by Tim Whiston
http://internet-marketing-course.timwhiston.com
© 2007
Statistics tell us that in the U.S. alone, the
average person is exposed to 3,500 ad impressions per day. I’m
not talking about the average Internet user seeing banner impressions…
I’m talking about the typical citizen seeing billboards,
TV commercials, email promos, branded coffee mugs, etc.
And most of the ad impressions we see on a daily
basis are not direct response promotions. A billboard on the highway
is not necessarily placed to make us stop right then and there
and purchase a new couch, nor is a ballpoint pen with the name
of a local bank likely to make us rush over to the nearest branch
and open an account spur of the moment.
But all of these impressions do take their toll
on our subconscious minds. Think of the first names that come
to mind when I mention:
- Soda
- Fast Food
- Software
I’m willing to bet 90% of the folks who
read this article came up with the same three companies. The other
10% are just flakes or people who are trying to be difficult.
;o)
So there’s the proof that branding works.
And did you know the company or trademark with
the highest brand awareness percentage always outsells the second
and third ranked companies combined? Pretty amazing isn’t
it?
In a national survey 99.2% of the participants
said they are more likely to buy a product or service based on
the first company or trademark that comes to mind when it’s
time to purchase!
Effective branding increases profits, period.
And you don’t have to be a mega-corporation to leverage this
knowledge.
Get yourself a logo and place it on all your
business cards, web banners, etc. and then get these tools in
front of as many people as possible.
Talk to your local broadcasting company about
radio ad packages.
Have a T-shirt shop print you up a few hundred
shirts with your logo and then give the shirts away to high school
kids at a homecoming event.
These are just a few suggestions right off the
top of my head.
The idea is to get your logo and/or your name out there and keep
it out there.
Stay consistent! Once people see you or hear
about you enough they begin to associate you with the product
or service you offer, and this will greatly increase your chances
of being called on when these people are ready to buy a product
in your field.
