In my advertising campaigns, is it better to provide more or less information in my ads and why?

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Nimo Ponifasio, Aff (New Zealand) Top Author Forum Guru 1/1/2015 11:43 pm
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When advertising SFI/TripleClicks, you have something to tell the world.

The world however (internet, newspaper, flyers, posters, radio etc..) is full of people like us, all shouting out messages about our own news/products/jobs etc. There is so much competition for the consumer/clients attention that if we want to standout and be read or heard, we have to be innovative and be very clever about our message and how we deliver it.

People don't have the time to listen or read
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 12/31/2014 5:34 am
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Less information is better. Here's why...

Marketing professionals say you have at most 7 seconds to catch a viewers attention, or they will move on.

A successful ad will contain just 4 key elements;

1. An attention grabber
2. A brief statement of what you are offering
3. A reason your viewer should have it (lifestyle enhancement)
4. A call to action

If you look at the advertising campaigns run by successful businesses, they try to catch
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Jacqueline Granger, Aff (Pennsylvania, US) Top Author Forum Guru 12/31/2014 8:37 am
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Great question.

In my opinion, I think that you could provide less information, but...with great details.

Be creative, but at the same time, you want to Attract attention and than you would want Action to be taken.

Be Direct and Honest and to the Point, no sugar coating is needed.

Certain advertising gives you an limited amount of space and others will give you an unlimited amount of space.

Use this space very wisely and get right to the point
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Gliceria Pritchard, Aff (Australia) Top Author Forum Guru 1/2/2015 3:33 am
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Many advertising guru in our business are unanimous in saying that less is best when it comes to advertising.

And the saying that less is more is very effective if you use very catchy and interesting words that describe what you are promoting.

Depending on the purpose of your ad, you will use short keywords that will stand out.

One such ad I saw years ago that really caught my eye and interest and stayed with me till now was: “This one’s for you”. I saw
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Sule Yesufu, Aff (Nigeria) Top Author Forum Guru 12/31/2014 2:05 am
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What determines what you put in your ad is where you are placing it and the message you want to convey. It is therefore not a clear-cut thing to simply say put a little information or plenty of information. If you are advertising online particularly on free sites, you are severely restricted to the number of words the site will admit from you. That clearly determines the amount of information you can provide. You may not really have much of a choice about how much information you can provide because
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Emily Bernstein, Aff (Alabama, US) Top Author Forum Guru 1/2/2015 8:12 pm
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Good question!

When you go shopping, what grabs your attention...look and think about what I just ask. You will be surprised.

You must get their attention and how you do that is find out what they are looking for, what they need, then fill that need and bingo! you have a new recruit.

If you cannot fill their need, you might as well quit wasting your time and theirs...

You don't fill their need with a bunch of words about how great we are....you find what
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 12/31/2014 2:00 am
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Generally with Advertising - Less is More

Advertising is generally used to arouse interest and enter potential contacts into a sales or registration process be it online or offline.

A lot of advertiser make the mistake of trying to explain everything on an add the same size as a business card.

What you really want is the person to click and continue to the next part of the sales process.

So sell the carrot which includes strong emotional Headlines and
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 12/31/2014 4:38 am
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In this case less is definitely more.

If you decide to read something and I put a book in front of you as well as an advert full of information - which one are you going to pick?

Where ever you advertise - put yourself in the reader's position. if I can use myself as an example. I would take a magazine or newspaper and only read what I am interested in. As for the adverts - there's a few things that will make me look at an advert. This is also the case of online adverts.

1.
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3372 votes
Dr Sudhanshu Pati, Aff (India) Top Author Forum Guru 12/30/2014 10:30 am
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Tricky question indeed. I would suggest a Ad with less or more info depending on where I am publishing.

1. Short Ads on Traffic Exchanger, PTC etc.
These are the places where people join only for generating credits or making money. The amount of time they need to stay on your Ad is usual in the range of 10 to 20 seconds. So , It is very much unlikely that they will go through a long info you have provided in your Ad. I suggest you to provide a short however, extremely precise Ad containing
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Abe Taddesse, Aff (Washington, US) Top Author Forum Guru 12/30/2014 12:10 pm
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Hi Alma,

It is always better to give as little as information
on your advertising for few reason, also
If you look SFI swipes they are short and sweet.

Here are two examples.

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