Monday, July 28, 2008

All About Airplane Banner Towing

By Samuel S. Peters

Every company advertises. Some rely solely on word of mouth ads. Others glut the reader with information. Advertising is expensive and it requires great planning to use these dollars wisely. Simply put, sometimes a few words can go a long way.

Banner advertising takes a short message a long way. An airplane flies over a crowd of people with a banner or billboard streaming behind. The message is concise, the competition gone, and the readability impeccable. The simplicity in turn means less cost and greater effectiveness.

Because a banner ad is simple, it is much quicker to produce. Once the idea is in mind, production is under way. This cuts costs and time.

Unlike a "traditional" ad, banner ads convey only enough information to get the customer interested. When the customer inquires further, then further facts, figures and benefits can be conveyed. But the primary goal with airplane advertising is to get them interested.

Banner ads have one drawback, namely, their success pivots on a few words. These words must convey the message desired in a way that will be remembered by the audience once they are home. It is more difficult to convey the message in a few words than to ramble on in a longer ad. Radio and TV ads try to name their product 5 to 7 times in a minute or less. Banner ads don't have this luxury. It may be said several times as the plane flies back and forth, but it is the same message each time.

Contrast this to traditional advertising which uses a multitude of words to convey facts and figures designed to attract a customer to their product. Though such ads are expensive, there is no guarantee that the ad will even be read. Yes, this information needs to be conveyed, but why pay to get it to a multitude of uninterested people?

Banner ads streaming behind airplanes have an inherent demanding presence. Who can ignore the sound of the plane and the novel streamer in the sky? As the customer reads it, a need comes to mind. The repetition of multiple passes reinforces this answer to the need. Once home, the need brings to mind the ad and further inquiry is made. If this additional information is vital to the customers, many have coupled banner ads with printed ads to multiply the effectiveness of both.

Customers respond to banner advertising. Studies have shown they pay attention to the banner ad unlike any other ad, and they remember it long after it's out of sight.

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