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Advertising. "It is worth recognizing that the advertising man in some respects is as much a brain alterer as is the brain surgeon but his tools and instruments are different ” Advertising Age 1957.
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"It is worth recognizing that the advertising man in some respects is as much a brain alterer as is the brain surgeon but his tools and instruments are different” • Advertising Age 1957
“The proliferation and the intrusion of various media into the every day lives of the citizenry make advertising environmental in nature, persistently encountered and involuntarily experienced by the entire population. It surrounds us no matter where we turn intruding into our communication media, our street and our homes.” Journal of Marketing 1986
Advertising Objectives:Not Always About Sales • Institutional Advertising: Build goodwill or image • Advocacy: Taking a position on an issue • Budweiser: “Drink Responsibly” • Harley: “Take it Easy”
Advertising Objectives:Competitive • Informative: New Product Category (remember primary demand?)
Advertising Objectives:Competitive • Informative • Persuasive: selective demand stimulation
Advertising Objectives:Competitive • Informative • Persuasive • Reminder
Advertising Strategy • Message Strategy • USP: creative concept • Meaningful • Believable • Distinctive
Advertising Strategy • Media • Reach • Frequency • Impact: National Enquirer vs. Anything Else…
Media • Television: • Advantages: mass market, motion, sound, sight, low cost per exposure • Disadvantages: short life (fleeting), high absolute costs, limited selectivity
Media • Newspapers: • Advantages: local market selectivity, credibility, timely • Disadvantages: short life, poor reproduction quality
Media • Magazines • Advantages: selectivity, pass-along, quality images • Disadvantages: lead time, high cost
Media • Outdoor • Advantages: frequency, geographic selectivity, low cost • Disadvantages: little selectivity, creative limits
Media • Radio: • Advantages: local market acceptance, geographic and demographic selectivity, low cost • Disadvantages: audio only, fleeting, zapping
Media • On-line and other interesting stuff • Harley Creed
Message Execution • Slice of life
Message Execution • Lifestyle: Active lifestyle?
Message Execution • Fantasy • Mood or image: Humor? Fear? • Scientific evidence • Endorsement: Credibility?
Evaluating Advertising • Consider Objectives • Sales? • Communications?