The use of outdoor advertising balloons to leverage your location is the most cost effective form of outdoor advertising.
Our customers see a gross increase from 10% to 50% by using outdoor inflatables.
WHY OUTDOOR ADVERTISING BALLOONS?
Most businesses have a visibility issue. Our products solve that problem by simply getting people to see your business.
Our air dancers, rooftop advertising balloons and and blimps are custom made to your need and preference. Our artwork is clean and professional and we only offer the finest quality and warranty all our products
20 Reasons to choose 3D Advertising.
01. Honesty. 02. Integrity. 03. Competitive Prices 04. One Price, No Extras 05. No Sales Pressure 06. On Time Delivery 08. Quality Products 09. Expert Advice 10. Available all Hours 11. Open Weekends 12. Repeat Customers 13. No Handling Charges 14. Top Notch Artwork 15. No Artwork Charges 16. Free Color Matching 17. Free Art Mock Ups 18. Friendly Staff 19. Full Warranty 20. Warranty Honored
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Advertising Inflatables, Air Dancers - Tents
Advertising balloons, air dancers, advertising blimps, outdoor inflatables and vendor tents for special events. Advertising Inflatables of any size and type.
Advertising Balloons BLOG
updated often. Current Blog JAN 25 07
WHAT’S NEW IN ADVERTISING BALLOONS AND RELATED OUTDOOR SPECIAL EVENT UNITS Often, the best naturally placing websites are more credible than the paid 3 at the top of each page and off to the right side (on Google). The reason? Google does research and also knows a sites age and popularity, how long people are on that site and if they come back. Google knows how long the website has been around and how often it’s content changes. They also know when one website literally copies verbatim the text from another site. We have had a couple people actually copy our text, right down to copying our mission statement. This kind of internal info is represented in a sites natural ranking. Note, a good web-site is one that can be found on page one or two. It does not have to be at the top to have this built in credibility and of course sadly, sometimes Google jumbles up results temporarily and cheesy cheater sites can sometimes rank high. In a nutshell; You need to be careful. E-mail is a safe way to investigate matter. Gauge the concern and quality of the reply. We have many great customers that we have e-mailed with for weeks before they called in to ask further or order.
Yes, the waters get muddy at this time of year. As a whole, the industry slows down and re-sellers are hungry. Good factories are always busy. There’s always some large order that’s being produced and collectively, their re-sellers keep enough orders coming. BUT, watch out during this time of year as the less impressive quasi factories and the lot of re-sellers are very strapped during the winter months. It’s about this time that we see the shadiest of sales tactics from the boiler rooms and the generally low-roading companies.
I could name a couple in this blog, but I do trust a customer’s intuition can recognize it. If in doubt, we do offer a simple “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” response to people who call and ask about other companies. Watch out for “price wars, claims to beat any price, ridiculously low prices in ads, etc. Also, watch for people that put their telephone number in their ad, as they are often trying to save money on their cost per click campaign.
PRIOR BLOG ENTRY 12/27/06 Shopping for an advertising balloon is a risky trip on the internet. I wish it were as easy as just getting references, but it is not. Basically, honesty is the most important factor that is a reliable factor in determining who to do business with.
Remember, you are investing advertising dollars that will outperform anything you’ve ever spent ad dollars on, BUT you are also purchasing an overpriced balloon. It is very important that you get a fair shake on a well made unit.
Deal with a company that does not PRETEND to be the factory. If you are unsure if a player in the industry is a trustworthy source to do business with, call us (877) 332-3748. We’ll give you our opinion and what we know about either that company or the quality of the units they offer.
Design is also important. I tell my clients who are looking at getting a rooftop balloon, to let us design one that fits their company’s image. You don’t want it to look like the “carnival landed on your roof” and you don’t want to look like a mattress liquidator either (unless you are). A good sign of a company’s ability is often reflected in the quality of their web-site and the quality of their mock ups
ADVERTISING BALLONS AND INFLATABLES ARE THE BEST DEAL IN ADVERTISING AVAILABLE.
