Ads are everywhere. You turn on your television and there is a promotion about a product, you pick your mobile device and it’s a sponsored advertisement about a particular brand.
What then is advertising?
Advertising is the process of communicating your brand, products and services with your potential audience using different paid channels such as social media, media etcetera.
Advertising is a type of paid promotion that brings attention to your products and services, and it’s the crucial next step for making your marketing strategies work. It increases your exposure to help you achieve your business goals, whether you’re aiming to build your customer base or quickly grow your sales volume.
Advertising aids business growth and also helps your business thrive. It’s a way to amplify your business marketing, get it to the targeted audience and also help turn those audiences into paying customers.
Now that we know what advertising is, let us explore some reasons why it is important and why you should consider doing one for your business.
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It builds awareness for your brand/business:
One major result of advertising is the awareness it gains for your brand, products and services. Potential customers probably need to hear about your brand several times before they buy from you and advertising can help you achieve that.
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It helps you acquire customers:
The purpose of promoting our products and services is to gain sales. Advertising puts your business in from of potential customers and if the message is convincing enough, they get to purchase from you.
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It helps you educate customers:
Asides from building awareness for your brand, advertising can help you educate your customers about a particular brand, that is inform them of the benefits and also show what your business/ brand stands for. This will increase your visibility as an industry expert while also driving consumers to learn more about your brand.
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It helps you stay ahead of the competition:
No matter what business you do, there is going to be competition. These are the people also competing for your potential customer’s attention. Now, the major importance of advertising is to put you at the top of the minds of these customers.
We hope we are able to convince you and not confuse you that advertising is an important part of your business.
