ADVERTISE | SEVEN REASONS

106.5 The Severn is an ideal vehicle for advertising your business, here's seven reasons why you should advertise on The Severn...

1. Radio offers efficient targeting
Radio targets audiences efficiently because different stations attract different listeners. This allows advertisers to talk selectively to the groups they are most interested in.

2. Radio reaches people at relevant times and places
Most radio listeners are engaged in another activity, and this means that advertisers can reach listeners at key “touchpoints” – when they are on the school run, surfing the internet, before going out on Friday nights, and so on.

And now that radio can be heard on mobiles, on the internet etc, these touchpoints are becoming even more widespread.

Research shows that advertising which is relevant to a listener’s other activity is over 60% more likely to be recalled.

3. Radio reaches out in an ad avoidance world
Research shows that radio, together with cinema, has the lowest level of advertising avoidance – people rarely switch stations, and are available to listen to any message that is relevant, creative, intriguing etc. This is a great opportunity for advertising who want to reach out to new customers, or to tell existing customers something they didn’t know.

4. Radio has a “multiplier effect” on other media
Radio’s way of multiplying the effect of other media is a feature of multi-media research studies. Radio’s multiplier effect seems to originate in the fact that it is an audio-only medium, and therefore stimulates a different part of the brain.

5. Radio creates a large “share of mind” for a brand
In the same that radio stations create chart music success, they create a sense of ubiquity for a brand. This is for two main reasons – firstly, because radio ads are on frequently, and secondly because listeners tend to spend so long listening (on average 14 hours per week).

A brand which is big in radio can create a disproportionately large share of mind for itself.

6. Radio drives response, especially online
Radio has always been a strong “call-to-action” medium, and this is even more true in a world where consumers access brands via the internet. Recent IAB/RAB joint research revealed that at any given time a fifth of internet surfers are listening to radio – so they are a click away from interacting with a brand.

7. Radio is “a friend”
Listeners use radio for emotional reasons – to keep their spirits up, to stop themselves from feeling bored in a car or isolated while doing daily chores. This leads to them seeing radio as a kind of friend, and this is a valuable context for an advertiser to appear in.

It is even more powerful when advertising extends through into branded content – sponsorships & promotions. When a radio station presenter talks about “our friends at Company X”, the listener is hearing about a friend of a friend – this has a strong effect on bringing a brand closer.

Contact the Sales Team Tel: 01743 28 49 40 Fax: 01743 28 49 44 E-mail: sales@thesevern.co.uk Post: The Severn Sales, Abbey Studios 13-14 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 4DN