by anton | Dec 26, 2014 |
Having a call to action in your Mobile Advertising is a must, but having the right one is even more important. The internet makes it possible to get more creative with your instructions than traditional advertising methods because it allows us to share content more easily. So, what can you direct mobile users to do? Visit your website This is probably the most popular call. If you have an online store on your website – even more so! Your website functions as your company’s central point of contact and contains all the info a consumer needs to get in touch with you. So instead of wasting your limited ad copy on all your contact details, simply refer consumers to your website. Watch your YouTube Video Having a YouTube video that describes/ demonstrates your products or services is an excellent marketing method. People love visuals! You can even take your television ad and easily upload it to YouTube. Put a link to your video in your Mobile Advertisement for an impressive call to action. Follow you on Social Media Social Media is a great platform for customer relations as well as marketing and research initiatives. But, people can be lazy and they don’t necessarily want to search for your channels or retype a URL they found somewhere. Take them directly to your channels by supplying the links to your accounts in your Mobile Advertising copy. Supplying it via SMS also creates an opportunity for an existing customer to forward it to a friend who is not yet a follower. Install your app Mobile applications can help to make a website...
by anton | Dec 24, 2014 |
All marketers know that an advertisement (no matter if it is printed, on the radio, appears on television or the internet) always has to have a call to action. How does it work if you have chosen Mobile Advertising? Can you do more with your call to action, or are you limited to a few standard choices? Let’s talk first about what a call to action is. In a nutshell, it is the instruction you give a viewer or listener at the end of your ad. This instruction tells the consumer what you want them to do: call you, go to your website or visit your shop/ offices. You want the action to compliment your ad and, of course, it has to make sense. For example: if you have an in-store promotion, you would encourage consumers to “get to XYZ grocer right now” instead of having a line such as “have a look at our cool photos on Facebook.” Your company’s Facebook photos might gain you more Social Media followers (not the aim of your ad) but it won’t encourage people to rush to your shop to buy products. That is why it is important that your advertisement’s call to action is a true reflection of what you want to achieve. The next question is: what can you do when it comes to Mobile Advertising? What can you instruct consumers to do? The good news is: you can do more than you can with traditional advertising! The sharing of links in particular can make your mobile ads unique. Think about it: brands rarely share links in traditional ad copy...