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Ch 20 Sec 1 Essential Elements of Advertising. How ad campaigns are developedThe creation of advertising headlinesThe preparation of advertising copyThe selection of advertising illustrationsThe significance of advertising signatures. What you'll learn . . .. The Advertising Agency. Advertising
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1. Print Advertisements Chapter 20
2. Ch 20 Sec 1 Essential Elements of Advertising How ad campaigns are developed
The creation of advertising headlines
The preparation of advertising copy
The selection of advertising illustrations
The significance of advertising signatures
3. The Advertising Agency Advertising agencies work jointly with business clients to develop advertising campaigns.
An advertising campaign involves the creation and coordination of a series of advertisements (both broadcast and print) around a particular theme
5. Developing Print Advertisements Print ads are very important to most campaigns.
They usually contain four key elements
Headline
Copy
Illustrations
Signature
Some also include the company’s slogan
Each element enhances the overall theme of a product promotion
6. Headline The headline is the saying that gets the readers’ attention, arouses their interest by providing a benefit, and leads them to read the rest of the ad.
More than 80% of the people who look at a print ad just read the headlines.
A headline provides a benefit to the reader
12. Writing Effective Headlines Most are brief – many people cannot take in more than seven words at a time.
Effective headlines stress benefits by making a promise, asking a question, posing a challenge, or using a testimonial.
Many headlines use familiar sayings with a twist.
15. Copy The copy is the selling message in a written advertisement.
It expands on the information in the headline or the product shown in the illustration.
It should be simple and direct
It should appeal to the senses
Tell the who, what, when, why, where, and how of your product
Key words used in copy, such as compare, introducing, now, price, save, easy, and new, establish immediate contact with the reader.
It should provide a call to action to shoppers
18. Illustration The photograph or drawing used in a print advertisement.
Its primary function is to attract attention
It should transmit a total message that would be hard to communicate just with words.
Illustrations may show the product, how the product works, and its features.
21. Signature No advertisement is complete without naming its sponsor.
The signature, or logotype (logo), is the distinctive identification symbol for a business.
Well-designed signatures get instant recognition for a business.
24. Slogan May support a firm’s signature
A slogan is often added to the four main elements of a print ad
Is a catch phrase or small group of words that are combined tin a special way to identify a product or company
25. Developing Slogans for Ad Campaigns Alliteration (repeating initial consonant sounds) – Welcome to the World Wide Wow” (AOL)
Paradox (a seeming contradiction that could be true) – “The taste you love to hate” (Listerine mouthwash).
Rhyme – “Give a hoot, don’t pollute” (United States Forest Service).
Pun ( a humorous use of a word that suggests two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another work similar in sound – “Time to Re-Tire” (Fisk Tires).
Play on Words – “Let your fingers do the walking” (Yellow Pages).
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