4 Spooktacular Advertising Ideas for Halloween

    LEEDS, ENGLAND, October 23, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Halloween (or Hallowe'en) is big business in the UK. With many companies going all out with spooky themed stock, putting on horror-themed events and targeting the children and student markets; you need bespoke banners that will make your business stand out from the crowd.

These four top tips will help you plant pumpkin pie in the face of your competition and out spook everyone else:

- Choose your words wisely: As you can see from our title-changing words (like spooktacular instead of spectacular), one way to make your Halloween advertising banner stand out is to cast creepy characters and splodge sinfully spooky spellings around. This can be a fun way to draw the eye to your advertising. If you're advertising some tasty treats why not ask readers to "sink their fangs" into them? Use alliteration such as "ghoulishly great goods" or "mummy's monsters" to promote your children's Halloween wares or events.

- Target to your chosen market: Making your advertising banner appealing and appropriate to your market is extremely important to consider at this time of year. When advertising children's Halloween events, you should take into consideration the scare factor of a bespoke banner advertisement. Halloween is about being scary, but it's also meant to be fun. It shouldn't be too horrifying for little ones! If your market is a little older then scarier themes are OK. But do consider what is and isn't appropriate when banner printing, as well as where and when these advertisements will be placed. Who can forget the huge mistake Asda made last year when it put "mental patient" Halloween outfits out for sale on its shelves. Bad move!

- Use classic characters: the classics will always draw the eye to your advertising - bandaged mummies, vampires, ghosts, werewolves and witches - they all scream Halloween (especially banshees!).

- Use a special font and Halloween colours: We've all seen them crop up on banner printing: fonts that appear to be dripping blood or goo - they all have a fantastic impact on the eye and they're a lot of fun. Use classic colours such as bright greens, oranges, reds and blacks for the perfect palette.

If you'd like more information on banner printing or for the best advice on desiging an advertising banner for your spooky event or products, please visit www.bannersandmash.com. You can call our expert and friendly bespoke banner team on 03333 553399 or email [email protected] for a quote, information and more top tips from the best in the business.

Banners and Mash are a Leeds based printers, delivering UK wide for free. To discuss printing and design requirements please call on 03333 553399, email on [email protected] or find them on facebook at www.facebook.com/BannersandMashLimited.

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