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Chapter 2 The Big Picture: The Evolution of Advertising. Chapter Overview. Explains the principles of free-market economics, and the functions and effects of advertising. Chapter Objectives. Explain the role of competition in free-market economics.
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Chapter Overview Explains the principles of free-market economics, and the functions and effects of advertising
Chapter Objectives Explain the role of competition in free-market economics Discuss the functions advertising performs in a free market Identify milestones in advertising history Discuss how the role of advertising has changed Explore advertising’s past, present, and future impacts on society
Assumptions of Free Market Economics Self - Interest Complete Information Many Buyers & Sellers Absence of Externalities
Functions & Effects of Advertising • Identify and differentiate products (branding) • Communicate product features and availability • Induce customers to try products and suggest reuse • Stimulate product distribution • Build value, brand preference, loyalty • Lower overall cost of sales
Preindustrial Age of Advertising During this era, few could read
Industrializing Age of Advertising Producers needed mass consumption to match mass production For the first time, it cost less to buy a product than to make it Transportation breakthroughs facilitated distribution Increased need for mass marketing techniques
Industrial Age of Advertising Fresh markets for new, inexpensive brands of luxury and convenience goods
Industrial Age of Advertising The Product Positioning Era Product differentiation Market segmentation Positioning
Postindustrial Age of Advertising Consumers became aware of environmental sensitivity
Marketing Warfare Defensive Offensive Flanking Guerilla
Advertising Ethics and Effects • Ethical advertising can . . . • Improve standards of living • Inform of availability of products • Imbue products with personality • Help us make personal statements • Foster free press and nonprofits
Advertising Ethics and Effects • On the other hand, advertising can: • Be dangerous if misleading • Promote unhealthy products • Encourage conformity • Glorify conspicuous consumption • Target vulnerable markets
Advertising Ethics and Effects Public service ads can shape attitudes