Friday, November 6, 2009

How to take the unconventional Way of Brand Advertising?

Once upon a time advertisements were considered merely as a means of selling products. Their reach was limited to print media and television commercials. The world has moved forward and along with it the concept of advertisement has also gone through a sea change. Today it is considered as one of the most creative form of art work. As consumers and products have diversified, the medium of advertisement has also changed.
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Some of the major channels through which today products are advertised to consumers are Mobile Advertising, Internet advertising, SMS mobile advertising, Banner advertising and online advertising.

India today has the fastest growing cellular phone market. The call rates are lower when compared to any other country of the world. The customer base is huge overpowering the fixed line connection. Needless to say that under such circumstances mobile advertising is a rage with any company. SMS, MMS and mobile websites are some of the well known mediums of mobile marketing. SMS advertisement accounts for 90% of the revenue. The reason behind the success of SMS Mobile Advertising is that people tend to check their messages as soon as they arrive; their accountability is much more than any other media which goes unnoticed.

Talking about electronic mediums of advertisement the internet is surely one preferred medium. Online advertising has many benefits over the traditional methods of advertisement. The medium of web usually surpasses the geographical boundaries of space and time. The advertisement is truly global in nature. Internet Advertising can be target audience based. Target viewers can be narrowed down to a very small niche depending upon specifications. They are relatively cheap when compared with other means of traditional advertisement

Online advertising has got many tools out of these tools Banner Advertising are particularly very popular with advertisers and customers as well. Banner ads are generally clicked through ads that lead to the parent site directly from the advertised site. Their rates depend upon their size and content. Animated banners or banners with flash or music generally costs more than the normal ads. A good design and technical specifications are very important in getting good returns from banner ads.

As India is being recognized with time, advertisers are selling along advertising India campaigns. India is a leading global market. Indian economy showing upward trends with the per capita income going up steadily, today advertising India campaigns have made Indian companies as global brands rather than simply Indian.

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