May
14
Every healthy company advertises. Some rely solely on word of mouth ads. Others glut the reader with information. Advertising is expensive and it requires great planning to use these dollars wisely. Simply put, sometimes a few words can go a long way.
Airplane banner towing takes a short message a long way. An airplane flies over a crowd of people with a banner or billboard streaming behind. The message is concise, the competition gone, and the readability impeccable. The simplicity in turn means less cost and greater effectiveness.
A simple ad means it can go from idea to production much quicker. At the most a banner ad is one sentence. Therefore, once this sentence or phrase is chosen, its production can get underway. Think how simple proof-reading is!
Unlike a “traditional” ad, banner ads convey only enough information to get the customer interested. When the customer inquires further, then further facts, figures and benefits can be conveyed. But the primary goal with airplane advertising is to get them interested.
An aerial billboard or banner ad has one drawback, namely, its success pivots on a few words. These words must convey the message desired in a way that will be remembered by the audience once they are home. It is more difficult to convey the message in a few words than to ramble on in a longer ad. Radio and TV ads try to name their product 5 to 7 times in a minute or less. Banner ads don’t have this luxury. It may be said several times as the plane flies back and forth, but it is the same message each time.
Contrast this to traditional advertising which uses a multitude of words to convey facts and figures designed to attract a customer to their product. Though such ads are expensive, there is no guarantee that the ad will even be read. Yes, this information needs to be conveyed, but why pay to get it to a multitude of uninterested people?
There is something about a banner flying behind a plane that demands attention. People hear the hum of the engine and look up. During the 17 seconds the banner is visible, they may read the message several times. If it returned, it will probably cause them to recall the message. By the time they get home, the sight of a plane will probably bring the message to mind once again. This recall is virtually free advertising. Yes, the information in a printed ad is often needed. In such a case, the banner ad can be used in conjunction with a printed ad, multiplying its effectiveness.
No one can doubt that an airplane banner is effective. Studies prove that. Banner advertisers pay to get their message to a large group without competition, and many will remember that message long after it has disappeared over the horizon.
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