~ Exposure

In addition to advertising, you should also network and contribute to message boards. The more times you and your site are seen, and more trusted you are, better your sales will be.

There are many more tips for gaining vistors and exposure, these are just two benifits you should expect from advertising.

It all comes down to fact that as much as we would like to think so, people don't really need $50 Austrian crystal wine glasses. There are simply too many product and vendor substitutes to command purchase of even avid wine drinkers.

Pull advertising, on other hand, has been extremely effective at acquiring profitable traffic. When someone does a search online for terms such as “wine decanters” we have found that these people are ready and willing to spend money very first time they visit our site.

If you are fortunate enough to sell a product or service that falls into ‘need’ or ‘unique’ category you may be able to take advantage of all of push and pull media outlets available to your industry. Your job will be to simply find which advertising channels offer you best return on investment.

Be realistic and objective about your product. In order for small company push marketing to be effective you must be selling either a universally desired or a truly unique product.

Is your product or service so desired or unique that by simply introducing it to your audience you will be able to acquire a sale? If not, you should work to maximize your exposure in every single pull advertising vehicle. You may grow a little slower than you would prefer, but slow profitable growth is always better than going out of business while waiting for an ad campaign to pay off.