To attract the public’s attention, you can do online advertising or street advertising, known as out of home (OOH) advertising, which is an alternative to television or internet advertisements and is a way to reach all types of audiences. We explain what it is and all the advantages of this type of advertising.
Definition of out of home (OOH) advertising
Out of home advertising is that type of advertising that takes place outdoors and in public spaces and which aims to capture the attention of customers outside the home. Advertisements that are installed on street furniture, such as benches or bus stops, or on billboards and signs, as well as in other spaces enabled for this, would fall within this category.
This type of advertising aims to attract the attention of passersby, who will be able to remember that advertisement only if it manages to impact or surprise. This means that not everything works in OOH advertising.
Main advantages of OOH advertising
We highlight how advantages of advertising out of home that:
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Can reach a large audience in an effective way, since outdoor advertising spaces are usually placed in strategic and visible places.
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It’s immediate because it delivers the message quickly and directly.
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It is not as annoying as digital advertisingwhere today there is saturation.
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It works even better if it is located close to the point of salesince it encourages the public to consume.
With all these advantages, it is clear that it is worth considering the introduction of OOH advertising in a marketing campaign.
Examples of OOH advertising
Out-of-home advertising is considered advertising that, as we have already mentioned, appears on any type of street furniture, buildings, billboards, signs… And the more ingenious this advertisement is or the more striking, the more impact it will create on the public.
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Dulcolax, for example, took advantage of the cylindrical shape of a column to simulate a finished roll of toilet paper to reference its effects.
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Another example is the campaign launched by Ax in which it took advantage of the windows of a building to simulate a calendar. In this way he was referring to the duration of the effects of the deodorant.
But in addition to these two examples, which stand out for their creativity and ingenuity, all those that are shown on the streets will be considered OOH advertising.
Difference between out of home and digital out of home (DOOH) advertising
In addition to out-of-home advertising, there is also out of home digital advertising. Unlike OOH, DOOH is that which is displayed on dynamic billboards. In this case the ad is multimedia content that is projected through screens. One of the main advantages of this type of advertising is that it can launch several simultaneous messages. Of course, like OOH, it is also shown outdoors.
Out of home ads sometimes have a high cost, but on some occasions they have proven to be much more effective than any digital marketing campaign, so it is worth considering this option.