What About Fashion Business Advertising?
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fashion Business Advertising
Fashion advertising is a hot topic – common questions I get asked by retailers are – "How can I get more customers?" or "Where should I advertise?" or "What do you think of this advertisement?"
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If you have an established retail fashion business (clothing, footwear, jewellery, etc) seventy percent (70%) of your advertising dollars should be spent on re-selling to your existing customers. Why? |
It’s 5 times easier to sell something else to your existing customers than to get a new customer.
And yet I see most retail businesses spend thousands of dollars in the media trying to get new business – only to forget all about those people after they buy. If you were to communicate to your customers and ask them to buy again, you’d see an almost magic increase to your bottom line. Done correctly, this always works better than chasing new customers.
Listen, next time you are going to run an advertisement in the newspapers promoting a sale or whatever, try this. Reproduce the advertisement and send it to your existing clients. Attach a note saying . . .
"I thought you may want to see this, come in the day before to get your best pick of the bargains. Regards . . . "
This will work wonders if your sale has a genuine appeal!!
Article originally published: October 7, 2009 by Mark Fregnan. Updated: September 27, 2010.




