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< P > H e r e i s a q u e s t i o n m y c l i e n t s p o s e r e g u l a r l y : < / P > < P > I v e b e e n i n b u s i n e s s f o r s e v e r a l m o n t h s a n d t h i n g s a r e m o v i n g i n t h e r i g h t d i r e c t i o n ; h o w e v e r , I w a n t m o r e b u s i n e s s . I v e t h o u g h t a b o u t a d v e r t i s i n g b u t i t s e e m s s o e x p e n s i v e . D o y o u h a v e a n y a d v i c e o n w h e r e t o a d v e r t i s e a n d h o w m u c h t o s p e n d ? < / P > < P > M a n y d e s i g n p r o f e s s i o n a l s e q u a t e a d v e r t i s i n g w i t h m a r k e t i n g . T h i s i s n o t , i n f a c t , t h e c a s e . W h i l e a d v e r t i s i n g m a y b e a c o m p o n e n t o f a n e f f e c t i v e m a r k e t i n g s t r a t e g y , t h e t e r m s a d v e r t i s i n g a n d m a r k e t i n g a r e N O T s y n o n y m o u s . < / P > < P > A d v e r t i s i n g i s , i n m o s t c a s e s , e x p e n s i v e a n d w i t h o u t r e p e a t e d a d a p p e a r a n c e s f a i l s t o p r o v i d e t h e n e w b u s i n e s s y o u h o p e d f o r . A s a r e s u l t , I h i g h l y r e c o m m e n d f o c u s i n g y o u r e f f o r t s o n o t h e r m a r k e t i n g s t r a t e g i e s t h a t a r e m o r e e f f e c t i v e , s u c h a s s p e a k i n g a n d w r i t i n g . < / P > < P > B u t , t o t h e e x t e n t y o u r b u d g e t i s l a r g e e n o u g h t o s u p p o r t a n a d v e r t i s i n g c a m p a i g n ( a s o p p o s e d t o h a p h a z a r d o c c a s i o n a l p l a c e m e n t o f a n a d h e r e a n d a n o t h e r a d t h e r e o t h e r w i s e k n o w n a s s h o t g u n a d v e r t i s i n g w h i c h i s N O T a t a l l e f f e c t i v e ) , I h a v e a f e w t h i n g s y o u s h o u l d k e e p i n m i n d : < / P > < P > A d v e r t i s i n g b u d g e t . T h e S m a l l B u s i n e s s A d m i n i s t r a t i o n s u g g e s t s t h a t 5 % o f y o u r g r o s s s a l e s s h o u l d b e b u d g e t e d f o r a d v e r t i s i n g . A s a n e x a m p l e , i f y o u p r o j e c t $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 i n g r o s s r e v e n u e s , t h e S B A r e c o m m e n d s t h a t y o u r a n n u a l a d v e r t i s i n g b u d g e t b e $ 2 , 5 0 0 ( o r j u s t o v e r $ 2 0 0 / m o n t h ) . W h i l e y o u c a n u s e t h i s a s a r u l e o f t h u m b , d o n t f r e t i f y o u r a v a i l a b l e f u n d s d o n o t s u p p o r t t h i s k i n d o f e x p e n d i t u r e . I n s t e a d o f i n v e s t i n g h u n d r e d s o f D O L L A R S p e r m o n t h i n t r a d i t i o n a l a d v e r t i s i n g , s p e n d y o u r T I M E & a m p ; E F F O R T S s e e k i n g t o g e t i n f r o n t o f y o u r t a r g e t m a r k e t a s m u c h a s p o s s i b l e ( b y , f o r e x a m p l e , s p e a k i n g , w r i t i n g o r n e t w o r k i n g ) . < / P > < P > B e f o r e p l a c i n g a n a d , d o y o u r h o m e w o r k . C o n t a c t t h e p u b l i c a t i o n t o a s c e r t a i n d e m o g r a p h i c s r e l a t e d t o t h e i r s u b s c r i b e r s a n d r e a d e r s . I n d e e d , y o u n e e d t o c o n f i r m t h a t y o u r t a r g e t m a r k e t r e a d s t h e p u b l i c a t i o n y o u s e e k t o a d v e r t i s e i n . < / P > < P > T h e r e i s n o c o r r e l a t i o n b e t w e e n t h e a m o u n t o f m o n e y s p e n t a n d t h e r e s u l t i n g n e w b u s i n e s s . T h i s c o n c l u s i o n w a s r e a c h e d i n a r e c e n t s t u d y a t t h e W h a r t o n S c h o o l o f B u s i n e s s a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f P e n n s y l v a n i a . S o i f t h e m o n e y s p e n t d o e s n o t n e c e s s a r i