Advertising Flashcards
Ad by the number
$500 billion per year
Is there a solution to ad clutter?
more ads, less impact
Ambient Ads
Ads so prevalent, do not notice
Ex; Kit-Kat bench
What is advertising?
message delivered through mass media, attempts to create desire and persuade. Selling idea, goods, services and sponsor pays.
Advertising is the…
The “glue” that holds together mass media
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Seld-Actualization esteem love safety physiological From Low to High
In the Beginning…
barkers and announcement. There are pinups, shopbills, netbooks
Ex: Land Sales, transportation and runaways/slaves
Before the civil war
small industry, published in newspapers and local retailers
How does advertising start to change?
civil war, industrial revolution, country moves from agriculture to industry
What happened in 1850s with advertising?
national advertising begins and brands are born
Advertising in magazines
magazines deliver an audience/market they also flourish
manufactures have a space to tell their stories and by ads
How does advertising expands
there was an abuse of patent medicines
Radio
ads keeps radio free
products=Program (soap operas)
How does money into advertising?
research and marketing on a national scale
How does The Great Depression change advertising?
the hard sell ( you need this) fudging the truth, consumers reports.
Ex; Campbells Soups “everybody needs soap!”
What does the FTC stand for and start doing during The Great Depression?
Federal Trade Commission: starts regulating advertisements.
World War Two
Production of consumers goods comes to a halt and ad start to promote patriotism, sacrifice and government
What did the war advertising council do?
promotes the war efforts
What is the advertisement council doing now?
public service for nonprofits and causes
Ex: Love has no labels
Consumerism Returns
the war ends, people have more leisure time and more money and more children. TV comes to every home
Advertisements and Television
ads with sounds and pictures, you cans see the products in action and unique selling propositions
What was the best ad ever?
“Think Small” Volkswagen
You and Advertising
We spend at least one year of are life watching TV commercials
Super Bowls Ads
$5 million for 30 seconds
paying for access to 114 million people