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Corporate Balloon Applications

The Applications for a Corporate Balloons are only limited by one’s imagination.

What an excellent addition to existing marketing efforts, setting the company apart as a leader.

Some ideas for using an Aerial balloon follow:

Targeted Marketing

Industry Events

As a Sales Tool

Media Coverage

Special Events

Community Involvement

Memorabilia

Summary

Targeted Marketing
  • Aerial Publicity’s nature allows the sponsor to reach distinct markets while providing major visibility.
  • This market saturation would be extremely difficult for a competitor to surpass.
  • Floating Images can inflate your Corporate Balloon & be ready in 30 minutes to create a seven-story billboard.
  • Be readily & quickly transported to another event or location: e.g. Stadium, City or along major traffic routes.
  • No major cleaning up or dismantling time and bills etc. Definitely environmentally friendly.
  • Competition themes & Trade Promotions can be developed around them.
  • Although difficult to determine, the DAR (day after recall) of a Balloon can be assumed to be greater than other forms of outdoor media.

Industry Events

  • Using Balloons, new products and services can be launched, where they will maximise promotional impact and are impossible to ignore.
  • Point of sale impact can be heightened by their appearance.
  • Receiving unsurpassed attention at trade shows, conventions & other industry events can dramatically increase corporate profile, commitment & entertainment.

As a Sales Tool

  • A balloon flight is a unique gift, anyone can buy a client’s dinner.
  • Many minor or major Sales, will be a direct result of these balloon flights.
  • Clients can be given & shown that special attention.
  • Offering a balloon flight to key clients, managerial and sale representatives will lead to successful business.
  • For great motivation and incentive, for those who have met product sales or performance, etc.

Media Coverage: The Media loves a balloon!

  • The unusual nature of hot air balloons means that they attract exceptional media coverage in their own right in the form of extensive press and TV coverage.
  • The media shows great interest in covering balloons due to their uniqueness and human interest.
  • From live Radio broadcasts from the balloons as they fly over major cities, to local & national Television, various Magazines & Newspapers colour photos and articles.
  • Marketing & Management Agencies understand that the coverage the Balloon receives is of primary importance to the Sponsor and their Image.
  • Marketing and Balloon Teams will work closely with the media by providing press kits, balloon flights and interviews whenever possible.
  • The future efforts will result in prime coverage in newspapers, local and national coverage on television and radio.

Special Events

  • Additional exposures at major sporting, musical & cultural events, airshows, or outdoors or charity events, etc.
  • You can choose an event that has demographics that match your target audience.
  • You will achieve major exposure as the balloon will stand out from the activities the spectators are expecting to see.

Community Involvement

  • You can position yourself as a supporter of Charitable and Community organizations by participating at their special events with your balloon.
  • Make the Balloon the special event for either the Charitable or Community you wish to support and benefit.
  • Provide demonstrations and sponsor packages to children’s hospitals or schools while in the local community.
  • These last two suggestions are Prime Media Bait that’s beneficial to your CORPORATE IMAGE!
  • More and more companies are aligning themselves with Not for Profit Organisations in cause related marketing activities.
  • This is one more avenue to maximise the relationship and the visibility.
  • Discuss with Floating Images for some exciting and interesting program ideas.

Memorabilia

  • Media, VIP guests and Spectator giveaways can include photos, stickers, T-shirts, caps and balloon pins, etc.
  • The balloon team can carry these to be distributed to the Media, VIP guests and viewing public.

 

Summary

As you can see a Hot Air Balloon Marketing Programme can be utilized in many ways.

 

It can become one of the most Powerful and Flexible Marketing Tools

by virtue of its Impact and Adaptability.

 

All that will be left of your Corporation’s Presence is your Image.

 

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