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We all know that advertising is something we need to do to get our websites in front of as many targeted people as possible but are you wasting money on some methods? Sure, there are plenty of great ways out there that will help you bring in customers, but some are outdated and need to be avoided while others need to be used right away before they begin to get saturated.
Advertising methods that are almost dead will likely bring in some traffic and sales, but your money would be better spent elsewhere due to the higher ROI potential. Old business owners won't venture online as much as younger entrepreneurs, and this is likely one of the reasons small mom and pop shops are being killed. If you're not evolving, you're not going to profit as much, and your business will likely fade away.
Below are some methods you should keep working on, some you should stop now, and others that are on the rise.
Advertising that still works
Below are three methods that still work when it comes to advertising.
Shopping Ads
Whe9n you go on Google for something like "Best Hand Bag" you will likely see shopping ads sitting at the very top of the results. People love clicking on these because they see the image of what they could buy and they will know what they're going to see on the page before clicking.
Shopping ads have a higher CTR because they're usually right on top of the results, but the conversion rates tend to be pretty well since people are clicking through after they already liked the item you're promoting. If you haven't experimented with shopping ads, then I highly suggest you give it a shot and let it run for a few weeks while you optimize it
Basic PPC Ads
These are ads from platforms like Adwords and Bing ads, just like the shopping ads, and they tend to work pretty well. If you're publishing these ads for physical products, you'll likely show under the shopping ads, but that doesn't mean you won't get clicks.
These ads tend to work better for something that doesn't have to compete with shopping ads, and this is because you will usually show at the top of the results when the shopping ads aren't there Something like a consulting firm, SEO firm, plumbing company, contractors, etc. If you have a service, these ads are suitable for you to use daily, so try them out and see what happens
Opt-In Email Advertising
A lot of people say email marketing and advertising is dead, but those are usually the people who try to rush it and end up spamming people. If you're building a list naturally and sending out quality emails, you will see a better conversion rate at a much lower price, and this will create return customers as well. The only downside to this method is that you need to invest more time into it than the setup phase. Unlike PPC campaigns that can be set up and monitored, you need to work on your email marketing and advertising every day or week if you want it to be as good as it can be.
Advertising that is almost dead
Below are four methods of advertising and marketing that are likely going to die soon, because their conversion rate and ROI are extremely low.
Commercial Advertising
Think about it, how many people are subscribed to HULU or Netflix and don't even see commercials? Many people who are also watching TV don't pay attention to the ads running because when their show goes to a commercial, they tend to pick up their phone or get off the couch and do something for those three to five minutes the show isn't on lol.
So, commercials ROI isn't there, which means the pricing for this should drop, right? WRONG! It's been increasing due to the fact many companies aren't going the commercial advertising route. The television companies need to charge you more due to other people not signing back up.
The only reason you should be thinking about a commercial advertising your business is if you're paying millions of dollars to show it during the super bowl or world cup. Any other time you advertise with a commercial, it won't be profitable.
Billboard Advertising
This is similar to commercial advertising since it's an older method and it's not performing as much as it use to. Think about it, how often are you looking up at the hundreds of billboards you pass every day on your way to work or on a trip? Not very often, I would assume!
Billboards don't have a very good return rate, and they can't be tracked for performance, but you can think about how many advertisements you remembered on your way home from work and figure they don't work lol.
Banner Advertising
One of the saddest things for online marketing is that banner advertising has been going down slowly due to people developing banner blindness or millions of devices having ad blockers that won't show your banners. I used to use banner advertising all of the time ten years ago, but now I only have a few running and bringing in traffic. It simply just doesn't work the same as it use to, but it still has some life left, but I don't see it being a quality source of traffic in the next few years
Snail Mail Advertising
Not only is this type of advertising expensive, but the return rate is also horrendous, and that means you'll likely waste money on advertising that you won't be able to get back. One of the ONLY ways this will work is if you have the funds to do online marketing, get people to submit their info with an address, and ONLY mail those people who showed interest. This method works great if you have a business that asks people to submit their Name, Email, and Address on a form to get something for free.
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