How to Create a Moving Billboard for Your Small Business - Creative Marketing with Car Wraps

By Stan Neal


The biggest obstacle for a small business is brand recognition. Large corporations get their brands out to the consumer through expensive ad campaigns, but most small business owners cannot afford those flashy campaigns. If you own a small business or are starting one up in the near future, you will have to get creative if you want to get your brand out to the masses.

Businesses looking for marketing opportunities that they can actually afford naturally turn toward car wrapping. This simply means you go to a professional service to turn your vehicle into a moving billboard. Even if a business budget is too small for billboards located on popular highways, most budgets can make room for a vehicle to be decorated for promotional purposes.

Once a vehicle is properly branded, exposure for the business is gained every time that vehicle hits the road. You can guarantee that others will see your vehicle and then think of your company when they need to hire a service or purchase a product related to your business. The downfall to stationary billboards is their limited exposure, due to being located in one spot only. Your moving billboard will get tons of attention from a variety of streets and neighborhoods, and it can be every bit as flashy and eye-catching.

Car wraps can be used for company vehicles, and that is the traditional use for professional gain. You have probably noticed company logos and professional designs on cars while you were out on the road, right? These moving signs can be for the most ordinary businesses, but they catch your eye on the road. How convenient is it when you are in need of a particular service or product, and a company vehicle offering those products or services happens to pull up beside you at a light?

One of the more recognizable brands to effectively use this form of advertising is the Best Buy Geek Squad fleet of cars. This is a massive company with adequate funds for major advertising campaigns, but they still make use of wrapping their cars in a noticeable manner. Wherever the Geek Squad heads, people see that brand name. You can guarantee they get business from their car wraps, or the company would not continue to pay for this type of advertising.

Many small businesses don't have company vehicles, but that doesn't mean this form of creative advertising is off limits. It is now quite common for business owners to have private vehicles wrapped for professional gain. You may want to go more flashy and creative when coming up with a design for a wrap on your personal vehicle, since you have more freedom of expression on a private vehicle. Even if you have business vehicles to be wrapped, you may choose to wrap a personal vehicle in a splashier, more fun design.

Local advertising is more difficult today, since many of the traditional forms of marketing have become useless due to technological advances. For example, you may not get much response from an ad in a local newspaper, since so many people get their news over the internet rather than from the local paper. Advertising through the internet is catching on around the world, so companies have to get creative with their local offline promotions. Car wraps allow you to make one investment and achieve long term results without relying on technology.




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