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Chapter 1

Introduction to Advertising

What Makes an Ad Great?


Explicit objectives should drive the planning, creation, and execution of each ad. An ad is great to the extent that it achieves its objectives, not because it wins awards.

Creativity for its own sake does not always lead to great advertising.
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Broad Dimensions That Characterize Great Advertising


The Ultimate Test for the Greatness of An Ad is Whether It Achieved Its Goals.

Strategy

Creativity

Execution
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What is Advertising?
Advertising is Paid, Nonpersonal Communication From An Identified Sponsor Using Mass Media to Persuade or Influence an Audience.

Characteristics of Great Ads

Good or Great Ads Work on Two Levels

Satisfy the Customers Objectives by Engaging Them & Delivering a Relevant Message

Achieve the Sponsors Objectives


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Types of Advertising
Interactive Advertising Public Service Advertising Institutional Advertising Business-toBusiness Advertising Direct-Response Advertising Brand Advertising

Retail or Local Advertising

Political Advertising
Directory Advertising
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Roles of Advertising
Marketing Role
Marketing is the process a business uses to satisfy consumer needs and wants through goods and services.

Communication Role

Advertising is a form of mass communication. Two main views about advertising, either the market power model or the economics of information theory. Informs us about new and improved products, teaches us how to use these innovations, etc.
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Economic Role

Societal Role

Functions of Advertising
Provide Product & Brand Information

Provide Incentives To Take Action

Advertising Performs 3 Basic Functions

Provide Reminders and Reinforcement


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Five Players of Advertising


The Advertiser is the individual or organization that usually initiates the advertising process.
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Manufacturers Resellers Individuals Institutions, Government Agencies


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Five Players of Advertising


The Advertising Agency plans and implements part or all of the advertising efforts.

May use an outside agency, or their own advertising department or in-house agency.

The Media are the channels of communication that carry the messages from the advertiser to the audience, i.e. television, magazines, radio, etc.
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Five Players of Advertising


The Vendors are a group of service organizations that assist advertisers, advertising agencies, and the media, i.e. freelance copywriters, graphic artists, photographers, etc. The Target Audience may be the purchaser or the consumer of the product, or both. May need to design different ads for each group.

Critical to know as much about these target audiences as possible.


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The Evolution of Advertising


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Age of Print

1850s1900
Industrial Revolution & Consumer Society

19001950s
Age of Science

1920s

Rise of Agencies

World War IWorld War II


Advertising Declines

1950s
Reintroducing Consumers to Marketing

1960s1970s
Creative Era

1970s1990s
Accountability Era

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Practical Tips # 2 Ogilvys Advertising Tenets


Here are some advertising tenets that David Ogilvy offers: (11)

Never write an advertisement you wouldnt want your own family to read. The most important decision is how to position your product. If nobody reads or looks at the ads, it doesnt do much good to have the right positioning. Big ideas are usually simple ideas. Every word in the copy must count.
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Current Advertising Issues


Interactive Advertising Integrated Marketing Communication
Globalization Niche Marketing Consumer Power, Relationship Marketing and Customization

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