Going to launch a flyer print-ad. Anyone have response figures on A4 vs A6 sizing?

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EDIT: PLEASE SEE POST #7 AS IT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT SIZING IN STANDARD US MEASUREMENTS

Hi everyone. Hope you are all doing well.

Soon I will be launching my e-commerce store. Among some other forms of marketing that I will be looking at doing, will be print advertising.

I don't mean in the local paper, though. I will be having the print adverts designed, printed and solely distributed to homes. I may also hit up city train stations and hand out flyers to passers-by.

I am hoping I can turn a decent ROI with print advertising as it is so easy to scale it upwards massively. So long as the initial tests return a positive ROI and assuming the test population is a true sample of the real population.

Needless to say, I'm fairly excited about going forward. I've got a great designers on hand and I intend on making the print advert fairly minimal.

The item on sale is an Android tablet and so the focus will be on designing the advert to show off the tablet and it's features. It's going to be fairly minimal, in terms of design.

Now, the question is: What can I expect to see in terms of A4 vs A6 response performance?

Ideally, someone who has tested the exact comparison above would be an ideal candidate to reply. Failing that, anyone with direct mailing experience is more than welcome to reply. It might turn out a good experiment if we choose to follow along with it and see what the responses will be like.

Let's assume that the A4 / A6 will have the same content on them.

I know my costs for A4 and A6 print ads. Effectively, since A6 is half the size of A4, it is also half the cost. However, I have a feeling that just because the A4 is twice the cost of A6, does not necessarily mean it will receive a 2x higher response.

When you look at them out in front of you though, the A4 really has a lot of room for a big, clear image/design. It looks a lot bigger than the A6 (which it is) and so I assume the response would naturally be higher for the A4 - but by how much?

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Off-topic: Anyone advertising/promoting their business or anything using flyers / print ads? How is it working out for you? Do you have the advert dropped into mail boxes, or do you have them handed out to people in public places?

If anyone has worked with consumer electronics - what type of response do you get on similar print ads?

Thanks -
Chris
#figures #flyer #launch #printad #response #sizing
  • Profile picture of the author krzysiek
    Anyone?
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  • Profile picture of the author davidreese
    Hi,

    Flyers like any other method can be super effective or a complete dud.
    Test various designs and offers on a small scale then ramp up.

    I teach improv classes and flyers typically account for 50 to 60% of my students.
    I also own a distribution service so my per piece distribution costs are less.

    Direct sales from flyers are difficult. I would suggest a coupon or discount code so you help build your list.
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  • Profile picture of the author krzysiek
    David,

    I guess I may have incorrectly used the word flyer. When I say flyer, I mean just a single-page double-sided colour ad.

    I do intend to put some type of incentive on the advert. Maybe a free item with the use of a coupon code, or maybe free shipping. The item I am selling is priced competitively, so I am hoping I don't always need to discount it just to get sales.
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  • Profile picture of the author krzysiek
    Surely others here are using print!
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  • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
    Why don't you test it out yourself? Does it matter what anyone else does? Don't you think there can be multiple factors that could skew the results of someone else, providing an environment that is NOT controlled?

    You're talking paper sizes... There are variables far more important than the size of the paper. You're also using a form of sizing most people are not familiar with on here.. those of us in north america don't use the ISO system, unless for some reason they're printing over in Europe.

    Since most of us in the US never test the difference between, A0-A10 and B sizes, you won't get an answer from us. If you were wondering what would convert better between a 5x7 or 9x12 you would get many more answers.

    So yeah, many of us use print, but we don't use the size measurements you do over there.
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    • Profile picture of the author krzysiek
      Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

      Why don't you test it out yourself? Does it matter what anyone else does? Don't you think there can be multiple factors that could skew the results of someone else, providing an environment that is NOT controlled?

      You're talking paper sizes... There are variables far more important than the size of the paper. You're also using a form of sizing most people are not familiar with on here.. those of us in north america don't use the ISO system, unless for some reason they're printing over in Europe.

      Since most of us in the US never test the difference between, A0-A10 and B sizes, you won't get an answer from us. If you were wondering what would convert better between a 5x7 or 9x12 you would get many more answers.

      So yeah, many of us use print, but we don't use the size measurements you do over there.
      You seem to have come across rather strongly, but I appreciate your input and have taken it all in.

      My apologies to everyone, as I have made the assumption that folks in the US would be familiar with A-sizing. I have now changed the title to reflect what has been suggested:

      The potential difference in response due to having a 9" x 7" over a 5" x 7" print ad?

      I am hoping this will bring forward some good discussion!

      I am aware every circumstance is different, but in the end I am going to be testing both sizes - but I would like to garner advice from the experts so that when it comes time to testing, I will know whether my results are expected.
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