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Advertising For Small Businesses
March 20th, 2011
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Word of mouth is excellent small business advertising – but it’s slow, and may be practically non-existent for new businesses. If you want to grow your customer base more quickly, you have to advertise.
This collection of small business advertising ideas presents both the tried and true and advertising ideas you may not have tried yet – advertising ideas for your small business to effectively reach your target market and attract new customers.
Tried and True Small Business Advertising Ideas
1. The Yellow Pages.
There’s still a lot of people who use the yellow pages to find the businesses they’re looking for – and they won’t find you if your small business isn’t listed there. Get the biggest yellow page ad you can afford; the more visibility the better.
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What is Business Advertising?
March 9th, 2011
Business advertising is promotional material that is prepared and placed for the purpose of generating sales revenue. The main goal of such advertising is to inform and encourage potential consumers to purchase products or service. Major forms of business advertisinginclude television and radio advertising, newspaper and magazine advertising, and now online advertising as well. In order to put together a truly marketable brand, coming up with an integrated advertising strategy is often encouraged.
Although many may deplore business advertising, or think of it as being overbearing and too intrusive, the fact is – it does work. If advertising did not work, the advertising business would not be an industry worth multiple billions of dollars. In many countries, this advertising underwrites not only newspapers and magazines, but the common television shows that people rely on for entertainment.
Those who have developed an integrated advertising strategy will take their business advertisingto a higher level. For example, a jingle that becomes popular on the radio or television will soon be included in print advertisements. It may also be placed on product packaging. Fast food companies often put the slogan of the ad campaign on their bags and food wrappers. All this reinforces the idea the advertising wanted to get across – that buying the product is a good choice. It also further reinforces the brand in the customer’s mind.