Small Biz Tip: Newspaper Advertising

Posted by Kim Fenolio on Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Tips from Tuesday, May 5, 2009

 

Today’s Small Business tips will cover taking advantage of the fact that 57% of adults in the U.S. read a newspaper daily.

 

  1. Newspaper advertising is sold by the column inch and different classifications may have different rates.
  2. A smaller advertisement run repeatedly does better than a larger ad run less often.
  3. You can't afford the same old newspaper ad these days. Design and word to evoke emotion for attention! Motivation for action!
  4. Talk with your newspaper staff to locate your local target audience; pay for that circulation.

 

Daily Overview: As always, you have to provide value and build trust. Get attention, create desire & ask for action repeatedly.

 

I post small business tips on my Twitter account each day, Monday through Friday. This is a reposting of those tips.

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Kim Fenolio

Kim Fenolio is America's Best Companies' Interface and New Media Manager. She's been in new and social media since before the terms were coined. She's an expert in the field and at teaching people how to harness its power for good. Contact Kim via your super powers or through email. Contact Kim

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Tuesday, May 05, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Jay Ehret says:

Great tips for newspaper advertising. Newspaper is a good medium when you want to appear credible and authoritative. It's also a good medium if you are trying to reach the married, over 45 demographic.

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Kim says:

Jay,
Great points about appearances and demographics. There are so many more things to consider in newspaper advertising. I'm glad you brought a few forward!

-Kim


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