PERMISSION MARKETING

Whether it is the TV commercial that breaks into our favourite programme or the telemarketing phone call that disrupts a family meal traditional advertising is based on the hope of snaring our attention away from whatever we are doing. Seth Godin calls this Interruption Marketing and as companies are discovering it no longer works. Instead of annoying potential customers by interrupting their most coveted commodity time Permission Marketing offers consumers incentives to voluntarily accept advertising. Now the Internet pioneer who has dramatically improved marketing effectiveness in media introduces a fundamentally different way of thinking about advertising products and services. By reaching out to only those individuals who have expressed an interest in learning more about a product Permission Marketing enables companies to develop long-term relationships with customers create trust build brand awareness and greatly improve the chances of making a sale.