This is just an update on a post I did last summer. I can say unequivocally “YES!” car magnets work great for advertising. I have had people call me from their cars because they saw me drive past. I was also able to tell exactly when I slapped them on my car because on my website cpanel, the stats for mobile devices such as blackberry and androids suddenly appeared. So people were dialing into my website from their cars. – Of course this means your website must be mobile phone friendly. If you use wordpress, there is a plug-in: Wrapple that makes it so.
I believe for the price and the length of time the car magnets last, they are a very inexpensive and effective method of advertising. The magnets do not last forever, over time the color starts to peel off. This will depend greatly on the weather in your area. I live in the very hot Southern USA so the heat definitely affects them. They last an average of 5-6 months. My car is not garaged, so they may last longer if it were. For all three magnets, delivered to my door they were less than $50. Even at twice a year, this is dirt cheap advertising.
I have seen reports from other people that the magnets affected their car finish. I have not noticed this on my car. It is recommended that you remove the magnets at least once a week and wipe the car and the magnet off. Dirt does get behind the magnets.
The car magnets are inexpensive enough that if you wanted to promote different products you could have a set for each product and rotate them through the month or year. This would be ideal for people who do seasonal design work or party planning. Landscapers could transition from yardwork to putting up Christmas lights for people over the holidays. Just let people know by driving around town.
The magnets on my car have also been great conversation starters. People will often stop and ask me exactly what I do. Without the magnets, the conversation would never have begun.
My recommendation: Buy car magnets, they are worth the money!
Dr. Diana Sturm, Change Agent, is the founder and executive director of The Delta Institute and Networking 101. Dr. Sturm is very active with many different networking groups and tried to share information to help people succeed with their businesses.
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Calvin and I were discussing this very question and coming up with a variety of answers. Calvin mentioned car magnets and thought that all service businesses should have them. Honestly, I balked. Thoughts of “how tacky” ran through my mind. I certainly don’t drive a fancy car, but I really didn’t want it being a driving billboard. But then he pointed out the benefits: you only pay once for the magnets; the magnets are long lasting; you can design your own message; the magnets are inexpensive; you can change your message for a low cost; and you can remove the magnets any time you want to stop showing them.
I was starting to get excited about this idea, so I sat back at my computer and began playing with car magnet designs. VistaPrint makes this very easy by providing dozens of pre-made designs where you just slap in your company name, message/tagline, phone number, website and you are done. The hard part is picking the design. I chose 6 different designs and using screen capture, an art program and Word, created a Word document with all 6 designs. I then emailed the document to several people asking them for feedback on which design they liked best.
I received my package about a week later on a Saturday and was very pleased when I saw the finished product. The printing was stunning and clear. I washed my car right away and once it dried, I carefully positioned my new magnets. They looked pretty darn good. They even matched the coloring of my car (something I definitely did NOT consider when purchasing them). So were they going to work?
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