Combining Technologies To Make The Most Of Your Advertising Dollar - Magazines do offer...
(Page 2 of 3 )
Magazines do offer an advantage here by appealing to a much more specific type of readership, demographic, target market or whichever buzz word you prefer but that too is going to come at a higher premium with similar sacrifices to the quality and size of ad you would like to run.
Television, like magazines can be very useful in reaching a very specific group of people with your advertising, for example if you have a bait and tackle shop you can just purchase advertising time during "Fishing With Fred" as opposed to purchasing your time slot during the local news. If there is a television show that you know reaches the people you know would benefit from your product or service you can contact the producers to find out how to buy commercial spots during their program. Cable companies often offer discounts on commercial production with the purchase of commercial airtime or "spots" as they are called. These spots usually are either 15 or 30 seconds long. With the falling costs of video cameras in addition to computer video editing hardware and software the cost of a television commercial is much more affordable than most people think, you might even be able to make one yourself.
Next: Enter the web... >>
More Website Advertising Articles
More By Jase Dow