Competition Is The Problem, Advertising The Solution

You must have seen even the biggest of brands investing fortunes in Advertising. So, why do even the brands which are household-names Advertise? The answer lies in the immense competition of the present day markets. No matter how big a brand your company is, there are numerous companies providing the same products or services. It is important to constantly stay in the view of the audience. Thus, Advertising is not just a luxury but a necessity for any company wishing to reach and stay in the limelight of success.

In order to have a better comprehension, let us consider an example. Suppose your company launches a revolutionary product or service. However, due to lack of or poor Advertising, it does not reach the audience. Your competitor then learns about this launch and puts in a resembling product or service and follows it up with excellent advertising. As a result of this, your competitor will take away the benefits of your hard work. Now, once the necessity of Advertising has been established, the second step is to decide the most appropriate medium of Advertising for your brand. While deciding from the range of Advertising Mediums like Airport Advertising and Metro Advertising among OOH Advertising, and Online Advertising, the most important step is segmentation of the audience. Once this is done and you realize the segments that you have to target, the medium of Advertising can be chosen.

The last, and quite logically, the most important step is to associate with a reputed Advertising Agency. You will be happily surprised to see what experienced Advertising Agencies like TDI International India Limited can do to boost your business.

Metro Advertising India Growing in Popularity

Ever since DMRC (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation) began operations on December 24, 2002, the way commuters in the NCR traveled has never been the same. The thirteenth largest metro station in the world (in terms of length) offers excellent opportunities for OOH Advertising (Out-of-Home Advertising). DMRC’s potential as an advertising goldmine was realized by Indian OOH giants like TDI International India P Limited as early as 2005. With a daily ridership exceeding 20 lakh, Delhi Metro Advertising has a high viewership. The rapid rate at which DMRC has grown and the popularity of the Metro Station Ads show a promising future for Advertising at the Metro Stations.

It has been found that using mobile phones and reading ads figure among the top ways how commuters passed their time at the stations. High concentration zones and superior visibility feature among the prominent reasons for the popularity and success of the Ads at the Metro Stations. Due to the structure of the metro stations, the ads can be conveniently placed in such ways that the commuters cannot miss them. And this viewership is not just any viewership that we are talking about. According to a recent survey taken by the Times of India, around 62.5% of the total metro ridership that took part were office-going professionals and students. For most of the brands, they form the most prized audience. The earning members with the power to buy and the young generation with the affinity to buy, added with a minimum of 6 minutes which they spend at the metro station, combine to make Metro Advertising one of the most sought after forms of advertising. Thus, advertisement contracts for sites outside the metro stations, on the platforms, at the staircases / elevators, and at the entrances and exits of the stations sell out faster than hot cakes.

Another factor which aids in the popularity of DMRC Advertising is that it is a long term investment. With the corporation expanding at phenomenal speeds, the ridership and thus the viewership is also set to increase. It is expected that the average ridership of Delhi Metro will cross 40 lakhs by 2016 with a CAGR (Combined Annual Growth Rate) of 20.1%. Associate with a top DMRC Advertising Agency like TDI to turn the gaze of this fast growing audience towards your brand.

Essentials of an Effective Advertising Campaign.

Once marketer receives a commitment to buy from a prospect, his job is just half done!.

Now he has to put together a program that can generate results, and that is an important responsibility to embrace.

Business owners are unique individuals. They represent about 5% of the population, they have an idea, a vision and they put everything on the line in pursuit of that vision. If a marketer builds an excellent program that is aligned with what a business owner wants to accomplish, not only a marketer succeeds as a professional, but will also have a customer for life.

The Success mantras

Language

An expert helps the business owners to speak the language of Advertising or they risk wasting their investment. Only, the correct message can give the expected ROI.

Value

Value is simply “What is in it for the reader of the ad”, it is a call for action. A good value in campaign is the most effective means of causing a prospective customer to act”. For e.g 25% Free in the same price.

Impact

The higher the Impact, higher is the success of a promotional campaign.

Impact is the element of the promotional program that gets your message noticed. A reader spends an average of 2-3 seconds on every ad. In that time, marketer has to make sure that the message stands out the rest.

Circulation

Where impact represents how a message affects a reader, circulation represents which audience the business is trying to target. For e.g whether it is geographic targeting or demographic targeting. It can also be based on the cycle of the product/service(slow cycle vs fast cycle)

Consistency

“Advertising is about making and breaking habits”. A consistent message allows a business to reach the target audience whenever need arises. In the world of advertising a consistent message unlocks the doors to response if that message has a good value, impact and the appropriate circulation

All these elements can be used, keeping in mind the ultimate goal(s) of the advertiser when designing the ad.

Outdoor Promotion - A Rampant Practice among Modern Advertisers!

Ever wondered why outdoor advertising is in much demand these days? The various avenues of outdoor advertising such as Airport Advertising, mall advertising, metro advertising and billboard advertising have become quite popular. Most of the brands and business owners adopt at least one of the forms of outdoor advertising to promote or position their brands in the market. With a major leap observed in OOH Advertising domain over the last few years, new brand and business owners are also keen to try out the various modes of advertising through OOH media.

The digitization of OOH Advertising tools, the launch of brand new technologically enriched mediums and the expansion of various OOH avenues have collectively encouraged more brand and business owners to implement their promotion campaigns through OOH media. Mall advertising and Airport Advertising practices are growing at a fast pace. Frequented by lakhs of affluent customers on a daily basis, shopping malls and airport areas are two such places where one can effectively communicate the brand message to potential target customers.

