Aerial Advertising - The Most Memorable Means of Mass Advertising

By Samuel S. Peters in Advertising on April 17th, 2008

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by Samuel S. Peters

Advertising is usually a big budget item for many businesses. Most agree that word-of-mouth is the most effective method but it takes time to build up a good foundation of happy customers.

Therefore, some turn to high cost radio and television ads, aimed at a local community. Polls determine the number of people watching and this determines the price of the ad. However, too often channel surfing during breaks in a program cause these numbers to be inflated. Printed matter puts a coupon or offer in hand, that is, if they actually read it. Internet advertising is growing in popularity but may reach a much larger market than a local business wants to pay for.

One novel plan to quickly and effectively inform a local population of a product or service is aerial advertising. A firm is hired to make a large banner with a concise message and then to trail this message behind an airplane flown over a beach, sporting event, concert, parade or any open sky gathering. The people hear the drone of the plane, look up, read the ad, and the message is delivered. Does this sound expensive? It is actually more cost effective than most of the methods of advertising mentioned above.

Aerial advertisers claim that their method reaches more people in a more effective way for much less cost than other traditional advertising methods. For example, a few years ago a particular Miami beach was targeted for an aerial ad and then 2000 of the people were surveyed thirty minutes later. The result was that 88% of the people were aware an ad flew by, 79% could recall the product or service, and 67% could recall at least half of the exact message. Could the printed media or radio and TV ads match this effectiveness at a reasonable five dollars per thousand people targeted? While some spend as much as 20% of their budget on advertising, aerial advertising can reach as many people for only a comparable 8% of the same budget.

It works like this. The drone of the plane in the sky causes people to look up. There, behind the plane, is a banner flapping in the wind and displaying a large, readable message, product, logo, or website. Curiosity sets in. “Who hired this plane to tote their message?” “Who is going to pay so much to get their message to the public?” or some wonder simply, “What does it say?” For up to seventeen seconds the people watching can repeatedly read the ad. The message has been delivered.

For those concerned about the air pollution of the plane, consider in contrast the amount of land pollution resulting from fliers reaching the same number of people? Aerial advertising is non-invasive, without waste products, and proven effective.

Interested in using the most cost effective and memorable means of mass advertising to promote your business? Consider the huge advantages of putting aerial advertising to work for you.

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