Push marketing is a very popular, and traditional, method of promotion. Here’s how it works. Someone has a product or service they want sold, so they go out, and they “PUSH” the product to the public. They make it so you see their product, whether you wanted to or not.
That doesn’t mean you are interested in actually buying it, but they pushed it in front of you, so at least you know about it. Examples include advertising through commercials, newspaper ads, pop ups on websites, people in the food court who shove food in your face and tell you to sample it, etc. In all of those examples, you are being interrupted from what you’re trying to do, because someone is pushing their message to you. Push marketing frequently targets the general public. The target audience can be more specific, but it usually has more of a shotgun style approach.
The person in the food court offers samples to everyone. They don’t know if the people walking past just finished eating, just started eating, are just passing through the food court, are going to the restrooms, if they are vegetarian, etc. They simply want to get the message out that they have great chicken teriyaki. If they get the message out to enough people, it will hopefully stick with someone, and result in sale for them. Who is push marketing supposed to target?It’s suppose to target anyone who could be a customer.
Yeah, it’ll get pushed to people who don’t care about what you have to offer, but at the same time, it will most likely be pushed in front of your ideal customer or client. First, do a little investigation to see where you can promote yourself without having to break your bank. Is there a news source your potential customers or clients frequently visit?If so, see if you can advertise with them, without having to break the bank. If you can’t find a good inexpensive option, and you don’t have thousands of dollars to throw into advertising via television, magazines, billboards, radio and other push marketing platforms, perhaps you can focus your marketing efforts with a “Pull Marketing” approach. It just so happens that countless businesses have been perfectly capable of becoming successful via pull marketing, rather than just push marketing.
Absolutely not!Push marketing pushes marketing messages upon people and tries to push the people to make a purchase. Alternatively, pull marketing focuses around the concept of having your potential customer or client come to you. You pull them in. You don’t push them in. Remember when I told you about the samples at the food court in the Cordova Mall in Pensacola, Florida?Well, I recommended them to you.
Maybe you’re reading this, and as a result of my recommendation, you’ve decided to go find the Asian restaurant I talked about, and you’re going to become their customer as well. You didn’t discover them and learn about their double meat teriyaki meal because they pushed it on you. Rather, they pulled you in, through word of mouth marketing from me. Pull marketing is sneakier than push marketing. With this style of marketing, you make it so people want your product or service. You position yourself in a way that will make people come to you.
Building a word of mouth campaign isn’t the only way to execute pull marketing. In a future post, I’ll give you more information about pull marketing, which is usually much more cost efficient than push marketing and can be done by anyone, regardless of industry or marketing budget. Joshua Lyons Marketing, LLC was established in 2015. Since that time we have provided digital marketing services to business and professionals. We help our clients increase their online exposure as a means to increase sales and revenue.
Our core services include search engine optimization SEO, website development and content creation. We also provide other online marketing services, such as email marketing, marketing consultations and various types of advertising. Our team is based in the Milton, Pace and Pensacola, Florida area. However, we work with clients throughout the United States.
