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West Midlands Buses in Discussion => General Discussion, Questions & Route Suggestions => Topic started by: Dutsey on September 07, 2015, 01:47:20 PM

Title: Bus Advertising
Post by: Dutsey on September 07, 2015, 01:47:20 PM
After doing a bit of bashing round London I noticed a number of buses with external adverts or wraps or whatever they are called these days. In the good old days there used to be a number of buses in the West Midlands with adverts but this appears to have dropped. I am pretty sure that back in the day Leamore Windows used to have a full bus advert on a metrobus.

Why is this not done more often?
Title: Re: Bus Advertising
Post by: Steveminor on September 10, 2015, 02:47:13 PM
One word. Cost.
Title: Re: Bus Advertising
Post by: Dutsey on September 10, 2015, 04:14:36 PM
Quote from: Steveminor on September 10, 2015, 02:47:13 PM
One word. Cost.

But surely this is covered by the cost? How come London has so many compared to Birmingham?
Title: Re: Bus Advertising
Post by: Steveminor on September 10, 2015, 05:18:45 PM
The cost of having a full vehicle wrap is quite expensive compared to side or rear ads so you have to ensure value for money. In London I would expect companies feel that the viability to a large international audience makes the full wrap better value for money than in a place like birmingham. In a very loose link if you get my meaning it is much cheaper to advertise on say watch than it is to advertise on itv as itv will have a greater viewing figure than watch, some companies would prefer to show their ads on itv even at the higher cost as it proves better value for money.