People have new wants and needs every day: Very few people have a need for any specific merchandise item on any given day. Frequent marketing reaches this “thin market” when they are ready to buy, not just when you are ready to sell.

Reaches your customers – regardless of media habits. Frequency builds awareness. Awareness builds familiarity and familiarity builds trust. Conventional wisdom says that your audience needs to be exposed to your ad 2.5 times to sink in and build awareness. Just like dieting, advertising gets the best results over time. Each ad builds on prior brand recognition.

Offers you the best rates. Most media today offer significant incentives for increasing frequency. Whether these incentives are for repeating an ad in a certain period, contracting to run a certain amount of space over time or investing a certain amount of money, media outlets recognize the need for frequency and encourage customers to use it.

Today’s ad may influence, but tomorrow’s will close the deal for a  luke warm prospect. Like pushing a ball up a hill, it is better to push slowly than to push quickly and run out of energy halfway up. However pushing the ball up hill in the wrong season may not give you the reward you desire. Remember a consumer needs to see your message at least three times before deciding to act.

Beat your competition. If you are not advertising as much as your competition does, who is more likely to reach the consumer who is ready to shop?

Every day You: Open your store. Keep your shelves stocked. Have your staff come to work. Shouldn’t you invite customers in by advertising frequently? Advertising is one of your smallest expenses. Yet, not using it often enough can kill your business. For the average business, the investment in advertising could be as low as 2-3 percent.
24-hour options: No longer must you wait for tomorrow’s paper to get your message out. You can now send targeted marketing messages almost instantly to customers that are in the market to buy. Deadlines are now when ever you would like them to be, so the excuse of missing deadlines just does not have to occur.
Build marketing campaigns on your schedule.

Higher than average results. A study by Information Resources Inc. in the 1990’s indicated that base sales and price elasticity change over time with the pressure of long-term advertising. Brand equity grows with increased advertising. Furthermore, the long-term effect of advertising led to a brand being less price-sensitive. This phenomenon has not change in the complex media environment we now live in. The more the consumer knows the brand the less scrutiny it will have when regards to price and quality.

Cut through the clutter: Mohammed Ali did not become heavyweight champion of the world by punching 20 people one time each. No, he became the champ by punching one guy 20 times. By applying frequency to the poor opponent’s head, Ali was able to bring his message home. In today’s media environments this is easier than ever, with analytics and targeting opportunities with Mobile, web, and direct mail targeting

People Forget: What are the statistics about how fast people forget? It used to be that something like 80% forgets a message in 24 hours. But, I forget.