Category: Bus Wraps

Between the size of buses, the breadth at which they travel, and the desire for bus riders and nearby drivers to engage with anything visually stimulating, bus advertising is a productive use of your marketing budget.  

At AllOver Media, we’re here to answer all of your transit advertising questions, and get you started on the path to bigger, better consumer engagement. 

So, Why Does Bus Advertising Work? 

The simple truth is that busses are hard to miss. Whether you’re in traffic or a stop light, a bus ad is sure to catch your eye. Buses travel on the road somewhere between 10 and 18 hours a day, usually seven days a week, which is ample time for your ad to be seen by many potential consumers. 

Repeated Exposure Works 

Buses give your audience the opportunity to see your message repeatedly, which gets ingrained in their minds. This means you’re more likely to come to mind when a consumer is looking to make a point of purchase! Plus, by traveling around different areas, it’s the perfect way to boost brand awareness, helping a wider and more diverse audience engage with your ad. In fact, individual vehicle advertising generates between 30,000 to 70,000 daily vehicle impressions.

External Advertising 

As you plan your transit advertising, you can choose to advertise on the front, sides or the back of the bus. Advertisements on the side of a bus are called King and Queen Signs, while those on the back are known as Tail Signs. 

Want to go even bigger? AllOver Media can help you rev up your Out of Home (OOH) advertising campaign with a full bus wrap solution. 

Placing your brand’s advertising on all sides of a passenger bus will effectively capture more attention, as it cannot be muted, flipped, or looked past. These larger-than-life advertisements cut through the ad clutter, so your message stays ahead of the competition as it is seen and shared with thousands. 

Let’s also not forget that having a full bus wrap makes it easier for pedestrians and drivers to grasp the purpose and message of your ad campaign in seconds, rather than having to lean in for a closer look, especially if your ad is on one side or on the back of the bus. Instead, you’ll be front and center and at the top of everyone’s mind. 

Quick Tips for Creating Engaging Transit Ads

When choosing the design for your external bus advertising, your best bet is to go with attractive visuals with concise messaging, as this is sure to capture and retain your audience’s attention. 

• Too wordy or murky and you risk losing your audience. 
• Creativity, bold colors, and easy-to-read fonts are going to help your advertising dollars go far.

Bus advertisements are a great way to reach more people, increase brand awareness, and get your message out to the masses! Have a message to share? AllOver Media would love to help you put it all out there. 

Contact us to learn how we can help!  

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Planning to launch a new product? Or need help positioning your brand, so it’s always right in front of all the action? Bus wrap advertising is an effective marketing solution to help you grab the attention of commuters, busy shoppers, pedestrians, and tourists in more places and in less time.

Bus wrap advertising has been around since the early 1900s, beginning with Milton Hershey of the Hershey Chocolate Company. Hershey was considered the first businessman to paint his company’s logo on the side of his vehicle, allowing other motorists and pedestrians to see his brand and think, “chocolate!” Since then, mobile billboard advertising has evolved and appeared on transit buses, metro trains, semi-trucks, and more to help businesses promote their products on the go. 

Why is Bus Wrap Advertising so Effective?

As with many Out of Home (OOH) advertising strategies, bus wrap advertising helps bring your brand directly to customers, where they’re more likely to engage (i.e. complete a purchase). 

For example, let’s say you’re planning to launch a new energy drink, and you want to get the word out to more people, specifically in targeted areas (metropolitan cities), where customers have a shorter distance to make a transaction. Having a mobile, visual representation of your product on display ensures more people see your advertisement and feel the urge to find out more (i.e. go to their local retailer to learn more or potentially make a final point of purchase).

Other benefits of bus advertising include:

• Because we live in a world of instant gratification, there are many other brands also competing for your customers’ attention. Bus wrap advertising allows you to seamlessly broadcast your products and services, using strong visuals and clear messaging, to engage more people on the spot, meaning you send the right message at the most opportune time for better engagement. 

• Let’s not forget that while walking or driving, customers are also more aware of their surroundings and are trying to concentrate on what’s moving in front of them. When they see your banner moving along the Metro area, they will instantly recognize your brand and form a connection.

• It’s estimated that individual vehicle advertising can generate anywhere between 30,000 to 70,000 vehicle impressions a day. Therefore, having your advertisement wrapped partially or completely around a bus can ensure that more people see your message and that you leave a lasting impression with them for the rest of the day. 

