62 Ways to Advertise Your Business

by Sheldon on 27 January 2010

Cinema

1. Pre-movie Advertisements
2. Product Placement in-movie

TV

3. 15/30 second Television Advertisements
4. Infomercials
5. Programme Sponsorship
6. Television Interviews (“Public Relations”)

Newspaper

7. Regional Community Newspaper – freely distributed
8. Regional Daily Newspaper
9. National Daily Newspaper

Radio

10. 15/30 second Radio Advertisements
11. Radio Interviews (see “Public Relations”)

Outdoor

12. Ummmm (*Tom D to fill in soon*)
13. Billboards
14. Video Billboard
15. Bus shelters
16. Bus backs
17. Truck sides
18. Car signage
19. Outdoor signage on your building
20. Posters around town
21. Free standing at the mall
22. Hot air balloons / blimps

Mail

23. Addressed Mail
24. Un-addressed PO Box Mail Drop – Flyers/Postcards
25. Un-addressed Residential Mail Drop – Flyers/Postcards

Direct Marketing

26. One to one sales calls (in person or on the phone)
27. Telemarketing surveys

Online

28. Text Ads (eg Google Adwords)
29. Organic Search Engine Optimisation
30. Banner advertising (banner, skyscraper, applications/software eg msn messenger)
31. Email Marketing / Newsletters
32. SPAM
33. Directories (eg YellowPages online, NZS.com, Finda.co.nz, Trademe.co.nz)
34. White papers / e-books
35. Blogging
36. Social Networking sites (eg Bebo, Facebook)
37. Contribute to Special interest forums (eg Google Groups)

Magazines

38. Gossip style Magazines (eg Woman’s Day)
39. Industry Specific Magazines (eg Needles and Pins weekly)

Printed Directories

40. YellowPages
41. Local Directory

Website

42. Your website
43. Campaign specific mini-websites

Sponsorship

44. At Sports venues (paint the field, billboards, signage around the field)
45. Of Charities

Branded Objects

46. Pens, Coffee cups, T-shirts, bags, clocks etc

Public Demonstrations

47. Set up at the mall (or in the supermarket)

Guerrilla Advertising / Alternative Advertising / Stealth Marketing

48. PR stunts
49. Word of mouth
50. Viral (video, email, postcards, CD’s)
51. Legal graphitti
52. Chalk on the sidewalk
53. Logos in the snow/sand
54. Flyers under car windscreens
55. Video projection onto side of building
56. Night-time shop window video or laser light show
57. Sponsored humans

SMS text messaging

58. SMS text messaging

Public Relations

59. Distribute press releases (for print & online publication)
60. Or Contact Journalists/Reporters directly with something newsworthy

Tradeshows & Expos

61. Exhibiting at Tradeshows and Expos

Seminars

62. Seminars

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1 Tom D 28 January 2010 at 2:10 pm

Yes, number 12 ;-)

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2 Sheldon 28 January 2010 at 2:41 pm

Bugger, I was wondering why my list went from 61 to 62 when I copied it from my draft…

I hand-coded those numbers too.

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