Advertising in the business world is something that most businesses cannot do without because businesses leverage on any and every opportunity to sell.
Advertising is used to raise awareness about a business or product, build a brand and position a company, product or service against the competition for them to have an advantage.
Advertising promotes strategic messaging or information and increases awareness within the target market. Several advertising media are used to deliver the advertisement to the market. E.g Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, social media handles.
It is important to know which platform will be best to reach out to your intended audience.
Read along to get the importance of advertising:
1. Retains customers
Advertising is a way to remind your customers that you still offer the services you do.
When they keep seeing or hearing advertisement that concerns your product they are likely to remain loyal customers. But when a business is not heard of for a very long time, another company that is offering similar foods may take over the market space.
2. Boost workers morale
Workers tend to be more confident working with a well-known company. Most workers who work in high profile or popular companies like Dangote or Shell are proud of their work and Workplace.
This also applies to a worker who gets feedback because the company where he/she works was seen on the basis of advertisement.
3. Increase Sales
Advertising boost sales to a very high percentage, because it draws the attention of people to know about a product.
when a particular product keeps appearing on the television always or radio or social media handles, buy may begin to consider buying from them. Products that are well known has a higher probability of making sales than unknown products.
4. Product comparison
Since it is not only one product that is being advertised, advertising gives customers the choice to compare and make their choice. People are forced to compare your service/products with that of your competitors.
This works well especially when it has to do with products with visual evidence like household cleaning items.
5. Increase awareness/visibility
Advertising makes your product known, when people keep seeing it every day or keep hearing about it every day, it gains visibility and can be easily recognised.
6. Promotes business
Advertising promotes Business in no small measure. During adverts, Business owners pitch their products in ways they can that would make them sell. Thereby convincing people bro buy from them and trust their product.
7. Reaches to a larger audience
Advertising makes your business reach a larger population, especially when you leverage on all advertising space like television, newspapers, magazines, radio, social media handles and any other platform you could think of.
8. Reaches your target audience
Because advertising reaches a vet large population, there is every tendency that it reaches your target audience.
Everyone who sees the advertisement may not be your target audience but the fact remains that your target audience will be part of the people to see it. Even if it is a child’s product, their parents will see such products.
