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Kaye Z. Marks is a writer and an observer. She is continuously fascinated with the developments in commercial color printing technologies, which greatly help in the marketing and advertising campaigns of small to medium businesses. |
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How to Market With Suspense the Right WayDoing the right suspenseful marketing Kaye Marks
April 08, 2008
One of the ways a promotional campaign can become effective is if
consumers are actually waiting for your product and service to be
launched in the market. This is called “anticipation marketing”. It is
building your new product or service to the public by getting them
hooked with curiosity. It starts from pre-announcement up to the time
your product or service is launched.
The key to marketing your
business with suspense is to flash an idea to your target market and
then pique the curiosity of your audiences. You might want to do an
initial distribution of color printing ads that will announce your new
product or service without actually giving your target clients an idea
of what it is going to be. After numerous distributions, you may want
to start on your next campaign in your marketing arsenal with some
information on what they should expect without giving away anything
definitive yet.
This way, you keep them interested, enough to
get them tuned in to your next ad. The bottom line is to give them
information a little more each time to get them hooked to your message.
What
does that do? It keeps your clients and prospects excited and as
interested about your new offer even as early as your pre-launch phase.
Indeed, you can keep them interested throughout the entire pre-launch
period until you can finally unveil your product or service to get your
target audiences hooked, if your product is any good, that is.
To
help you work on an effective “anticipation marketing”, these
suggestions may be considered in starting your marketing campaign:
Do
not rely on a one-time success deal. Avoid aiming for a one-time
success that will not even get you remembered by your target clients
after your campaign is completed. You have to aim for getting clients
and prospects to return to your shop to buy more of your product or
avail of your service. This should be your focus when doing your
promoting. Your repeat business should be increasing steadily from the
beginning of your project until it is finished.
Do not be a
tell-all when marketing your product or service. Remember that you are
building anticipation here. The more reason that you should not tell
everything until the day that you will introduce your product to your
clients. When you do, your audience would more likely than not be at
your front door even before you are open for business.
Do not
keep your audience waiting for far too long than necessary. Dragging
your marketing campaign forever will only get your target audience
frustrated. What is worse is that they might decide to just forget
about it and move on to another product that can satisfy their
curiosity.
Do not be afraid to get out of the box. Be creative.
Use your imagination to pique the interest of your target clients,
instead of using the phrase “coming soon”. This has been used for so
long that consumers do not even get excited by it anymore. If you want
people to feel the suspense of waiting for your product then use
something that would definitely grab their attention.
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