Creative Strategies for Bus Wrap Advertising

As mentioned, bus wrap advertising continues to grow and evolve in major metropolitan areas, meaning you have more creative options to consider when planning the design, layout, and implementation of your banner. 

Here are some of our favorite creative strategies to inspire your design:

Utilize Surroundings: This strategy is especially popular in Europe, where brands often utilize the places around the bus (e.g. doorways, tires, back windows, articulation joints, etc.) to creatively drive their message to the viewer. An example may include having the bus’ doorways create two separate images: one when they open to let passengers on and off and another when the doors close. This helps create excitement and more engagement for your brand that people can’t help but pay attention to. 

Clear, Simple Messaging: Though bus wrap advertising allows you to reach more customers in a broader area, you do have limited time to get your message across. Bus wraps with more graphical elements and less wording tend to engage customers more, as they only need to look at the advertisement for a few short seconds to make the connection to your brand and to the products/services you are advertising. 

Keep it Local: Another creative strategy might be to hone in on the local Twin Cities look and feel. When people see an advertisement that includes images or messaging related to their local area, they are more likely to connect with the advertisement immediately, as they already share something in common with your brand. This might include having verbiage that includes, “Minnesota’s top choice for…” or “The Best…in the Twin Cities.” 

Is Bus Advertising Right for Your Brand?

Having a larger-than-life advertisement can help you cut through the ad clutter and instantly connect customers to your brand. To learn more about the benefits of bus advertising, truckside advertising, mobile digital billboards for trucks, and more, contact AllOver Media today. 

As experienced OOH advertisers in the Twin Cities, we’ll help you build better brand awareness and ensure your message gets to the right people at the right time. 

We live in a world of instant gratification. If a song, podcast, or digital ad shows up on our smart devices, we simply hit select or swipe away to something we like better. For the customer, this is a convenient feature, but if you’re a brand or business trying to promote your products, it is often easy to get lost in the mix. 

A simple (and effective) solution to ensuring your brand attracts new and recurring customers is digital truck billboard advertising!

The truth is that most people are more familiar with this type of OOH (out of home) advertising than any other ad type. While sitting in traffic waiting for the light to turn green or parked outside your favorite retailer, you’ll likely come across a mobile digital billboard on the side of a truck or bus line, which, more often than not, will entice you to engage further with that brand or even purchase that product before heading home for the day.

Top 5 Reasons Why Digital Mobile Truck Advertising Works

1. More Brand Recognition: Digital truck advertising on the side of trucks helps get your brand’s message to more people, in less time. Let’s face it; it’s hard to ignore a 15 ft mobile billboard headed in your direction with your favorite brand promoting its new product. Mobile billboards on trucks allow more people to see your brand, more often, thereby improving brand awareness and recognition in more places.
2. More Advertising Options: Thanks to new advances in technology, mobile advertising doesn’t mean static mobile billboards. Now, you have the option of choosing LED mobile billboards that can feature videos, images, gifs—you name it; giving you more creative freedom to promote your brand and engage your shoppers!
3. More “Foot” Traffic: Digital mobile advertising is all about targeting your customers at the right time. In most cases, they’re already en route to their next destination. But if they see one of your digital mobile billboards parked outside your store’s entrance or cruising near a local retailer that sells your brand, the point-of-purchase experience increases exponentially!
4. More Control: One of the greatest advantages of digital mobile billboards is having the control of where and when you want your trucks to show up. This allows you to put all that digital marketing strategy to better use. If you know your target audiences’ age, demographic, and location, you’re better equipped to advertise in the right places, drawing in even more customers. And if a location becomes sparse throughout the day, you can quickly reroute your truck to hit denser areas where you’re sure to engage more customers!
5. More Reward: More research and studies on the impact of digital mobile billboards continues to demonstrate that this type of OOH ad campaign strategy is an effective, cost-savings solution for brands to promote their products and services. Referring back to the example of using other ad campaigns, such as digital ads for smartphones and devices that can get ignored or easily swiped away, mobile billboards offer a higher reward and return on your investment.

Partner with the Best in LED Mobile Billboards

Looking for a trusted partner with a strong portfolio of successful digital mobile solutions? AllOver Media has the ad campaign and strategy you need to promote brand awareness and get more customers to your products. Contact us to learn more!