ARTWORK SPECIFICATIONS E-mail artwork to info@3dAdvertising.net Preferred format is Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, EPS or AI. JPG, GIF or BMP is OK also. An image size of 5” for artwork file is sufficient for good quality reproduction. For large digital reproductions, use 100 dpi on a 10:1 scale. Allow for 1” bleed. Upon receiving artwork a layout will be done for your approval.
ADVERTISING BUDGET How much are you allocating for your outdoor inflatable advertising? Can you move some funds from other areas you currently spend on your ad campaign? Areas that do not return as well?
You can easily see an increase in calls or foot traffic of anywhere from 10% to as high as 50% with the use of any of our outdoor advertising solutions.
Small Budgets: Consider a one leg air dancer with artwork for under $650 and maybe compliment that with a 7 FT helium sphere to fly 100 feet high on calm wind days for another $499.
This one two punch for just over $1000 will increase your retail traffic or sales quite dramatically.
We are saying, that if you have a 20 FT tall waving and flailing air dancer with your message sewn down the front and a 7 foot helium ball with two lines of text flying 10 stories over your location, that for every 10 people that already walk in the door, we can get another 1, 2, 3 or even 4 more people by simply by getting the attention of the thousands of cars that pass by your location on their daily route each day. (street advertising)
Larger Budgets: If you can can invest just over a couple thousand dollars you can have a custom hot air rooftop balloon designed to mount on your building. These have an outdoor life-span of 2 years and can be created to have the look and feel of your company. Features include an internal lighting system on a timer and changeable large banners.
The next jump in cost would be to create a custom balloon for as little as $2850. You could have an 15 to 25 foot cold air balloon made to any shape you desire. The custom balloons do stand out and are even more effective. They create a landmark status for your location. These aren’t just for grand openings.
Of course check with your city and landlord to make sure that you can use it and if you need a permit. These fall under the category of temporary signs. In practical application, they are allowed a certain number of days per year or quarter and often, even when they are not allowed, many cities do not enforce the restriction. It is important to review this with us to know what to ask when you call your local planning and zoning office regarding your inflatable sign.
In a nutshell, if you can use one, definitely make the investment. You will not be disappointed. We will make sure you get a fair shake on a well made and factory backed unit from the long time industry leader of advertising inflatables, air dancers and rooftop balloons.
HELIUMS A SPECIAL NOTE Advertising Blimp, helium balls and custom parade balloons are very powerful, but you need to consider certain issues:
1) Who will bring it down if the wind kicks up?
2) Where will you store it?
3) Be prepared to patch it as they are subject to gunfire and vandalism.
4) Weather watching. Who will be monitoring the wind and weather to decide if it should go up or be brought down.
5) Helium cost. Helium can be delivered for about $75 a tank at www.airgas.com and spheres require 2/3 a tank and another 1/3 every 3 days. Blimps require from 1 1/2 to 2 1/4 tanks to fill depending on size and require another 30% every 3 days for PVC (great promotional use material) or every 7 days for nylon (for more extended commercial use.
Custom helium balloons are only useful on calm days or for use in parades. For regular aerial advertising choose either a low cost sphere or a blimp. A blimp is designed to fly directly overhead and point toward the wind and can be out in winds over 15 MPH and gusts of about 23 mph. Also, remember, these need to fly at over 60 to 80 feet and generally are flown at 100 to 125 feet high. The air current is smoother, but also 5 MPH faster at that altitude.
Definitely call us to review a helium solution.
BUYER BEWARE: Demand honesty when shopping for an inflatable sign. Ask for references, both satisfied and in our opinion, also ask to talk to customers that had problems. It is important to measure a company by how they resolve problems. Did they remedy any problem pleasantly and thoroughly? Did they stand behind the product? Did they make a genuine effort to please the customer?
Remember, you are shopping for very expensive balloons and some companies maintain straight commission boiler rooms.
Also, note, most companies and/or web-sites are simply re-sellers.
There are many factors to consider. 1) A large volume reseller with a low overhead and strong relationships in the industry can be your best ally as they do not have the overhead that a factory needs to support and therefore can sell for much less. On the other hand, some resellers have a large overhead, large sales staff and an aggressive (and costly) trade show calendar. These are not going to be your best price or relationship.
We want to be your go-to company for honest advice and a fair shake on a well made inflatable sign.
