Does an OOH Ad create a vibrant impression about the brand?

Brand owners increasingly implement their promotion campaigns through various outdoor advertising avenues. Mall Advertising, Airport Advertising, and Metro Advertising – all these avenues of OOH Advertising are becoming more and more popular amongst the brand owners. Why outdoor advertising has gained so much popularity? Why brand owners are making huge investment in various OOH Ad campaigns? These are few questions worth a discussion.

The impact created by a television ad is different from the impact created by a print ad. Television media is advantageous over other advertising mediums because of its audio-visual effect. Likewise, Outdoor Advertising also provides a different impact on target groups. The brand is presented to customers not only through a larger than life appeal but also with a unique appeal as something exclusive. Any OOH Ad display is therefore attractive and easily hits customers’ eyeballs.

The final brand message through an OOH media is also presented to customers in a colourful manner. This creates a vibrant impression about the brand on onlookers’ mind.  Customers who come across the brand ad take home a vibrant image about the advertised brand. It is also this very nature of outdoor advertising media that has made it a favorite advertising channel for maximum number of brand owners.

An OOH Ad display can also be accessed anytime without any time delay. The brand message is readily available for customers for days, weeks and even for months. Customers are often compelled to go through the ad display and find out the related deals about the advertised brand. If interested, they may visit the nearest store and purchase it, if not interested or found irrelevant to their choice or want, they may share the news with their friends and relatives. In both cases, the brand message is not missed by customers. This compelling feature of an OOH Ad display is also one reason why OOH Advertising is accredited as an effective means of brand promotion.

Is there enough scope for innovation through OOH media?

One of the primary concerns of outdoor advertisers is to find out whether there is enough scope for innovations through Outdoor Advertising media or not.  Innovation plays a key role in any brand communication –be it indoor or outdoor media. So, it is worth a discussion whether OOH media provides adequate scope for innovation or not. The following paragraphs will throw some light about this.

OOH Advertising media is considered an important channel to create awareness about numerous numbers of brands in the market. Brand promotion through outdoor advertising media is an age-old practice. Many brand owners have been continuously implementing their promotion campaigns through OOH Advertising media. One thing is always common amongst the OOH Advertisers i.e. the novelty factor. Every OOH display about a brand has something new and interesting for customers to go through. Sometimes the media channel, sometimes the technique and sometimes the theme itself, the novelty factor is strictly observed through OOH media in such a way that customers easily distinguish the brand from others. This attribute of OOH Advertising already provide a large scope of innovation for various media owners and advertisers to advertise their brands with an effective impact on target groups. 

Also, the induction of never before used technological tactics and tools has enhanced outdoor advertising practices. Today, when we talk about an OOH Ad display, we generally refer to the digitalized ad displays of various brands such as digital billboards ads, signage ads, LCD/LED ads, electronic kiosks displays etc. Brand message through digitalized OOH media are more interactive and interesting for customers to access. What is further advantageous about the digitalized OOH media is that the advertiser can make any required change about the ad display anytime right from his office.  Remotely controllable, these new digitalized tools have indeed provided a tremendous change in the various OOH Advertising practices besides offering an innovative scope for innovation. 

Why Brand owners widely adopt OOH media?

Advertising through outdoor media such as billboards, electronic kiosks, wall posters, transit vehicles etc. are widely adopted by brand owners and advertisers to promote their brands or businesses. Outdoor Advertising is one of the conventional means of brand promotion. With a rich technological induction, outdoor advertising in India has gone through a complete makeover. The growing avenues of OOH domain such as airport advertising, mall advertising, metro advertising etc. have further enhanced the importance of outdoor media among brand owners. Maximum numbers of brand owners launch their promotion campaigns through OOH media. 

