Different Types of Outdoor Advertising
Any advertising done outdoors that publicizes your business’s products and services are known as outdoor advertising or marketing. Any outdoor sign is often the first thing a potential customer sees. Your sign should be sufficiently bright and conspicuous to attract attention and sufficiently informative to let prospective customers know what’s sold there.
When riding around town,it is easy to observe which sign catches your attention and which ones don’t. These impressions each sign give you is important because the businesses bearing these signs will never get a second chance to make a first impression. It’s a must to give this marketing tool your best effort.-
Different Types of Outdoor Signage
Types of outdoor advertising include billboards,bus benches,interiors and exteriors of buses,taxis and business vehicles,and signage posted on the exterior of your own brick-and-mortar location.
Outdoor advertising works well for promoting your product in specific geographic areas. While billboards,bus benches,and transit advertising can be very effective for the small-business owner,any successful outdoor campaign begins with your own location’s signage.
If you’re involved in a business that has a fleet of vehicles conducting deliveries or providing a service,your company’s name,logo,and phone number should be clearly visible on the vehicles. It’s free advertising that allows you to increase your exposure to your market.
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Billboards are most effective when located close to the business advertised. Because of their high cost,they’re usually used to reach a very large audience,as in political campaigns. They’re likely to be too expensive for most small firms,and some communities have strict ordinances governing the placement of billboards. In Vermont,for example,they’re prohibited.
Bus-bench advertising is an excellent medium because it’s highly visible,like a billboard. Essentially,bus-bench advertisers have a huge audience,held captive at red lights or in slow-moving traffic. A bus-bench can be seen by an estimate of 35,000 to 50,000 people per day as recorded by a bus-bench manufacturer.
Usually,the advertising consists of simple two-color artwork with your company’s name,brief copy describing the product or service,address and phone number. Rates and terms vary depending on the city you’re in.
Call your city’s mass transit department or local bus company to find out who rents advertising space on their bus-stop benches. Some outdoor advertising companies also handle this type of advertising.
Transit advertising on buses and taxicabs reaches many people,especially commuters. Your ad is highly visible,and market research on transit advertising shows that it’s very effective.
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