RAVEN5, Contest Marketing Agency: Build Buzz With Coupon Marketing

OAKVILLE, Ontario, July 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- It is the number one marketing initiative for most marketers. Coupon marketing has been around since the late 1800s and in the third of RAVEN5's five part video and white paper series on contest marketing, the agency explores the strengths of combining this tried and true method with contest marketing efforts.

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"Coupons continue to engage and entice consumers," says RAVEN5 president Michael Bickerton. "Coupons allow marketers to determine what's working and what's not, while at the same time they engage and build brand awareness," notes Bickerton.

In the RAVEN5 Contest Marketing White Paper on coupon marketing, Bickerton notes that distributing coupons directly, as part of contest marketing, will help to:

• gather data
• build awareness
• drive in store or online traffic, and
• develop favourable product and brand impressions

In the accompanying video, "Social Media Pessimist" Sean Ely also highlights the fact that coupon marketing is a relatively inexpensive form of marketing.  According to the Inmar 2014 Coupon Trends – 2013 Year End Report, 239 billion coupons were distributed in 2013, worth a value of $513 billion, yet less than one percent of coupons were actually redeemed.  The return was in the awareness.

Coupons help to keep companies top of mind when consumers shop for products or services.  They assist in increasing customer bases, building traffic and buzz, rewarding returning customers, and creating the opportunity to upsell. Contest marketing and coupons are a natural tandem, both programs build brand awareness, favourable product impressions. They provide the opportunity to drive traffic and sales (both in store and online).

Download and view: Coupon Marketing White Paper and Build Buzz with Coupon Marketing

RAVEN5 first introduced the contest marketing video and white paper series in May 2015.  The series is aimed at expanding the agency's reach in online consumer marketing.

RAVEN5 is a collaborative and creative group that provides all services in house, from conception to development and deployment. RAVEN5 offers a single focus approach as a contest marketing agency and ensures that campaigns will be well executed right from the get-go. The RAVEN5 goal is to create engaging experiences for consumers through fun and professional online contests while building brand-marketing channels. We are #ContestMarketing.

For further information:
Media contact: Michael Bickerton, President, RAVEN5 Ltd.
1 855 543 8345 x222
Email
www.raven5.com

SOURCE RAVEN5