Most of the Indian cities are also populated by various forms of outdoor advertising. From billboard ads to kiosk ads and hoardings, even the small towns across the country are populated by various OOH ad displays. Communicating to a larger audience has indeed become easier with modern OOH Advertising tools.

In metro politan cities, the scenario of Outdoor Advertising is a little different. Posh brands usually prefer to create their presence in the major Indian cities. Real estate companies, health companies, banks and travel companies in the big cities are also highly relying on the various means of outdoor advertising. The reason is pretty obvious. 

People in the metropolis have more spending capacity than those at the towns or villages. Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad etc. are fast growing markets where outdoor advertisers make their presence felt through innovative OOH campaigns.

How outdoor medium is the best medium for brand building?

Outdoor Advertising industry is accelerating further with assured growth in its multi-avenues. Airport Advertising, mall advertising, metro advertising- all these are growing avenues of OOH Advertising. In today’s blog, let us figure out some points why OOH Advertising industry is the best medium for brand building.

It has been researched that outdoor advertising media is the best mode for brand building. More and more brands are emerging in the market for which outdoor media is a proven mode to launch promotion campaigns. Outdoor Advertising media provides consistent brand reinforcement and sustained awareness. Hence, more and more brand owners prefer this advertising channel to reach out to target customers.
Any outdoor ad display is easily accessible by target customers. The 24/7 availability of OOH ads ensure that the brand message is not missed out by customers. Building a brand image through outdoor media is just a display away. However, outdoor advertisers should ensure that they are launching the promotion campaign with an affluent creative input and through an interactive outdoor media that best suits the brand image. Brand advertising is meant to catch hold of customers’ attention and deliver the brand message, not to shoo them away with an ordinary message about the brand. Hence, advertisers should devise, develop and deploy various techniques and tactics of promotion to create interest on customers mind.

Thanks to the various technologically advanced tools of Outdoor Advertising. Various innovative tools like LED/ LCD and neon panels have made the outdoor platform more interesting as well as interactive. Remotely manipulative and digitalized, these new tools have created an upsurge in brand promotion practices like never before. With unique innovative option for immediate recall, most of the outdoor campaigns provide positive response from customer groups. More visibility, more accessibility, more interactivity – these are some features that explain the updated features of modern outdoor advertising practices.

A Look at the Growing Avenues of OOH Advertising.

Advertising in India as a full-fledged sector has been continually growing.  Outdoor promotion domain as a part of advertising industry is also growing day by day. In the last few years, various avenues of OOH Advertising have also been introduced that have benefited many brand and business owners. This blog provides a brief insight about advertising in India through outdoor media. Keep reading.

By Outdoor Advertising, we have a vivid idea about billboard ad displays, hoardings, posters or wall paintings, kiosk displays etc. An outdoor advertising company provides all the necessary input to launch an OOH Advertising campaign. From conceptualization of brand message to the final launch of the advertising campaign, an Outdoor Advertising company takes the sole responsibility. Media research is another major task handled by an outdoor advertising company. Media research is an important criterion for every outdoor advertising campaign to be launched. The medium of advertising and its attractiveness decide how much impact the campaign provides among target customers.

Airport Advertising is one of the fast growing avenues of outdoor industry. Airport advertising practices are increasing day by day across the country. Airport Advertising provides uncluttered brand message to target customers which is one of the reasons why many brand and business owners try to launch many promotion campaigns via airport media. Airport Advertising also targets customers who have easy spending capacity for any brand. It is also for this very reason that big MNCs spend on airport advertising to promote their products or services among target groups.

Mall Advertising is another popular avenue of promoting brands or businesses through outdoor media. Mall Advertising is considered an effective avenue of outdoor industry. A mall ad display easily attracts the passing attention of visitors in a particular shopping mall. Most of the malls advertising campaigns are launched through rich media. Thus mall ads provide a rich impression about the advertised brand or service on customers’ mind. The mushrooming number of brands in the market and the changing lifestyle of modern customers are two factors that support the growth of mall advertising in various Indian cities or towns.

How OOH Advertising adapts brands and customers?

Outdoor Advertising is one of the accustomed modes of brand promotion. Outdoor Advertising practices in India are preferred by most of the brand owners. In this blog, let us familiarize how OOH Advertising practices accustom brands and customers and provide a leap to the brand business. 

Brand messages are readily available through OOH Advertising

OOH Advertising practices easily reach out to those customers who move from one place to another. The ready availability of brand message through rich and interactive mediums of advertising attracts the passing-attention of customers on the go. Besides, any OOH Ad display provides customers a second chance to visit the same location to access the brand information (if failed to access during the first visit). Enhancing the over-all outing experience of customers, outdoor advertising practices are effective modes of connecting brands with customers.

There is always something new about OOH Advertising
 
Be it the tool or technique, OOH advertising practices are continuously revamped and renovated from time to time. It is worth mentioning how the ordinary billboards (in conventional OOH campaigns) are now revamped as digital billboards enabling advertisers to make required changes in the ad messages. Remotely manipulative, digitalized tools of outdoor advertising have enhanced brand advertising practices by saving time and effort.

Once a medium, always a medium

It is a known fact to everyone that OOH Advertising is one of the oldest modes of brand promotion. However, the interesting fact is that time has not become a constraint for this medium of brand promotion so far. The demands for more Outdoor Advertising practices have instead increased over the years. With the launch of every single technology, OOH Advertising attains a new look or an added technique of brand promotion. It is indeed true that OOH media was is and will always be an effective medium of brand promotion.