Banner marketing can be a powerful way to promote your products and services to local customers, at trade shows, and at events. Teardrop banners stand out and get noticed; and large banner printing is cost-effective so you can reach hundreds or even thousands of potential customers for minimal investment. Use banners to fuel sales with the following five tips for effective banner marketing.

1. Feature a targeted message and promotion

Start by developing a targeted message or promotion for your banners. Consider who your customers are and what they want: how do you fulfill their desires, solve their problems, or otherwise make their lives better? This should be the foundation of your banner message. Be sure to define exactly what you want customers to do next: visit your website, call your number, or stop in at your brick-and-mortar location, for example. You should also tell customers why they should take your requested action immediately – you might offer a time-limited discount, for example. If your banner message reveals how customers can get what they want, why they need to get it now, and why they need to get it from you, you’re off to a great start.

2. Keep it simple and memorable

Keep your banners simple and memorable to maximize their effectiveness. That means short, bold headlines that command attention and stick in customers’ heads. Rhymes and humor can be effective tools that help customers recall your banner later. Keep in mind many people won’t give your banner more than a passing glance, either by necessity (when driving) or distraction (at an outdoor event, such as a concert). Thus, you have to make your banners visually compelling, simple, and memorable. Limit the amount of text on your banners so they can be read and understood at-a-glance. Make your call to action short, sweet, and memorable: you might even create a special URL or phone number that makes it easy for potential customers to remember how to follow up. Don’t overload your banners with information; if your banners can be digested in under two seconds and remembered two hours later, you’re on the right track.

3. Craft an attention-getting design

Your banners must feature an attention-getting design in order to get customers to read them; it stands to reason they have to be noticed before they can be understood and acted upon. Some ways to command attention with banner design include:

• unique and unexpected images

• large, bold headlines

• contrasting colors

• large dollar signs, percentage symbols, and “free" text

You don’t have to incorporate all of these into a single banner design; in many cases, simple text-based banners can be just as effective as banners that feature creative artwork.

Effective banner marketing requires intelligent, targeted placement. There are two ways to target banner placement, and both strategies can be effective: you can place banners to achieve the greatest possible views, or you can place banners to reach a well-defined audience. For the former, busy traffic intersections, shopping districts, and community events can help your banners reach hundreds or even thousands of people every day. Some of those people are likely customers, and so this strategy works. Let’s say you sell running shoes, so you print a banner promoting a special discount sale and place near a busy intersection. You can reasonably assume a lot of runners will drive by it every day, so your banner should send customers to you. For the latter, niche events, trade shows, and places customers frequent provide fewer views, but that’s offset by advanced targeted: your banners and teardrop banners are always in front of likely customers. If you sell running shoes, you might place banners at 5K races in which everyone is a potential customer. Since banners are relatively cheap to print, you can employ both strategies to maximize your reach with banner marketing.

5. Print quality banners at discount prices

Speaking of printing, it’s important to print your banners on quality vinyl, vinyl mesh, or canvas material with UV-resistant inks. Doing so not only increases their longevity, they make your banners look amazing – which in turn makes your brand appear trustworthy. Pick the right banner material for your distribution strategy, then print premium quality banners at discount prices to maximize your return on investment. Banner marketing isn’t rocket science, but it does require some thought in order to get the most bang for your buck. Apply these five tips to print effective teardrop banners and hanging banners that drive legions of customers to your business. Start your banner marketing campaign with Asset Print.