l y i n d i c a t e t h e s u c c e s s o f a n a d , w h a t d o e s ? < / P > < P > T h e m e s s a g e i s t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t a s p e c t o f a n a d . O f t e n , t h e m e s s a g e i s i n t h e h e a d l i n e , w h i c h i s t h e f i r s t a n d , o f t e n , t h e o n l y p a r t o f t h e a d r e a d e r s w i l l s e e . T h e h e a d l i n e n e e d s t o b e s i m p l e , c o m p e l l i n g a n d , i d e a l l y , a p p e a l t o t h e r e a d e r s e m o t i o n s . I f t h e h e a d l i n e d e l i v e r s i n t h i s w a y , t h e r e a d e r w i l l l i k e l y b e d r a w n i n t o r e a d t h e r e s t o f t h e a d . < / P > < P > T h i n k o u t o f t h e b o x w h e n c r e a t i n g y o u r a d . I f y o u w a n t y o u r a d t o b e r e a d , y o u s h o u l d s t r i v e t o m a k e i t u n i q u e e n s u r e t h a t i t s t a n d s o u t f r o m t h e r e s t . L e t s t a k e y o u r l o c a l Y e l l o w P a g e s a s a n e x a m p l e . I f y o u w o u l d p e r u s e y o u r Y e l l o w P a g e s , I m c o n f i d e n t y o u w o u l d s e e t h a t m o s t a r e o f t h e s a m e f o r m a t w h a t i s c a l l e d a n i n s t i t u t i o n a l a d . T h a t i s w h e r e t h e l o g o a n d / o r c o m p a n y n a m e a r e f r o n t a n d c e n t e r , a l o n g w i t h t h e i r c o n t a c t i n f o r m a t i o n . R a t h e r t h a n l e a p i n g o f f t h e p a g e w i t h a n a t t e n t i o n - g r a b b i n g h e a d l i n e , m a n y a d s l o o k l i k e a l l t h e r e s t , w h i c h o f t e n r e s u l t s i n a l e s s - t h a n - e x p e c t e d r e t u r n o n i n v e s t m e n t . S o , i n s t e a d o f c r e a t i n g a c o o k i e c u t t e r a d , t a k e t h e t i m e t o f o c u s o n y o u r t a r g e t m a r k e t c h o o s i n g a p r o b l e m t h e y s t r u g g l e w i t h ( e . g . , p u t t i n g a s p a c e t o g e t h e r t o l o o k c o h e s i v e a n d a t t r a c t i v e ) a n d t r y t o c o m e u p w i t h a h e a d l i n e t h a t p r o m i s e s a s o l u t i o n t o t h a t p r o b l e m . < / P > < P > H e r e s a n e x a m p l e : I n s t e a d o f s a y i n g : S p e c i a l i z i n g i n O n e D a y R o o m M a k e o v e r s , t r y t h i s : C o m e h o m e t o a b e a u t i f u l l i k e - n e w s p a c e . . . c o m p l e t e d i n j u s t o n e d a y . D o y o u n o w s e e t h e d i f f e r e n c e ? < / P > < P > R e p e t i t i o n i s k e y . A s m e n t i o n e d e a r l i e r , y o u c a n n o t e x p e c t t o g e t r e s u l t s f r o m o n e a d p l a c e d o n e t i m e i n o n p u b l i c a t i o n . L i k e w i s e , p l a c i n g a n a d i n o n e p u b l i c a t i o n o n e m o n t h , t h e n p l a c i n g t h a t s a m e a d i n a n o t h e r p u b l i c a t i o n t h e f o l l o w i n g m o n t h , e t c . w i l l n o t g e t y o u t h e r e s p o n s e y o u s e e k . T o t h e c o n t r a r y , t h e k e y t o s u c c e s s i n a d v e r t i s i n g i s m u l t i p l e a p p e a r a n c e s i n t h e s a m e p u b l i c a t i o n s o t h a t r e a d e r s b e g i n t o r e c o g n i z e y o u , g e t t o k n o w y o u , t r u s t y o u , e t c . T h e a v e r a g e r e a d e r w i l l N O T c o n t a c t y o u a f t e r s e e i n g y o u r a d o n c e . I n f a c t , m o s t p e o p l e w i l l c o n t a c t a b u s i n e s s o n l y a f t e r s e e i n g t h e a d 8 o r m o r e t i m e s . A s a r e s u l t , b e f o r e i n v e s t i n g i n a d v e r t i s i n g , r e a l i z e t h a t y o u r i n v e s t m e n t w i l l p a y f o r i t s e l f o n l y i f y o u e n g a g e i n a t r u e a d v e r t i s i n g c a m p a i g n . < / P >
Author: Judy May
 
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