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What Are The Advantages of The Various Forms of Advertising?
Advertising is the most important tool of marketing. The main function of advertising is to instruct, inform, educate a particular target group about a product, idea or service and call for action. Action in advertising means sales. The objective of a particular ad campaign is successful when its results to sales. There are various forms of advertising and advertisers use different modes and tools of advertising to promote their brands or services.
Various forms of Advertising
Take a sneak preview about the various forms of advertising along with their nature and advantages.
Television Advertising
Nature of Television Advertising: Television Advertising is entertaining in nature as it provides both audio-visual facilities. Television Advertising provides effective reach to the target audience along with good coverage. A television ad generally lasts between 40 and 60 seconds.
Advantages of Television Advertising
Mass coverage
Effective reach and coverage
Preferred channel by the mass
Radio Advertising
Nature of Radio Advertising: Radio Ads usually last between 30 and 60 seconds. Radio Advertising has widespread reach because of its portable nature. Audiences love listening to radio ads along with their musical jingles.
Advantages of Radio Advertising
Entertaining in nature
Mass coverage
Efficiently delivers the message to the right target group
Portable and can fit anywhere
Cheap and affordable
Provides call for action facilities for advertisers
Print Advertising
Nature of Print Advertising: Any type of publicity which is carried on through print medium comes under Print Advertising. Examples of Print Advertising include magazines, newspapers, journals, flyers etc.
Advantages of Print Advertising
Focussed target
Repetition (one can go through a particular print ad again and again)
Good for future reference
Message can be effectively transmitted
Airport Advertising
Nature of Airport Advertising: Airport Advertising is one of the forms of outdoor advertising or OOH Advertising. Airport Advertising is carried through various advertising tools such as kiosks, digital signage, billboards, hoardings etc
Advantages of Airport Advertising
Effective reach
Attention grabbing
High-glamour look
Outdoor Advertising/ OOH Advertising
Nature of Outdoor Advertising/ OOH Advertising: Outdoor Advertising or OOH Advertising involves any kind of promotion carried out of home. Examples of Outdoor Advertising or OOH Advertising include billboards, hoardings, kiosks, digital signage, lampposts etc.
Advantages of Outdoor Advertising
Wide reach and exposure
Attractive and eye-catchy
Effectively reaches the target audience
Not limited to a particular region
Mobile and Internet Advertising
Nature of Mobile and Internet Advertising: Mobile and Internet Advertising has become one of the latest trends of promotion Mobile and Internet Advertising both are customer centric. Forms of Mobile Advertising include SMS- Push, Pull, Shortcut, Keywords, WAP/Voice Portal/ Bluetooth/ Gaming, Contest Hosting; Subscription based alerts, Download-Ringtones, Wallpapers, Sponsorship of zones, Brand Zone/ Customer Care Zone etc. Some forms of Internet Advertising include banner/ text advertising (CPM, PPC, CPL), E-mail marketing, Viral marketing etc
Advantages of Mobile and Internet Advertising
Renders effective reach and immediacy
Interactive in nature
Not time consuming and delivers the message within a short period of time
A personalized mode of promotion
How Various Types of Advertising Function?
Advertising is a marketing tool that promotes your product, brand or service to the target audience. Advertising is also considered as a brand communicator which figures out the best points of a particular product or service and talks about it to the targeted audience.
Let us have a look at the various forms of advertising:
Outdoor Advertising/ OOH Advertising
Outdoor Advertising also known as OOH Advertising is that type of promotion which is carried out of home. Examples of Outdoor Advertising include kiosks, digital signage, billboards, sky-scrapers, hoardings etc. All these mediums of OOH Advertising promote your brand or service to the targeted audience.
Airport Advertising
Some of the best places for outdoor advertising include the roads and spaces. One often gets too see big hoardings at airports. These large hoardings differ from other outdoor hoardings. However, it’s an open fact that the larger ad space you occupy, the better exposure your brand or service gets. And that’s how the cookies crumble in Airport Advertising. Most of the brands and companies take help of Airport Advertising because of this plus factor.
Television Advertising
Television Advertising is one of the most popular ways of promoting any brand, service or product. The usual time slot of television advertisement falls between 30 and 60 seconds. An advertiser needs to buy a certain time span during which the TV commercial will be shown. It is also important to choose the channel in which you want to advertise your brand or service. Television channels have different terms and conditions which the advertiser needs to sign up before broadcasting his advertisement. Audio-visual in nature, Television Advertising is the more preferred medium of promotion as compared to other mediums.
Radio Advertising
Radio Advertising is one of the older ways to promote brands or services. This type of advertisement however renders effective results since it is easily reachable to the mass. Portable in nature, radio advertising needs no special consideration like computer or television and never affects your time. Voted as one of the effective means of promotion radio advertisements are still favourites among the masses.
Print Advertising
Print Advertising includes newspapers, magazines, journals, flyers, brochures and other printed materials. This mode of advertisement is limited only to the literates. Considered as one of the oldest modes of promotion, print advertising is equally effective in creating an impact upon the masses till date.
Internet and Mobile Advertising
Internet and Mobile Advertising is the latest tool or technique used by advertisers all over the world. With the booming popularity of web, this type of advertisement takes a rapid pace. More number of entrepreneurs and companies are now focussing on their online presence and advertisements. Internet and Mobile advertising is becoming a hot cake and is becoming the most preferred channel of advertisement.