Advertisement can be through different media, verbal like radio ads, visual like paper, TV ads and print. Probably, the most used means of advertisement in Nepal in the past decade was TV. Why? The reason is quite simple, the melo-dramatic 'Saas-Bahhu' serials.
But the scene isn’t the same, at least in so-called metro
cities of Nepal like Kathmandu, Pokhara, Dharan, Chitwan. People aren’t into
melo-dramas as they used to be. So, there is a rise of a new media for
advertisement in Nepal as well – Facebook. Looking at the market of Nepal, I
have listed down these 5 reasons of why should you advertise your products on
Facebook.
1. Huge user base (around the world)
(Data source:
“Number of monthly active Facebook users worldwide as of 4th quarter 2016 (in
millions),” op cit.)
Look at that
data. See the number? Yes, that is the total number of Facebook users around
the world. Now, think how many users can you reach via Facebook versus the
number of users you could reach by other media.
Also think how easy is it to reach international market via Facebook .
Also think how easy is it to reach international market via Facebook .
Now coming to
our Nepalese context, there are 75 lakh Facebook users. With proper Facebook
marketing and paid service, you could reach so many users just with a single
click; no hassle of printing papers and all.
2. Mobile Audience
If the goal is to digitize marketing, why not advertise through company websites or similar? Why Facebook ?
49% of
Nepalese population have access to the internet according to the data above,
out of which, 62% access internet via mobile phones. This is a 26% rise. And
with a 22% rise, the percentage of tablet users has reached 2%. While there has
been a -27% fall in the percentage of laptop users. This clearly indicates the
rise of mobile and tablet users rather than laptop and PC. It means, people
using websites to browse through advertisements has decreased and will decrease
in the coming years as well. People use mobile phones often not to browse websites
or ads but to use Facebook. So, Facebook can be a good platform to make a
massive reach.
Source: contentmarketinginstitute.com
Source: IrishCatholic.com
People are on
Facebook, almost all the time. Why? This is a new type of addiction, addicted
to being social on the virtual platform, addicted to being accepted by huge
virtual society.
It is easier
to catch one minute of your potential customer (that he/she spends on Facebook)
via Facebook than through other media.
5. Re-marketing
One
of the big advantages of using Facebook is the easiness to re-market your
content. It is always there, somewhere. You can just hit that share button. The
print media can be lost, or worn out. The TV Ads are very expensive. The ads on
Facebook never run out of fuel. They are always there for the customer to
explore, for you to re-advertise.
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