Resources for African American-Focused Advertising Agencies

Agencies specializing in marketing toward African American audiences.
Newspaper Advertising

Companies that specialize in buying and selling newspaper advertisments. more »

Food and Beverage Advertising and Marketing

Offering advertising and marketing services for food and beverage businesses. more »

Agriculture Advertising and Marketing

Offering advertising and marketing services for a griculture businesses. more »

Magazine Advertising

Companies that specialize in magazine and print advertising. Vendors offering access to classified and display advertising. more »

Human Resources Advertising and Marketing

Offering advertising and marketing services for human resources businesses. more »

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African American-Focused Advertising Agencies News and Trends

Following African American-focused advertising agencies news and trends is essential to effective advertising. Whether working with an African American advertising agency or working on your own, it's important to research advertising and cultural trends to understand the best way to successfully execute your advertising campaign.

Effective advertising through African American ads requires research of recent demographic trends, marketing trends and an understanding of cultural connections. For example, reach out to the African America populace by marketing in popular African American magazines or during TV shows with an African American focus. Consider these possibilities to help you:

1. Choose the hottest current markets to place your business's African American ads.

2. Tap into the powerful underground and mainstream hip hop markets of African American popular culture.

3. Check recent marketing trends in African American magazines.

Stay on top of the latest trends to make the most of African American ads

Make a point of learning the most popular programming being viewed by your target audience in order to make the most of advertising dollars. Learning the latest trends of your target audience allows you to saturate that market with your product.

Choose an African American ad agency that's up on trends like hip hop culture

Advertisements geared toward African Americans in hip hop, with the music's recent boom into mainstream audiences, now cross cultural and racial boundaries. Advertising in hip hop has the potential to reach far beyond the African American populace, to teenage and college-age youths of all backgrounds around the globe.

Check reports and studies on African American marketing in magazines

African American-focused advertising agencies often market heavily to ethnic magazines, and with good reason: African Americans on average read 11 magazines a month in comparison to the general average of eight per month. Popular African American magazines are a highly effective medium for African American ad agencies to reach their target populations. Currently, major ad agencies spend two-thirds of their minority-directed advertising dollars on black advertising. Read studies and research on African American magazine readership to help figure out where the market for advertising is the hottest.
  • Talk to the youth market on a regular basis in order to stay on top of the latest popular African American brands and other trends.