Advertising Agencies – Why use one?

Believe it or not an advertising agency will put your business on the map where your potential customers are.

If an Advertising Agency does its job right, they will build interest and create excitement in and for your business. Leaving it up to you to do what you do best and turn leads into happy satisfied customers, whilst increasing your business profits. It’s all about his planning, executing and managing an effective advertising campaign.

Each day we are bombarded by hundreds or thousands of advertising messages, we tune most of these messages out. The Advertising agencies job is to get your message heard, remembered, and acted upon by your prospective customers. They make you stand out in a crowded market place.

Advertising agencies find you the largest concentration of people who want what your business is selling; they develop a USP (unique selling proposition) that you can take to that market. Then set about telling your story in a way that it has never been told before.

In the process taking your message to places and markets it’s never been before.

Typical questions asked by many businesses include:

  • Why do I need help from an advertising agency?
  • I’m told Advertising agencies are expensive with big retainer fees or minimum monthly spends?
  • I’m only a small business; don’t they deal only with Big Businesses?
  • I can write my own ad?
  • I can place an ad?

The simple fact is most businesses can do with assistance from an advertising agency. For 2 simple reasons:

  • You spend most of your time (if not all of your time) working on your business, that means you know your business best.
  • An Advertising agency, spends all there time working in and understanding Advertising. An advertising professional will analyze your business and customers in a totally different way and make recommendations and suggestions that you most probably never considered. A professional Advertising Agency will recommend a mix of powerful advertising vehicles that will work for your business and clientele. Most Advertising Agencies have access through media buying groups to the absolute best prices from newspapers, TV, and Radio, better than the rack rate quoted directly. Advertising Agencies will bring a wealth of creative talent, including graphics & Copy Writing, no matter the size of your business.

If you are a serious business owner who really wants to turn there business into a more profitable enterprise, then consider using the services of an advertising agency. They will more than pay for themselves.

When choosing the advertising agency to look after your need, it is best to talk to a few to see if they fit your needs and you fit with there talents. Do not let there portfolio be a major factor in the selection criteria. You want an advertising agency that fresh ideas and a brand new perspective for your business. You do not want a “one size fits all” or “cookie-cutter” approach to your marketing and image. You need an advertising Agency that will take the time to learn about your Business & Industry, Building a program that will give you long business and Profit growth.

Advertising options for Websites

When it comes to advertising your website, many website owners fall well short.

Website advertising on and offline can cost you significant dollars without any return. Paid adverting or banner ad’s on “well trafficked” websites are expensive and many times offer minimum or zero return.

The secret is to advertise to people who are buying. One fact that was brought home to me many years ago, was that people go on the web to learn and get free stuff. So use this to your advantage.

Typical examples of how advertising can go wrong is a website owner with a business (physical store) and websites that caters for the baby market 0 to 7 years old, the store has a excellent reputation in the multiple births and disabilities area. Running an advert on a long established and prominent Australia wide “baby market” website at around $1000 per year over 4 years has resulted in one sale and one hire.

It turns out the “ad” is a listing at the top of a section of the directory for those competing products, however the “ad” looks just like the free ones below it. Clearly paid advertising is not the best method of marketing for this situation, and a number of lower cost options would have produced better results.

A simple offline strategy that takes 2 hours per month produces $5-10,000 in extra sales every month, is the best form of advertising this owner does. But that does not mean that advertising for websites does not work.

So the moral here is spend time (and advertising Dollars) where your buying customers are “hanging out”

Until next time.

Remember There’s Hope in Web Advertising