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A good advertising campaign is one which reaches out to a large segment of the targeted audience, gets the message across clearly, and shows results. A successful campaign would often require a mix of the different advertisement mediums to get the best results out of the campaign.

The best way to advertise your business, if you can afford it, is the television. A huge number of people watch the television everyday and you can easily reach out to them using this medium. It offers you to be highly creative using audio and video both to get your message across. But with the large number of advertisements being shown on television, it is imperative that you get your advertisement on in the prime times and also that your advertisement is something which is appealing and engrossing.

Apart from television, you can advertise your business in newspapers and magazines. The newspapers and magazines should be chosen keeping your target audience in mind. Again, an attractive advertisement is required to keep your reader interested in reading all the material there is.

Radio advertising is also a popular form of advertising, where again the prime time matters a lot. People driving to work and back, late night listeners, daily joggers, you need to keep your audience in mind, and obviously your budget, before choosing the time slot.

You can have your advertisement put up on banners along the roads. Good spots are banners on roads which see a lot of traffic so as to get the best results out of your campaign. Giving away freebies like promotional pens are also a good way to generate more awareness about your brand. And if you have the means, you can also look into aerial advertising, having your banner fly behind a plane is a definite way to grab attention.