Where Can You Save Money On Your Advertising Campaign?
The extravagance of every advertising campaign is only hampered by its budget. You may well have grand ambitions of getting George Clooney to hold your product over his head, proclaiming its incredible benefits in a convertible supercar speeding across the Golden Gate Bridge with jet planes chasing him firing missiles, while Beyoncé sits in a bikini next to him singing your jingle. If your budget can stretch that far, go ahead and use this idea, but if like most normal people your budget is far more limited you may benefit from these top money saving tips when planning your next advertising campaign.
Online Savvy
The internet is one of the best advertising mediums ever invented. Using search engines and social media networks it is possible to create online campaigns that can be pumped directly into the eyeballs of motivated potential customers just at the right moment. Instead of spending your magazine budget on getting your advert on every magazine
available, spend a fraction of the money on an SEO, pay per click or social media campaign which links to an appropriately optimised website. This will cost you a fraction as much but will provide greater conversions.
Testing Testing
By spending money in the initial stages of your planning, on testing audience reaction to your campaign, you will be able to save more on changes you would have had to make later. When you find that something gets a bad reaction change it or erase it. Never wait until a campaign is ready to go before testing. Do it at every stage with a ‘little and often’ style approach to iron out kinks as you go along. Overall, it will save you money.
Cheap Tricks
One clever trick when approaching banner advertising is to instead use a banner stand or mesh banners which can be easily transported and used in multiple locations. Too often advertising agencies will spend loads on proper billboards at lots of locations around the city. Instead you should try having one or two and moving them around the area. This way you can exploit things like different queues of traffic at rush hour or hoards of people beside different tube stations on different days.
Whatever your campaign is seeking to advertise there is always a way to cut out some of your spending so you can spend it elsewhere in the campaign or save so that it becomes part of your agencies fee.