Saturday, May 3, 2014

Steps On Doing Newspaper Marketing

By Eloise Hewitt


A newspaper has given great help to people who wants to be updated on the latest happens in their area or even around the world. But, nowadays, the newspaper is getting replaced by televisions and by social media networks. Because of this, selling newspapers have been difficult for its publishers.

It will always be a challenge for a publisher or an editor on how they will do marketing. Before doing any newspaper marketing, one has to carefully think of ideas on how to market it. Doing the right marketing step will help their newspapers convey information to a lot of people.

News stand kiosks can be used as a tool to market your newspapers. It should be in an area where there is high activity or there are many passersby. You can set up some kiosks in the mall and other commercial areas. Set it up in the train station or beside a bus stop. You should place a sign on the kiosk which can be seen right away. If there are news stands that is exclusively selling your paper, you can paint it with colors which matches your paper. The salesman may wear a shirt with your logo on it.

You can make suggestions to your writing staff that they should make an account on any social media network. This is a way to share to others how great your staff could be. There are those who are not fascinated on current events but also find interest on what others do. Make sure that you also create an official account for your paper. Use the existence of social media to your advantage.

There should be an area in the gazette that contains testimonies from the advertisers you had. These testimonies should be about how they became successful after posting their ad on your paper. These testimonies would convince other to also have their ad on your list.

Some publishing companies are using fake names in the testimonials. Still, it is more persuasive if the ones featured are stories from real people. Do these feature as many times as you can to persuade other advertisers too.

A contest would also be a good way to advertise it. You can hold a story writing contest from time to time and then give assurance to your readers that the winning stories will be published. You do not have to tell them which stories would be featured so that they will constantly buy and read to look for the winning stories.

You can ask the owners of the establishments who placed their ads on your published product to place a sign of your newspaper outside their stores. They would always be willing to do this. They also want people to see the ads they have paid for in your paper.

A newspaper is one of the mediums that we use to keep ourselves updated. With advanced technology these days, one can easily browse the internet to read for updates. Making the appropriate steps on promoting your gazette would help you catch up with technology.




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