A pre-fab radio commercial with nothing unique is a way to spend lots of money for few or no sales.
Here is some information to help you get an idea of how to start putting together a radio commercial that will work:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/advertising/adcolumnistroyhwilliams/article164818.html
There’s this roofing company in Phoenix that is all over the radio. The guy that runs it is named Monty. Monty has a very strong Scottish accent. His radio commercials are voice only with no music and are impossible to miss. Over time a noticeable ad like this plants the company’s name in your head so you can’t help but think of it when you’re looking for a roof!
I like the radio commercials that take unique advantage of the medium, like a company that makes evaporative coolers did about 20 years ago in the Phoenix market.
Arizona is HOT and an excellent place to use a cooler when the humidity is low and the temperature isn’t much over 100 degrees. The problem with coolers is that they used to be made of metal, which rusts out over time and requires the cooler to be replaced. This company came up with the idea of making their coolers out of plastic that didn’t rust. In the radio commercial the announcer banged on the top of their cooler then did the same with a metal cooler. This drove home with amazing effectiveness their best feature – the construction of the cooler and their elimination of the biggest problem with coolers.
Your radio commercial needs to say what’s different, new or unique and why a customer would want to buy your pizza.
Like this:
Announcer: I’m Bob with Bob’s Pizza. Let me tell you about our amazing Super Supreme pizza. You can’t hear the quality of the ingredients that go into every batch of our supreme crust. You can’t hear the care we take to select only the finest tomato products for our hand-made sauce. You can’t hear the way our ovens bake our pizza to a mouth-watering golden brown. But you can hear what our customers think about our pizza! (Sound effect: multiple people overlayed – mmmmmmmmmmmm) The best part is that we’ll bring one of our fabulous pies to your door right now! Do something delicious for lunch or dinner, not the same old tired pizza.
Then tell your customers how they can get your product. Restaurant locations, an easy-to-remember phone number, web site, etc. are all good things to talk about. Say the name of your restaurant three or more times in the commercial and spend no time talking about things that will not contribute to a sale! Reciting an impossible to remember phone number, talking about your ample free parking, or other similar things will not sell more pizza!
By the way, radio advertising isn’t the best choice unless nearly everyone in the broadcast area can get your pizza easily. Radio is a medium that requires repetition to be effective, more so than any other type of advertising. If you’re planning to run just a few spots, save your cash. A longer term commitment is necessary to get the impact you want. If it’s a short-term mega promotion with frequent advertising, this can work too.