Teasers: The Revenue-Generating
Riddle
Over time, conventional advertising methods become less effective. People develop banner blindness and ignore standard ads. Competition is growing. Businesses are forced to invent new promotion methods. Today, teaser ads are gaining popularity due to their high clickability.
What is it?
Teaser advertising is a marketing message where the main goal is to grab attention, create intrigue, and then reveal the answer. Teasers are most often used to launch a new product or service. They are also used to drive impulse purchases and simply create demand in the market.
The effectiveness of this type of advertising can be compared to that of PPC (pay-per-click) advertising. This can be achieved by carefully selecting advertising platforms and applying precise targeting.
A bit of history:
It is believed that teaser advertising was invented in America in 1906. That was when the first ad campaign utilizing intrigue appeared. Historically, one condition has been established—teaser advertising has a sequence. First, a question appears, tasked with sparking curiosity and interest. The next stage is the revelation of the secret. These campaigns can be one-day events, where the mystery and the reveal happen almost instantly. For example, a curiosity-inducing headline on the first page of a magazine with a caption below it reading “answer on the last page.”
What does it look like?
Most people, when they hear about teaser advertising, immediately imagine flashing pop-up windows that are annoying. This is not quite true. Teasers developed by professionals do not evoke negative emotions or the feeling that someone is trying to trick you.
Teaser advertising is mysterious and provocative, often accompanied by discussions and debates regarding the answer. Then, everything falls into place after the brand is revealed.
There are special networks for placement where you can choose the platform and targeting criteria to make the ad campaign as effective as possible.
Teaser ads can appear on any medium. For example: in one city, chalk outlines of silhouettes appearing to have fallen out of windows started appearing on the pavement with the caption “Mom was washing the frame.” A local company was promoting its windows this way; shortly after, billboards appeared with the slogan “Our windows don’t need washing” and “Take care of your moms.”
Who is it for?
It depends on your business niche. If you sell specialized equipment or a specific product intended for a narrow segment, you are better off choosing contextual advertising. However, for mass-market goods, teasers are exactly what you need.
Imagine the competition for a query like: “inexpensive reindeer sweater.” You will simply get lost among similar online stores even using contextual ads.
Teaser advertising will cost you significantly less.
The teaser format gives free rein to your creative brain. With its help, you can create such an enticing campaign that every hipster will want to buy an “inexpensive reindeer sweater” from you.
Useful Tips
- Advertise affiliate services only on teaser networks relevant to the topic. Promoting affiliate offers on generic teaser networks often becomes a big mistake. Beginners advertise excellent affiliate products on a standard teaser network, but unfortunately, the webmaster doesn’t understand the product and cannot determine its target audience. Most teaser networks allow you to select a topic. The webmaster must precisely understand in which website categories impressions will occur, and where your specific target audience hangs out.
- It is crucial to thoroughly work out the ad campaign. Create attractive copy, but do not deviate from the topic of the advertising message. And do not deceive people. You don’t need to turn the ad into something virally scandalous; this will attract attention from the wrong audience, and as a result, you will get empty clicks.
- Analyze. Check the effectiveness of every teaser, where bot traffic is coming from, and which clicks bring sales. Monitor the productivity of texts and images. All of this needs to be tested to select the one that corresponds to your target action.
- Avoid the aggressive “Call to Action” screams that are often present among amateur teaser advertisers.
Conclusion
There are many people online who cannot distinguish a site menu from an ad block, and this, of course, works in your favor. But you should understand your target audience and avoid writing clichéd headlines. Do not try to hard-sell or push. Show some imagination, break all advertising templates, because creativity is subject to no limits.
