Importance of Advertisement

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Advertising is one of the most important things present in or society today. Advertising helps to keep the consumers informed about whatever new products or services are available in the market at their disposal. It helps to spread awareness about products or services that are of some use to consumer and potential buyers, and overall, advertisements are important to us in many ways. For example, firstly, advertisements are very crucial for launching (introducing) a new product, service and/or idea in the market. If advertisement of any concerned product, service and/or idea is done properly at a right place, through proper media, and within a specific time constraint, can attract new-customers. This helps to capture the market and increase sales of an advertiser, and hence contributes to the success of an event. Secondly, advertisements are the prime source of revenue for publishers of mass-media like newspapers, TV channels, magazines, websites, etc. The input cost involved in processing any valuable information is usually higher than its selling price. A publisher's cost rises due to various data gatherings and information-processing activities like research (investigation), professional writing, editing, proof-reading; publishing in form of printing or digital web hosting, and distribution. Advertising pays publishers their input costs and in return use their media platform as a medium to reach maximum people. Indirectly, because of it, customers of publishers (who are mostly readers and/or viewers) also get an affordable access (or sometimes even a free access) to high-quality information databases. Thirdly, they are important for sales promotions. Advertising is done to promote goods, services, ideas and/or events. Also, advertisements spark the interest in masses about advertised products and/or services of its advertiser. This interest creates demand in
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