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Secrets of Successful Yellow Pages Advertising

Author : Avery Manko

Year after year the yellow pages are full of ineffective ads.
Follow these sure-fire tips to better your response and get more
for your advertising investment.

1. The size of your ad depends on 3 factors: your budget, your
competition and your current staffing situation. If other
advertisers under your heading all have simple listings or small
ads, consider the possibility that the public is not going to
the yellow pages to find your product or service. However, if
your heading is dominated by large ads, you should consider
doing the same if you want to compete. Research confirms that
most yellow page users choose larger ads. If your budget cannot
support the investment of a large ad, consider buying the
largest ad you can afford and fill it with ad copy or keep a
minimal yellow pages presence and put your money in some other
advertising media. Lastly, even if you have the budget for a
large ad, it will do you no good if your office is not staffed
with personnel to answer the phone.

2. Color in your ad will attract more attention - only if it
appears on a page in which all or most of the other ads are
black. Of course, the yellow pages cannot guarantee placement,
so your investment in color may not be as effective. You're
better off using that money for a larger ad or some other
advertising medium.

3. Ad copy is probably the most important element to a
successful yellow pages ad. When the public goes to the yellow
pages to search for a company to fulfill their needs, they are
serious buyers and are in the latter stages of the buying cycle.
Think of the questions people are asking when they call and
tailor your ad to answer them. Don't worry about cluttering up
your ad with copy - this may prevent the prospect from moving on
to the next ad.

4. Avoid having the yellow pages design your ad. The designers
at the yellow pages do an adequate job; however, they have three
shortcomings: they know nothing about your business and could
care less about it, and they design many ads each day and this
may result in most of the ads looking the same. For about the
cost of one month's yellow pages ad, hire a professional to
create your ad. You'll get professional advice and someone who
will work with you and find out about your business and your
goals. The result will be an ad that incorporates that
information with knowledge and experience of advertising.

5. Make sure you track your results. Your staff needs to be
familiar with the ad and its copy. That way they know what
questions to expect from callers and how to answer them. Train
them to ask callers where they got your phone number or, if you
expect walk-in business, ask them why they stopped by.

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