ADPR 3100 Evans test 1
Producer led paradigm
"Company control" predictable controllable customers, mass-produced, standardized products, rigid formulaic advertising
Pre marketing era
"media"=clay tablets, town criers, tavern signs-- best way to reach consumers
Old school view
1. Communication paid for 2. delivered through mass media 3. attempting to persuade
2 major ways planned obsolescence works
1. Products designed to break down 2. Products work fine but create impression of a better model.
Nine ways to improve an ad
1. always show the product 2. don't use negative headlines 3. Always mention product name in headline 4. Always show people enjoying your product 5. Always feature news in your headline, even if it is made up 6. Always make the logo prominent 7. Avoid unpleasant connotations about the product 8. Tell the reader where they can buy the product 9. Always localize your ads
2 major happenings for the creative revolution
1. growing importance of style 2. Cynicism about consumer society
Mass Communication Era
1700s-1900s mass newspapers, radio, large audiences
Research Era
1920's used different techniques to reach and motivate mass audiences. more personalized
5 assumptions about the function and role of advertising
1: Advertising is a powerful force in shaping consumer preferences 2: Even if advertising seems ineffective, stopping it could be dangerous 3: Advertising is highly profitable 4: Logic or argument is the most effective advertising appeal 5. Advertising is amoral in its practice, corrupts people's values
national advertising
Advertising by a marketer of a trademarked product or service sold through different outlets, in contrast to local advertising
retail advertising
Advertising by a merchant who sells directly to the consumer
trade advertising
Advertising directed to the wholesale or retail merchants or sales agencies through whom the product sold
full service agency
An agency that handles planning, creation, production, and placement of advertising for advertising clients. It may also handle sales promotion and other related services as needed by the client
direct-response advertising
Any form of advertising done in direct marketing. Uses all types of media: direct mail, television, magazines, newspapers, radio. Term replaces mail-order advertising. See direct marketing
Manufacturers pursuit of power
Branding emerges. store owner set the prices, offered recommendations
New view
Brands communicating with people
end product advertising
Building consumer demand by promoting ingredients in a product i.e. Teflon and Nutrasweet
Ad agencies
For businesses: agencies managed advertising placement For newspapers: agencies took over billing, agencies created a new revenue source: sell audiences to businesses
David Ogilvy
Founded his own agency "Tell the truth...but make the truth fascinating" "Advertising is about emotion and big ideas"
War Advertising Council
Founded in 1942 to promote WW2 mobilization later evolved into Advertising Council
Rise of capitalism
Free market-> need to compete-> need to stimulate demand and persuade the audience
Creative Revolution
Growing importance of style, advertising an art, not a science, changed relationship between sellers and buyers
Subliminal Advertising Scare
James Vicary, .03 seconds, false results, freaked everyone out
Council of Better Business Bureaus
National organization that coordinates a number of local and national initiatives to protect consumers
Advertising Council
Nonprofit network of agencies, media, and advertisers dedicated to promoting social programs through advertising
Changing role of advertising agents
Open contracts, publicize cost for media, no secret deals, agents worked only for brand
Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)
Organization sponsored by publishers agencies and advertisers for securing accurate circulation statements
Pure Food and Drug Act
Passed in 1906. Was one of the earliest attempts by the fed gov to protect consumers (emphasized honesty about what was in product)
Producer led paradigms
Product price promotion place. Markets fitting in
4 Ps
Product, price, promotion, place
Planned obsolescence
Purposeful shorting of the products usefulness, idea to get you to buy more
4 fundamental influences on the evolution of advertising
Rise of capitalism, industrial revolution, manufacturers pursuit of power, rise of mass media
Printers Ink Model Statute
The act directed at fraudulent advertising, prepared and sponsored by "Printers Ink" which was pioneer advertising magazine
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
The agency of the federal government empowered to prevent unfair competition and prevent fraudulent misleading or deceptive ads in interstate commerce
integrated marketing communication (IMC)
The joint planning, execution, and coordination of all areas of marketing communication
American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) (4As)
The national organization of advertising agencies
Hathaway Drip Dry
The original most interesting man in the world
value gap
The perceived difference between the price of a product and the value ascribed to it by consumers
Product life cycle
The process of brand moving from introduction to maturity and eventually to either adaption or demise
distribution channel
The various intermediaries such as retailers, that control the flow of goods from manufacturers to consumers
brand name
The written or spoken part of a trademark in contrast to the pictorial mark; a trademark word
brand extension
These are new product introductions under an existing brand to take advantage of existing brand equity
mass production
a manufacturing technique using specialization and interchangeable parts to achieve production efficiencies
conjoint analysis
a research technique designed to determine what consumers perceive as a products most important benefits
Consumer culture
a society in which commodities become more important than human values, commodities become a means for obtaining desired ends like love and friendship
immoral
actively doing what is wrong
N.W. Ayers
added creative services-- freelance journalists and writers, full-time copywriter
industrial advertising
advertising done by an organization speaking of its work views, and problems as a whole, to gain public goodwill and support rather than to sell a specific product. Sometimes called public relations advertising
permission marketing
asking consumers for permission or to "opt in" before sending them advertising or other forms of marketing communication
Branding
brand loyalty, preference for specific brand
Consumer led paradigms
commodity cost communication convenience. Markets individualism
Integrated Brand Promotion (IBP)
coordinating promotional tools with advertising to build and maintain brand awareness, identity and preference
Manufacturing
designing and making products
marketing
distribution and promotion of products
19th century conditions
expanding industrial production, expanding markets, potentially a boon for businesses
penny press
forerunner of the mass newspaper in the U.S. first appeared in 1830s
siquis
handwritten posters in 16th and 17th century england-- forerunners of modern advertising
Advertising campaign
integrated series of ads and promotion that communicate a central theme or idea
behavioral research
market research that attempts to determine the underlying nature of purchase behavior
Industrial revolution
mass production of goods-> need to stimulate demand and compete for the customer
Rise of mass media
mutual influence of advertising and media
Bernbach and creative teams
no assembly line, small teams work on entire project, insist on agency autonomy
consuming citizens
not selling and making but buying and using goods and services
Four broad periods
premarketing era, mass consumption era, research era, interactive era
Commodification
process of stripping an object of all other values except its value for sale to someone else(gender, culture, beauty)
Interactive era
reaching passive consumers through one way communications-- i.e. games relating to product
Rosser Reeves formula
repitition, continuity, single, simple message
Advertisements
specific messages designed to persuade an audience
producer led paradigm
stress functionality over style
audience fragmentation
the segmenting of mass media audiences into smaller groups because of diversity of media outlets
product differentiation
unique product attributes that set off one brand from another
Amoral
without morals/responsibility