6 strategies for making your small budget seem huge

When you see commercials, billboards, print ads, online ads, etc. for the same company over and over again, you probably think, "They're huge!" Right? Customers' perception of your company has a lot to do with their decision to buy from you.

The more you stay top-of-mind to a consumer, the more likely it is that they will purchase from you. So the trick is getting your message in front of your customers at a good rate without having to throw major bucks at a search engine, email marketing campaign, ad network or other advertising vehicle.

The common types of behavioral targeting are effective, but they don't necessarily give the returns that would justify the large ad spend to get the "they're huge" effect. It's costly to contextually or behaviorally target customers via display advertisements. These are great marketing vehicles to use when you have the budget, but when your advertising dollars are limited, these forms of behavioral targeting should be left for the big boys with the budgets that can support them.

Newer behavioral targeting methods, like retargeting, are cost effective and deliver incredible results. Retargeting is categorized as behavioral targeting because the customer's behavior -- visiting your website -- causes that person to be shown targeted displays ads during his or her everyday web surfing activities (visiting sites like Yahoo, Facebook, etc.). You aren't spending money to get placement in front of certain demographics; you are directly targeting customers who have visiting your website.

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