Advertising can be anything from your shop sign or a website, to an advertisement in a trade magazine or a 30-second radio slot.

• Advertising can provide basic facts such as your website address and contact details
• Advertising can increase ongoing sales by telling potential customers about your product or service
• Advertising can tell customers about changes to your service, new product launches and improvements
• Advertising can increase your short-term sales with a specific one-off message — informing people of a special offer or a particular benefit of your product
• Advertising can prompt specific action — getting customers to visit your premises or website, or use a discount voucher by a specified time
• Advertising can remind existing customers about your business
• Advertising can change people’s attitudes and perceptions of your business
• Advertising can help to create or develop a distinctive brand for your business to help you stand out from your competitors
• Advertising can put your business at the front of people’s minds, ahead of your competitors
• Advertising can generate awareness of your business
• Advertising can develop a particular market niche or position

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