If you want to know which advertising companies perform in Azerbaijan and which one is better to work, then this post will be useful for you.
It to exaggerate, “advertising in Azerbaijan=advertising in Baku”. Of course, it is possible to advertise in regional TV channels, to use some OOH carriers in other big cities, but more than 95% of budget is spent in Baku, capital.
There is not possibility to target people living in non-Baku areas in digital.
Creative services, indoor advertising, non-standard executions – almost everyhting is concentrated in Baku or implemented in capital for nationwide scale.
The first advertising agencies in Baku began to work in the 1st half of 2000s. Mainly they were consisting of small teams which did everything: no specialization, no competitive advantage, just doing whatever client wants:-) But later there were some shifts towards to specilazation during competition. Anyway, advertising market still is “wild”, especially during the pitches (tenders) in Azerbaijan it is seen obviously.
Split of agencies by origin
1) transnational
Affiliates of representatives of global holdings: wPP, Dentsu-Aegis, Publicis Group. Omnicom, Havas Media etc. Both media (Carat, StarcomMediaVest, ZenithOptimedia, Groupm etc.) and creative (JwT, Mccann Baku) agencies are represented here.
2) local
There are countless agencies in any scale; full-service agencies which have great experience in domestic market and polygraphy studios which pretend to be the leading companies:-)
Agencies’ split by services
1) Full service agencies: media-placement, BTL, creative, strategic communications, consulting etc.
2) Specialized agencies:
- OOH firms – like Poster, ArtMedia etc which offer scrollers, billboards, rooftops,cityformats in Baku.
- Digital agencies – sales-houses, web-studios, SMM firms etc.
- Creative agencies – 3D graphics, film-shooting, visual communications studios etc.
- BTL agencies
- Other dedicated agencies (like advertisment on buses and taxis)
Split by quality
No words. Just belowed pyramid explains everything:
There are business directories where addresses and contacts of all ad agencies are listed. But to find companies which can execute really effective advertising solutions in good level is not easy.
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