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Advertising
Advertising
• Paid use by an identified sponsor to inform a target market about a product, service, idea, or organization.
• Goals– Inform– Persuade– Remind
AIDA
• Very famous marketing acronym for advertising
• A good advertisement must meet “AIDA’s Criteria”
ATTENTION
• Attract the attention of the consumer
INTEREST
• Raise consumer interest by focusing on and demonstrating advantages and benefits of your product/service
DESIRE
• Convince consumers that they want and desire the product or service and that it will satisfy their unfulfilled needs or wants
ACTION
• Lead customers towards taking action and/pr purchasing
Advertising
• Advertisements are the most effective if– They stay consistent with the brand– Effectively communicate the position of the
company– Are memorable for the audience• Don’t remember just the ad but the product/service as
well
Selecting the Type of Media
• Reach– The amount of people that will see or hear the ad
• Frequency– The # of times that people will see or hear in ad in a
given period of time– Radio – 1 time– Magazine – 3-4 times
• Selectivity– The ability of the media to focus on a target market– Example: Kids Cereal
Selecting the Type of Media
• Durability– The ability for the ad to last– Example: Newspaper ads only last 24 hours
• Cost– The more effective the media – the more
expensive the ads– Super Bowl Ads 2009: $2.6 million for 30 seconds
How many ways can a business advertise?
Advertising
1) Television2) Radio3) Newspapers4) Magazines5) Event Marketing6) Product Placement7) Outdoor Advertising (billboards, cars, benches, etc)8) Internet – Banner Ads9) Social media (Youtube, Facebook, Twitter)
Advertising Carousal
Television
Advantages Disadvantages
• Stimulating – sight, sounds, colour, motion
• Communicate to target based on choice of show
• High cost
• High production costs
• People can skip over commercials easily
Radio
Advantages Disadvantages
• Inexpensive
• Easy to target
• Have to repeat the message often
• Not a lot of focus, radio is often background noise
Newspaper
Advantages Disadvantages
• Timely delivery of ad
• Easy to select geographic areas
• Low cost
• Short ad life
• Low quality
• Hard to target
• Lots of clutter
Magazine
Advantages Disadvantages
• High quality
• Easy to target
• Add more substance due to relaxed nature of reading magazines
• Time sensitive
• More expensive
Event marketing
Advantages Disadvantages
• Penetrates media noise
• Has the possibility to extend beyond the single event
• A single instance
• When the event is over, so is the effect
• Effectiveness of ad can depend of success of the event
Product Placement
Advantages Disadvantages
• Easy to target
• Identifies with a culture
• Easy to show the benefits of your product
• Product can become famous
• High cost
• High production costs
• Easy to miss
Direct Mail
Advantages Disadvantages
• Can go to target, mail customers flyers
• Give samples directly to users
• Cheap to produce
• Easily discarded – JUNK MAIL!
• Clutter – lots of competition
• Not environmentally responsible
Outdoor Advertising
Advantages Disadvantages
• Lots of people see the ad
• People see the ad over and over
• Hard to target
• Not the focus of people’s attention
Internet
Advantages Disadvantages
• Interactive – include a link to your site!
• Unique, every ad can be different
• Easy to target
• Banner ads easily ignored
• New – not 100% sure on what tactics work
• Clutter on webpages
Social Media
• FREE!
• You know you have the attention of your target
• Word of Mouth Benefits
• Unable to control feedback
• Measuring Impact
Advantages Disadvantages
ADVERTISING ASSIGNMENT