“Creating awareness” is one of those phrases you hear a lot, but it’s always seemed wishy-washy to me. It’s like the second cousin of marketing or the next door neighbor of branding.
I imagine a meeting after an awareness campaign going much like this:
Q: “So, how’d it go? Did we get more sales?”
A: “No, sales are flat.”
Q: “OK, well, how’s traffic on the site?”
A: “Unchanged.”
Q: “Really? Did we see any benefit at all?”
A: “Totally! Apparently, people know we exist.”
Q: “And…”
A: “That’s it. We did it! WOO! WOOOO!”
“Oh.”
Maybe I just don’t understand it, but perhaps, going forward, we’ll all be a little more aware of awareness.
This article, “Promotion Off the Beaten Path” was first published on Small Business Trends
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Evangelina Gius 