers in the hopes of convincing them to buy those products and services. STAGES OF ADVERTISING STRATEGY

As a business begins, one of the major goals of advertising must be to generate awareness of the business and its products. Once the business' reputation is established and its products are positioned within the market, the amount of resources used for advertising will decrease as the consumer develops a kind of loyalty to the product. Ideally, this established and ever-growing consumer base will eventually aid the company in its efforts to carry their advertising message out into the market, both through its purchasing actions and its testimonials on behalf of the product or service.

This platform delineates the images, copy, and art work that the business owner believes will sell the product. With these concrete objectives, the following elements of the advertising strategy need to be considered: target audience, product concept, communication media, and advertising message. A rigid advertising strategy often leads to a loss of market share. Therefore, the core elements of the advertising strategy need to mix in a way that allows the message to envelope the target consumer, providing ample opportunity for this consumer to become acquainted with the advertising message.

1. TARGET CONSUMER : The target consumer is a complex combination of persons. 3. Needs and Desires-here an advertiser must determine the consumer needs-both in practical terms and in terms of self-image, etc.-and the kind of pitch/message that will convince the consumer that the advertiser's services or products can fulfill those needs.

2. PRODUCT CONCEPT : The product concept grows out of the guidelines established in the "positioning statement." How the product is positioned within the market will dictate the kind of values the product represents, and thus how the target consumer will receive that product.

3. COMMUNICATION MEDIA : The communication media is the means by which the advertising message is transmitted to the consumer. o Outdoor advertising-Billboards, advertisements on public transportation (cabs, buses).

4. ADVERTISING MESSAGE : An advertising message is guided by the "advertising or copy platform," which is a combination of the marketing objectives, copy, art, and production values. What are the product's unique features? How do consumers evaluate the product? Most business consultants recommend employing an advertising agency to create the art work and write the copy.

5. COPY : When composing advertising copy it is crucial to remember that the primary aim is to communicate information about the business and its products and services. The "selling proposal" can act as a blueprint here, ensuring that the advertising fits the overall marketing objectives.

Executive Summary about Much Ado About Advertisements by Marsha Maung

The advertisement need not be a full-page advertisement. The point is to advertise...to get the word out - be it small or big. Small advertisements rarely work because the location is ill-fitted, the size of the advertisement is too small to be read and there's not enough information in the advertisements to encourage others to 'act.

The whole point of advertising is to get people to respond. Many of the important factors of successful marketing and advertising tactics are lost when the advertisement is insignificant.

THE SHOCK, SURPRISE FACTOR : There must be an emotion attached to the advertisement. Don't be surprised but even small advertisements with enough emotion attached to it can elicit a reaction.

THE INFORMATION FACTOR : Imagine you're looking at an advertisement of your competitor. It's a small advertisement beside the 'classifieds' section with small print, black and white and literally devoid of information except for a telephone number and website. Would you even remember the phone number or website address from the advertisement? If your advertisement is too small or too plain, it's not going to be enough to entice your audience.


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