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ADVERTISING: The History. PREHISTORY Before 1800. 1704 - First Newspaper Ad Long Island estate in the Boston News-Letter. 1742 - First Magazine Ad Benjamin Franklin’s “General Magazine” . INFORMATION PERIOD 1800 - 1899. MEDIA: NEWSPAPERS AND LEAFLETS
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PREHISTORYBefore 1800 • 1704 - First Newspaper Ad • Long Island estate in the Boston News-Letter. • 1742 - First Magazine Ad • Benjamin Franklin’s “General Magazine”
INFORMATION PERIOD1800 - 1899 MEDIA: NEWSPAPERS AND LEAFLETS • 1842? - (US) - First advertising agency • Volney Palmer • 1869? - (US) - First copy and art services • NW Ayer • 1882 - Procter & Gamble Co. • begins advertising Ivory soap ($11,000) • 1889 - (Canada) - First Canadian agency • McKim -- sold newspaper space to advertisers
SLOGANS1900 - 1929 MEDIA: NEWPAPERS AND MAGAZINES INNOVATIONS: • Color • Slogans and trademarks
RATIONALITY PERIOD 1930 - 1950 MEDIA: PRINT AND RADIO • Consumer movement • Books – Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” • Laws • INNOVATIONS (REACTION): • Long copy • “Reasons why” advertising • Credible spokespeople
EXAMPLES OF EARLY RADIO ADS: Mostly informational Pepsi Cola jingle Brisk Toothpaste (1940s) Ting Pimple Cream (1950)
IMAGE PERIOD1950s - 1980 MEDIA: PRINT, RADIO, BROADCAST TV • Sponsored programs “commercials” INNOVATIONS (EXECUTION): • Jingles • Ad-libbed • Program talent as spokespeople • TV: demonstrations
CELEBRITIES George Burns Bing Crosby Judy Garland Donna Reed
EXAMPLES OF LATER RADIO ADS Jingles Tempo Cigarettes (early 1960s) Lucky beer (1963) Coke (next page)
TELEVISION ADS Lucky Strike Cigarettes Marlboro Cigarettes Westinghouse Refrigerator Edsel Car (1958) [video] Coke - Hilltop (1971) Coke -- Mean Joe Green (1979)
SEGMENTATION PERIOD 1980 - 1999 MEDIA: PRINT, RADIO, TV (BROADCAST, CABLE) • Unique Selling Propositions (USPs) • Positioning • Brand equity • Segmentation
Quote of the day Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century. • Marshall McLuhan (professor)