How Does Advertising Help Promote A Product?

Advertising acts as a bridge between the product and the customer. To promote a product, it's important for it to reach it's targeted customers and advertising is a medium between the two.

1. Advertising is the only medium you can control – if you want your message to hit on the day a product launches or event is about to happen, this is the only vehicle you control completely.
2. Advertising allows you to target ideal customers only – when you match a very personal message to a very select audience you get a far greater connection.
3. Advertising creates awareness for your content – The force that drives a great deal of conversion andtrust building these days is educational content – ebooks, seminars and blog posts – advertising is a great way to help get that content found and consumed once you’ve gone to the effort to produce it.
4. Advertising adds credibility to your message – Don’t ask me why this is exactly, but every time I run advertising people comment that business must be going well. The perception that you can afford to advertise is often enough to sell and resell prospects and customers alike and makes it easier to get attention for your entire message.
5. Advertising amplifies everything else you’re doing – When you are using advertising to create awareness for your content you automatically create more awareness for everything you are doing. Journalists find companies that advertise, referral sources remember companies that advertise, people fan and follow and friend from ads, and employees can point to well-placed ads as a source of pride in the place they work.