How To Create A Successful Marketing Plan
Many factors have to be considered when making an advertising plan. Like the type of message to be delivered, the audience to be targeted, how they should be targeted, budget, etc. all of which depends on the nature of the advertisement.
Regarding the type of message to be delivered, try thinking from the point of the buyer. What will encourage him and catch his fancy. Note down points what the customer expects from the company and what advantage will he have when dealing with the company. Effort should be made to retain viewer or listener’s or reader’s interest in the advertisement until the end. This procedure is known as message selection.
After creating the outline of the picture, pick lines that will actually attract the buyer. The message shouldn’t be long enough to bore the customer. Some advertisers are under the impression that more the matter written, the better the message delivered. Usually they fear that they don’t miss out any information. This does nothing but decreases the effectiveness of the ad and customer is left unsatisfied.
For example, the heading of the ad shouldn’t be just “We Sell Clothes”, which is too precise. The liking of the people should be studied and the headline should be designed such that the buyer feels that his needs are met. It should also take into consideration seasonal changes like If the season at that time is summer and there are lots of beaches around that area, the heading of the ad should be something like “Summer Clothes for Sale” or “Get the heat off – Buy Swimwear”. The body of the ad should talk of the needs to switch to summer clothes like cotton clothing. It should discuss the health point of view too, like cotton cannot be used as swimwear as it will cause contamination, therefore the swimwear is made of synthetic material. Also include lines about swimwear for overweight people.
Ads are either traffic builders, relationship builders or reputation builders. Suppose the budget involved is less, the target should be relationship builder. Because once the customers are established, they will start trusting the company and won’t switch to other companies. According to research it takes ten percent less resources to retain existing customers than attracting new customers. If the focus is on brand recognition, the ad should be traffic building.
The next point is whether the advertiser wants quick results or long lasting results. If quick results are desired, then a time limit should be levied. Like in case of seasonal sales, the purchaser hurries to take advantage before the offer is over. So quick results are expected in this case. But the disadvantage with advertisement with time limit is that the purchasers are bound to forget about the product or the company within a short period and it doesn’t creates a deep impact on the minds of the buyer.
Competing against rival company’s ad also contributes to a successful
advertising plan. The power of the message should be compared to that of the competitors’. It doesn’t mean that the advertiser should use the same plan like his competitor, it would look like imitation and effectiveness will be decreased. But the ad should be planned smartly via a different and effective path, to out-do the competitor’s advertisement.
The description of the product is also very vital like suppose an ad is made for a restaurant, it will get customers immediately, if it is attractive. But if the ad is for a computer, it won’t yield immediate results, as it’s not every day that someone buys a computer. This is called analysis of the purchase cycle.
If targeting for a higher impact, newsletters are the best bet. But if the newsletters are sent to the real potential buyers, then this approach should be adopted for message delivery. It should only be opted after thorough analysis, no matter what the budget is. Another important point is to always hire a professional advertiser or an ad writer because not hiring one will sometimes be more expensive and result in more losses.
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