Saturday, March 23, 2013

Does Internet Advertising Attract a specific Target Audience?



Call it online advertising, Web Advertising or digital advertising; any kind of brand promotion through online media has become one of the most adopted means of promotion among advertisers.  Online Advertising is not different from TV or radio advertising but for the medium and style of brand communication. Brand information reaches out to customers free of cost. However, a major advantage of Digital Advertising is that a brand owner can reach out to a wide target audience through a single promotion campaign of his product. Internet Ads are infact directed towards the right group of people who would find the brand message useful and informative.  Above all, a web advertising campaign of a brand opens new possibilities to spread messages and generate awareness among target groups. The brand message is also customized in nature. Customers have their own choice whether to read or neglect the brand message.

In order to run an Internet Advertising  campaign, the brand owner pays a fixed amount to the advertiser for each person who visits the page with the ad. The brand owner also pays a fixed amount to have his brand advertisement posted for a specified duration.  The brand owner also has the option to promote his product or service through survey based contents on the advertiser’s site. He can also control the market by targeting special sections that would respond to the brand message. An online ad campaign is also a beneficial way to increase traffic on the brand owner’s website. All in all, if brand owners work on various strategies and activities of online advertising  such as SEO, SMO or Classified ads, they can benefit a lot besides providing a rich impact among the TG. Web Advertising is becoming popular day by day. From small business owners to big MNC's online advertising practices are constantly adopted. 

If you are a brand owner who is looking forward to attract a specific target audience, an online advertising campaign can work wonders for your brand. However, ensure that your promotion campaign is implemented by an advertising agency that has experience and expertise in online advertising.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Web Advertising - A wise Investment or Not?


Advertising, as we already know, is an investment to generate good revenue for the company or organization. Every single company wants to spend its advertising budget in the most effective way. They do want to know that their advertising budget is wisely spent by reaching out to those people who might actually want to buy their products (after seeing the advertisement). The right target group for the right product is one of the important points to be noted while launching an ad campaign. For example, it would not make sense targeting female customers for a hair fixing gel ad. 

In the following paragraphs, let us take a look at how web advertising is a wise investment for brand or business owners. 

One of the advantages of Web Advertising is that advertisers can sort out their own potential customers and target only those who would be actually interested in the product or business. An email marketing campaign, for example, can specific customers who would be interested in the product or service. The advertiser can sort out the emails of many customers according to a demographic survey such as income group, age-group, lifestyle etc. 

Online Advertising is aptly considered as a wise investment on another ground i.e. its complete control on the ongoing advertising campaign. An advertiser can track the results of the running ad campaign and find out if it is creating an effective impact among customers or not. The advertiser can later on decide whether he should continue the campaign or stop it (as per the result).  If the impact is not good, the advertiser needs not waste further time or money by running the campaign.  And if it is good, he can prolong the campaign to further popularize the product or service. Such complete controllability on the brand message is one of the major assets of online advertising.

Monday, March 11, 2013

Online Advertising - A powerful Mode of Brand Empowerment.



Internet advertising also known as Web Advertising and online advertising is a form of brand or business promotion that uses the World Wide Web to convey the brand message among target groups. An affordable means of communication, most of the brand owners these days prefer to launch their promotion campaigns through internet media.  Online advertising is also considered as a powerful means of disseminating a brand message among target groups. The following paragraphs provide a brief idea on how internet advertising is a strong means of communication for various brands and businesses.

It is notable that internet is the fastest means of communication among individuals and also between brands and customers. Any Online Advertising message is not limited by geography and time. One can therefore target as many number of customers through a single ad campaign on online media. Big MNC's across the world have relied on internet advertising as an important medium of marketing. It would therefore be not a fallacy to acclaim that internet advertising is the most powerful means of brand or business communication across the world, not just India.

Advertising on net is also advantageous for the very fact that an online ad campaign is very audience specific. Online advertisers use keywords or phrases on their online ads that are most likely to be used by targeted customers to search for a particular product or service. For example, if one is searching for an affordable footwear brand one would obviously search using keywords or phrase such as affordable footwear brand, best and affordable footwear brand etc. Advertisers consciously analyse those keywords through which customers will reach out to them and use them effectively. Search Engine Marketing, a wing of Internet Advertising, is very much in demand these days. SEM activities enable a brand owner to attract various customers on the website of the product. Social networking ads are also becoming a popular trend of online advertising.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Internet as an Advertising Means for your Brand.



Internet advertising also known as Online Advertising is becoming a fast growing means of promotion of brands, businesses and services. In this blog, let us take a look at a few advantages of adopting internet advertising in your promotion mix. Keep reading. 

Fastest means of communication that targets a global audience

You can benefit a lot from launching a single online advertising campaign of your brand. First it is notable that internet is the fastest means of communication. Therefore any brand message that needs to be conveyed to target audiences reaches out quickly through Internet Media. Secondly it is also worth noting that an online advertising campaign can target a global audience, not just a local or national target group. This provides a brand owner an added advantage to take his business to a new level.  Every brand owner expects good growth in his business for which internet advertising is an ideal promotion solution. 

Rich brand communication

An online advertising campaign provides rich brand communication among target groups. Be it a banner ad or an email marketing campaign, customers are attracted to the richness of words and design of an online ad display. Online ad displays such as Banner Ads are eye-catching. While randomly surfing any website, we cannot ignore these ads because of their attractive look and creative presentation of brand message. 

Long lasting impression on target groups

Online Advertising also provides a long lasting impression on target groups especially in its manner of presenting the brand message. After all, creative brains work behind the idea and implementation of an online advertising campaign which is why it looks attractive and attention grasping at a quick glance. One cannot simply ignore an online advertising display. Social networking ads are also becoming pretty popular at present. Most of the brands are socializing with potential target groups on the various social networking sites such as Facebook, twitter, hi5 etc.

Monday, March 4, 2013

Online Advertising - An Ideal Means of Brand/Business promotion



24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year- internet is one such medium that is easily accessible by customers without any restraint of time, place or location.  Online Advertising is a form of promotion that uses World Wide Web to popularize a marketing message of a product or business at an affordable cost. Internet Advertising has revolutionized brand marketing besides opening fresh avenues for doing businesses. Internet Advertising has changed the way the world conducts business. 

Many forms of online advertising such as classified ads, Banner Ads, contextual ads, search engine marketing, Email Marketing, PPC, Social networking ads etc. have completely revolutionized brand marketing world.

Ad spends of brand or business owners on internet advertising continuously keep growing. An internet advertising campaign is not bounded to a particular location. Through online advertising, a local brand can even target a global audience at an affordable budget. Customers do no need passports or visas to access any type of brand information available on a website. In this manner, online media is a strong and effective channel through which one can communicate valuable brand or business message to a wide target group. 


Internet Advertising also offers an innovative scope of creativity for many professionals. Advertisers can play with words or designs through a particular online ad campaign. Cost effectiveness is yet another advantage of advertising through online media. The rate of online advertising is less expensive as compared to print, outdoor or television ads. Small business owners can therefore invest on internet advertising to promote their businesses through an affordable budget. It is also worth mentioning that an internet ad is focussed in nature and hence generate immediate impact among target groups about the advertised product or service. Internet Advertising is also ideal for launching instant or immediate promotion campaigns. Once the brand message is decided, one can launch the ad campaign without wasting further time.