Day: February 9, 2021

Television (TV) Advertising To Reach More People

Marketing can take upon a whole variety of forms. You can do it on the internet, magazines, newspapers, and even joint ventures. This is something that you should look into if you want to improve your sales and profits. But unfortunately, a lot of the marketing methods that you think would work now is slowly because a technique that is futile in nature.
But there is one kind of advertising that people are looking into as another form of marketing. This form is television advertising. Depending on where you run your television ad, it can really cost you a lot of money. But if you’re in a local area and want to run your TV ad locally, it won’t cost as much.
When running TV ads, you have to follow the same conventions of direct response marketing. Lead with a big headline, show the viewer what’s in it for them; and have a strong close with your phone number and website address. Now if this sounds simple, it is, but there’s one thing that you need to do to: you have to get them to put the remote down.
Getting viewers to do such a thing is tough. Most of them are just flipping through the channels looking for something watch, and can care less about the ads that we see on TV. But for that 1 scanning viewer, you will want to capture their attention with a riveting headline that will get them to start taking your TV ad seriously.
You have all kinds of elements that you have to be aware of when thinking about running a TV ad. You need testimonials, before and after pictures, a good pitch person, the ultimate benefit, and much more. Using these strategies, you’ll be able to have the foundations of a good TV ad.
Now obviously your offer will want to be good also. No matter what you sell, price it from $10 – $30, and then when they buy, try to upsell them immediately with your $2000 product. This is how the pros do it. Even if you don’t have a $2000 product, if you have a product that is high priced and relates to the item that they just bought, consider selling them that.
A good television ad can bring you a lot of new customers overnight. I can remember a pawn shop offering PlayStation 2’s for $100. I saw the ad at around 3am in the morning, and told myself I would go down there to buy one. But when I got there, they were all sold out!
Needless to say I was upset, but this brings on a simple marketing strategy that I think you can learn from.
If that ad was shown in the newspaper, I thought that it would have been sold out overnight. But since it was on TV broadcasting to the masses, I think this is the factor that made the campaign a success.
Before you rule out TV advertising, think about the …

Back To Top