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We all know the importance of Internet as a media of Advertising. Now day’s internet is popular way for advertising. There are lots of ways of advertising your products but contextual advertising is very famous these days.

Gone are the days when advertisers randomly placed banner ads on related Web sites in hopes of finding and attracting consumers. Contextual advertising on a website targets to that individual who is using or viewing the website.

Contextual advertising ad system scans the web page for the keywords and tries to return ads to web page relevant to what viewer is watching on web page. There are normally three types of contextual advertising, first one is pop-up or pop-under ads, second one is in-text contextual advertising and third one is in-line contextual advertising. Pop-up ads are very familiar to everyone because they have been near by of everyone for quite sometime. In this advertising a window with relevant ad for some products opens when a user reads a web page.

Second one is in-text contextual advertising; ads appear relevant to web page content which used by user. This type of contextual advertising is very famous and gives good results.

Third one is in-line contextual advertising, they are ads that appear as special hyperlinks linking to actual contextual ads and are found throughout the entire article being read.

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Introduction

Comparative advertising takes place when one trader’s business is compared to another trader’s business with reference to their trade mark or trade name. The advertisement usually presents comparisons of price and particular qualities of goods, intended to inform consumers that the second trader’s goods or services are somehow superior. The comparisons are most frequently made to the products or services of a leader in the market.

There are various ways in which a trader can undertake comparative advertising, including:

referring to a competitor by name;
referring to a competitor’s trade mark;
not referring specifically to the competitor by name, but referring to ‘the leading brand’ where consumers will know what that leading brand is; or
stating which products are compatible with those of a competitor and issuing a table listing the serial numbers of each party.

For years there have been a number of questions raised in relation to the legality of comparative advertising and whether it should be permitted. Fair and honest Advertisements did not cause any harm were therefore lawful. This position stemmed from the introduction of Comparative Advertising Directive (EEC) (Council Directive 97/55 amending The Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive (Council Directive 84/450) (the ‘Directive’) provides guidance as to the boundaries of comparative advertising and provide strict criteria that an advert must meet in order to be lawful.

Comparative advertising and the Directive on Comparative Advertising

Comparative advertising is defined by Article 2 of Directive 84/450 as:  Read more...

Advertising is a crucial part of any business, and is composed of several activities that help promote a product or service. Advertising makes use of oral or visual materials that address the public and try to influence them on their buying decisions.

More often than not, advertising generally involves an element of cost, although it is possible to do it for free if you know how to go about it. Free advertising is easier to get with an online business than a traditional offsite concern. Generally, however, advertisers will pay publishers or media and broadcasting companies to provide the advertising platform of a newspaper, radio or television.

What is Advertising

1. Advertising consists of written and oral messages that are directed to a target audience.

2. Advertising persuades the public to purchase a certain product or service.

3. Each advertisement is related to a certain advertiser who is selling the product or service involved.

4. Advertising requires the advertiser to pay the publisher in return for the advertisement.

In summary, advertising is any paid form or message that presents goods or services of a certain advertiser or sponsor, and should present the product in such a way as to persuade the reader or listener to purchase the product.

Objectives of Advertising

Its objective is to stimulate sales, create customer retention and increase cash flow. However it also be intended to brand a product, since branding can do more for sales than simply advertising it. When one thinks of specific items, they often think of a brand name rather than the product itself.  Read more...

Engaging in pay-per-click (PPC) advertising has its own benefits and drawbacks. But what exactly is PPC advertising and what it can do to your business?

Business nowadays is doing different kinds of austerity measures when it comes to advertising their products and services. This is because of high rates of placing ads on print and on television. But there is a fast growing approach that businessmen can utilize to bring their services closer to the people and that is through Internet Marketing.

One tool that is causing internet marketing popularity is PPC advertising. This is a technique used in search engine marketing that requires one to pay a fee every time someone clicks an ad on your website. Usually this placement is done through a bidding process. If you are a top bidder for your keywords/phrases, you are sure to be on the number one spot on all search engines. Just be sure of the effectiveness of your ad copy to get the most number of clicks you need for your business.

Here are the benefits of PPC advertising are:

1.    You need not be a genius in computer and technology to be able to run this ad campaign.
2.    Immediate results are seen after a few days.
3.    No need to make a website conform to the SEO rules.
4.    Nothing to lose even if you do not top the pages of different search engines. You can still always choose PPC advertising.
5.    You can make use any search engine available.
6.    You can type in any keyword you like.  Read more...

Advertising in Newspapers

Newspaper advertisements are as old as advertisement itself. Although, it’s an age-old method of advertisement, it still receives the same response and is highly successful. Both small and large businesses still choose this method to promote their products and services. Ask them and nearly hundred percent advertisers would select newspapers as their primary advertise medium.

In spite of registered decline in newspaper circulation numbers and advertisements featured in a newspaper, they are read by millions of people at their breakfast table. The rate of increase in price to place advertisements in newspapers is climbing rapidly when compared to radio, television and billboards. The main aim should be to get the desired attention from the advertisement and out do the competitor. Various factors should be considered and measures should be taken to ensure success, while keeping the cost low.     

Many advertisers, who advertise through newspapers, design their own advertisements without any prior training. This has lead to the rise of larger number of retailers who think that making an ad by them is the only way to get it right. This approach saves a lot of money and is good for small businesses, only if they reach to correct customers. The one time cost of placing a small advertisement is $150, so the measures should be taken to place them effectively. It isn’t necessary to have a full-page advertisement posted in the newspaper. If smartly designed, even half page advertisement can do wonders; the money saved can be used to advertise concurrently in other mediums like radio, websites, etc.  Read more...