Minggu, 13 September 2009

Should You STOP Spending Money For Advertising in a Recession?

Each Business owner needs to watch every penny these days, spending money in a recession is a difficult thing to do. But, what about spending on advertising?

When difficult financial times occur, business owners need to make some tough decisions. Yet, eliminating your advertising budget may not be in your company's best interest. In many cases your direct or indirect advertising will drive sales to your company. If that advertisement is no longer in the paper, on the radio, or visible by supporting your local little league team, it can be very difficult to find additional sales.

Even in bad economic times, you still need to be in a growth push. One advantage you should have in these challenging economic times is that many vendors will be willing to negotiate cost with you. You should be able to find some good advertising deals to keep your costs in line. If your business situation is real bad, and the idea of spending any money for advertising is not possible, then wait until it is. If you need to walk away from advertising for now until things improve, then do so. When you eventually do get back to advertising, you should start slow and carefully.

There is one key point to keep in mind about advertising. Make sure you test and monitor what advertising vehicle is bringing you the business. This is important so you are not just spending your dollars on 3 or 4 advertising campaigns and not knowing which ones are working and which are not.

Thus, if you need sales, and most businesses do need to grow, then investing in some form of advertising is a good approach. Make sure to only spend what you have available in your advertising budget.

Denise Willow writes for several websites and contributes to others. She focuses on Business and Fashion items. Here is one of her websites: http://www.mylaptopcomputerbags.com Here is another: http://www.flatwallets.org

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