Are you using sampling in your marketing efforts? Ad Age had a quick article on some of the sampling efforts being undertaken by major marketers this summer.
What’s old is new again. Is it better to hit a prospect with 3 to 5 impressions and tell them about your product or is it better to put the product in their mouth or on their skin and show them how great it is?
If you think about it, the Web 2.0 technique of giving away your entire product dates back to the days of the local shopkeeper.
Back in the day, the general store owner would give you a taste of what was in the barrel to get you to purchase the product. Now, digital products and services providers allow you to use virtually all of their services free of charge, with the hope that you’ll come back repeatedly and purchase the premium (paid) product or generate pageviews to generate advertising revenue.
Sampling’s an old marketing technique, but it’s taken hold in Web 2.0 products and, with the advent of more granular tracking tools, is becoming more popular with traditional CPG.
As Winston Churchill once said, “The further back I look, the further forward I can see.” What other “old” marketing techniques can you think of that can be resurrected in your marketing efforts?
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