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·                Online advertising is enormous: According to Netcraft Ltd May 2009 survey there is an extra 4.3 million sites since last month. With the internet constantly expanding it is slowly taking over the world. If your business is not on the internet then you are missing out on the internet’s advertising potential. We now spend a large proportion of our day on the internet, due to using it at work, for research, buying products, chatting and playing games.

·                Online advertising is targeted: Online advertising targets its desired audience. With the help of tools such as Google AdWords which advertises your business to your potential customers who have typed one of your selected key words into Google. Your advertisement will appear in the sponsored links on the right-hand side or at the top of the page and you only pay when someone clicks on the link to your website. Another form of online advertising is Search Engine Optimisation; your website is optimised and appears in the natural listings on the left-hand side of the page. You have to pay a monthly fee which ensures you hold your top position in Google and other search engines. Traditional forms of advertising such as television and radio only target a small proportion of your audience and can be extremely expensive.

·                Online advertising is easy to track: Traditional forms of advertising is extremely hard to track and keep a record of, however online advertising with the help of statcounter.com enables us to see who has visited our sites providing us with details to help us form a monthly progress report.

·                Online advertising is more accessible: Having a limited budget means you can’t advertise using the traditional forms of advertising such as television, radio and newspaper advertising, but you are able to advertise with ease online, either through pay per click, banners or SEO methods.

·                Online advertising targets a vast audience; even the world: It is easy and inexpensive to advertise you business or product online, as it is a global network. However, traditional forms such as radio, television and newspapers are extremely hard to do unless you visit each and every country, have access to a translator and of course lots of money!

One way of gaining an advantage in business is through tactical use of business advertising. Superior marketing and business advertising makes your potential customer conscious of what services or products a business has to offer them. Advertising is essential if you want to accumulate customers. Individual advertising methods can be used to gain a head start on your competitors. You can be more successful and increase your sales by using a better marketing strategy than your competitors. But you must also be aware that your competitors may be doing exactly the same thing, so it is advisable that you always have a counter plan in place. Your presentation in advertising is what gives you the best advantage against your competitor. We are all aware that intelligent advertising can catch the public eye but the product that you are advertising must be of good quality in order to keep the customers. What you must remember is, potential clients are going to be more open to direct marketing in the present financial climate as they are always seeking more information before they make a purchase.