One reason why brand owners adopt OOH Advertising media is the rich brand impression provided to customers through an outdoor ad display. It is much easier for advertisers to attract customers’ attention through OOH media as compared to other advertising means.  An OOH ad display presents a larger than life look about the brand on customers’ mind which easily allures their attention. While driving from office to home or vice versa, while visiting a shopping mall, while waiting to board a flight, while traveling by metro – OOH ads surround customers everywhere. It is also for this reason that outdoor advertising provides rich impact among customers besides providing good brand recall. 

For contemporary advertisers, outdoor media is an efficient channel to effectively present the brand message among masses or target groups. Enhanced by rich technological features, modern OOH tools provide hassle-free promotion solutions for brand owners. Unlike traditional practice of Outdoor Advertising, modern OOH tools provide flexible options to advertisers. For example, one can make any change with the ad content or design by sitting at the office. This digitally enhanced facility is one striking advantage of modern outdoor Advertising tools as compared to traditional media. With more brands going to be further launched in the market, the significance of OOH media is also expected to increase. 

Competitive Advantages of Outdoor Advertising

In this blog, a few competitive advantages of Outdoor Advertising are provided. Take a look.

Easily noticeable

An OOH Advertising display comes under the easy notice of target customers. Those who drive from office to home or vice versa get easy access to any type of OOH Ad display that is located on their way. A brand message that is easily noticed by customers has many chances of winning their attention and affection later. If the message is repeatedly viewed for a continuous number of days (which is very possible), good brand recall is naturally formed among target customers. 

All-time availability

One of the main advantages of launching an outdoor advertising campaign of a brand or business is its all-time availability of brand message. An OOH Advertising display is indeed available for days, weeks and even months that make customers generate a good awareness about the advertised brand. The best part of an Outdoor Advertising display is that if the brand message could not be earlier read properly, one can revisit the same site and access the same information. This way most of the customers tend to form a positive impression about the product and how its message is accessible to them.

Uncluttered means of communication

An OOH advertising display is not cluttered which means customers can easily grasp what is conveyed through a particular OOH Ad display. Enhanced by a rich graphic and catchy copy, an OOH Ad display easily attracts the passing attention of customers. For example, customers who visit a shopping mall are attracted by the OOH ad displays in and around the mall. They get glued to the many brand messages that surround them. If encouraged or impressed, they would consider of buying those brands of their choice. In this manner, it can also be concluded that an OOH Ad display can also encourage customers to buy the product then and there.

A few considerations on Outdoor Advertising!

Outdoor Advertising practices such as airport advertising, mall advertising, metro advertising and billboard advertising are becoming popular means of promoting a brand or business. Who is not aware of an outdoor ad display in today’s time? From a college going student to a working professional, everyone is influenced by the various OOH Ad displays that surround them everywhere they visit. Besides providing a continuous brand message through an easily reachable channel, OOH media ensures a rich impact about the brand on customers’ mind. Advertising through outdoor media has various benefits. Some valuable considerations on Advertising in India through OOH media are provided in the following paragraphs. Take a look- 

The first consideration on advertising through OOH media is to target maximum attention of customers in an effective manner. An outdoor media should provide an articulate impression about your brand on customers’ mind the very moment it comes under their notice. Besides, customers should be able to easily figure out the brand that is advertised through a particular outdoor media. 

Secondly, it is important to provide a focused brand communication in order to hit maximum eyeballs of customers. Though it sounds simplistic, modern customers have many choices while navigating a street, a sidewalk or perhaps driving. With an effective Outdoor Advertising campaign of your product, you can attract and direct their attention towards your brand store. By effective advertising, it doesn’t refer to any extra ordinary manner of presenting the brand message. It is all about adding perfection to the art of communicating the brand message to customers with an innovative approach to provide a fresh appeal about the brand. 

There is no dearth of means or measures when it comes to launching an OOH Advertising campaign of your brand. All you need to do is to have a thorough study about the ongoing trends in the market, devise and deploy your promotion objectives in such a manner that customers will form a pleasing impression about your brand the very moment they see the ad display.