Wednesday, April 30, 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 has been challenging for the publishers and the editors on what steps they have to do for marketing. Before making any newspaper marketing steps, one has to plan it carefully on what steps they have to take in order to market their product. Doing the proper step on marketing would help your gazette relay its news to a lot of readers.

A kiosk can be a great tool for marketing your newspapers. The news stand kiosk should be in a place where there is a lot of people. You can place them in commercial areas like the mall. You can also have some of it at train stations or bus stops. The news stand should have a sign which can easily be seen. If you have kiosks that sell your paper exclusively, why not try painting it with colors that would match your paper. You can provide the salesman with some t shirts with your logo.

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.

There are publishers who use fake names of people in the testimonies. But it would be more powerful to feature only real names and real stories of success. Do it as often times to be more persuasive to advertisers.

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.

Make a request to the owners of the firms who have advertised on your papers if you may post your gazette sign around their establishment. They will possibly agree to your request. These firms paid to advertise on your papers so they would also like it if others will notice the ad they have.

Newspapers have always been a medium of conveying information to others. Now, with the advanced technology, you can use the internet to search for information you like to know about. Marketing it properly will help your newspaper compete with the technology nowadays.




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