Introduction to Advertising
Chapter 1
Defining Modern Advertising
• Advertising is paid persuasive communication
• Uses nonpersonal mass media to reach broad audiences to connect an identified sponsor with a target audience
• Five basic components:
– Paid communication
– Sponsor is identified
– Tries to persuade or influence
– Reaches a large audience
– Conveyed through impersonal mass media
Key Concepts of Advertising
• Strategy
• Creative idea
• Execution
• Media
• The logic and planning behind the ad
• Advertisers develop ads to meet objectives
• Advertisers direct ads to identified audiences
• Advertisers create messages that speak to the audience’s concerns
• Advertisers run ads in the most effective media
Key Concepts of Advertising
• Strategy
• Creative idea
• Execution
• Media
• The central idea that grabs the consumer’s attention
• Creativity drives the entire field of advertising
Key Concepts of Advertising
• Strategy
• Creative idea
• Execution
• Media
• Effective ads adhere to the highest production values in the industry
• Clients demand the best production the budget allows
Key Concepts of Advertising
• Strategy
• Creative idea
• Execution
• Media
• Communication channels that reach a broad audience
• How to deliver the message is just as important coming up with the creative idea of the message
Roles of Advertising
• Marketing
• Communication
• Economic
• Societal
• The process a business uses to satisfy consumer needs by providing goods and services
– Product category
– Target market
– Marketing mix
– Brand
Roles of Advertising
• Marketing
• Communication
• Economic
• Societal
• Can reach a mass audience
• Introduces products
• Explains important changes
• Reminds and reinforces
• Persuades
Roles of Advertising
• Marketing
• Communication
• Economic
• Societal
• Moves from being informational to creating demand
• Advertising is an objective means for providing price-value information, thereby creating a more rational economy
Roles of Advertising
• Marketing
• Communication
• Economic
• Societal
• Informs consumers about innovations and issues
• Mirrors fashion and design trends
• Teaches consumers about new products
• Helps shape consumer self-image
• Perpetuates self-expression
The Functions of Advertising
• Builds awareness of products and brands
• Creates a brand image
• Provides product and brand information
• Persuades people
• Provides incentives to take action
• Provides brand reminders
• Reinforces past purchases and brand experiences
The Key Players
• Advertiser (client)
• Agency
• Media
• Supplier
• Audience
• Uses advertising to send out a message about its products
• Initiates the advertising effort by identifying a marketing problem
• Approves audience, plan and budget
• Hires the advertising agency
The Key Players
• Advertiser (client)
• Agency
• Media
• Supplier
• Audience
• Has strategic and creative expertise, media knowledge, workforce talent, and negotiating abilities
– Advertising department
– In-house agency
The Key Players
• Advertiser (client)
• Agency
• Media
• Supplier
• Audience
• The channels of communication that carry the message to the audience
• Are also companies or huge conglomerates
• Mass media advertising can be cost effective because the costs are spread over the large number of people the ad reaches
The Key Players
• Advertiser (client)
• Agency
• Media
• Supplier
• Audience
• Assist advertisers, agencies, and the media in creating and placing the ads
• Vendor services are often cheaper than those in-house
The Key Players
• Advertiser (client)
• Agency
• Media
• Supplier
• Audience
• The desired audience for the advertising message
• Data-gathering technology improves accuracy of information about customers
• Advertisers must recognize the various target audiences they are talking to and know as much about them as possible
Types of Advertising
• Brand advertising
• Retail or Local advertising
• Direct-Response advertising
• Business-to-Business advertising
• Institutional advertising
• Nonprofit advertising
• Public Service advertising
What Makes an Ad Effective?
• If it creates an impression for a product or brand
• If it influences people to respond in some way
• If it separates the product or brand from the competition in the mind of the consumer
What Makes an Ad Effective?
• Effective advertising messages will achieve the desired impact (objective) on the target audience
Award Shows
• EFFIES, AME, IPA
– Judge effectiveness
• CLIOS, One Show, Cannes
– Judge creative ideas
• Not all award-wining ads are effective
The Evolution of Advertising
• Age of Print
• Industrial Revolution and Emergence of Consumer Society
• Modern Advertising Era
• Accountability Era
The Current Advertising Scene
• Expanded view
• Integrated Marketing Communication
• Globalization
• Electronic media are changing the media landscape
• New media are more personal and interactive
The Current Advertising Scene
• Expanded view
• Integrated Marketing Communication
• Globalization
• The practice of unifying all marketing communication tools so they send a consistent, persuasive message
The Current Advertising Scene
• Expanded view
• Integrated Marketing Communication
• Globalization
• Increasing globalization of marketing programs
• Advertisers are moving into global markets and agencies are forming huge multinational operations