Chapter 6 Flashcards
Message Theme
Outlines the key idea in an advertising campaign and becomes the central part of the creative brief and helps the advertising team derive the message strategy
Message strategy
The primary tactic or approach used to deliver the message theme
Three broad categories of message strategies
Cognitive
Affective
conative
Cognitive Message Strategy
Presents rational arguments or pieces of information to consumers. The ideas require cognitive processing. The message describes the products attributes or benefits.
What are the five major forms of cognitive strategies
generic, preemptive, unique selling propositions, hyperbole, and comparative advertisements
Generic Messages Cognitive Message Strategy
-An advertisement that directly promotes the product’s attributes or benefits without any claim of superiority (Good for brand leaders & Help stimulate brand awareness)
Preemptive Cognitive Message Strategy
A claim of superiority based on a product’s specific attribute or benefit with the intent of preventing the competition from making the same or a similar statement (Must state an advantage first)
Unique Selling Propositions Cognitive Message Strategy
-An explicit, testable claim of uniqueness or superiority that can be supported or substantiate in some manner
Hyperbole Advertising Cognitive Message Strategy
-An untestable claim based on some attribute or benefit that does not require substantiation (popular cognitive approach)
Comparative Advertisements
Allows an advertiser to directly or indirectly compare a product to the competition based on some attribute or benefit. Maybe be real or fictitious competitor.
Advantages of using comparative advertising cognitive message strategy
They capture attention, which increases brand and message awareness
Disadvantages of using comparative advertising cognitive message strategy
Tend to be less believable and consumers tend to experience negative attitudes
Affective Message Strategies
Advertisements trying to evoke feelings or emotions and match those feelings with the good, service, or company
Two Types of Affective Message Strategies
Resonance Advertising
Emotional Advertising
Resonance Advertising
connecting a brand with a consumer’s experiences in order to develop stronger ties between the product and the consumer (comfort marketing)
Comfort Marketing
Bringing back vintage characters, themes, and jingles from the past to invoke fond memories when times were better.
Emotional Advertising
Attempts to elicit powerful positive feelings that help lead to product recall and choice. Works for consumers and b-to-b markets.
Conative Message Strategy
Lead directly to consumer responses. They encourage customer action (impulse buys) and often support promotional efforts.
Types of Advertising Appeals
Fear
Humor
Sex
Music
Rationality
Emotions
scarcity
Fear Appeal.
Fear appeals are common, increase interest and are memorable
Appeal Strength
The strength of the appeal constitutes another key factor when using a fear approach. Low fear may not be noticed, high fear will be ignored, and moderate fear works best.
Reasons for using humor in ads
captures attention, holds attention, often wins creative awards, high recall scores, consumers enjoy ads that make them laugh, evaluated by consumers as likeable ads
advantages of using humor in advertising
piques interest
increases recall and and comprehension
elevates mood
disadvantages of using humor in advertising
Can be considered offensive
Often overpowers message
When using humor in advertising internationally, what should you keep in mind?
That humor is often rooted in culture and varies across countries.
Sex Appeal
Used as a means to break through clutter, but it doesn’t sell the way it use to due to over saturation.
Humor in an advertisement should focus
on a component of the means–end chain. How?
The humor can relate to a product’s attributes, a
customer benefit, or the personal value obtained from the product. The most effective ads
are those in which the humor incorporates all three elements.
Sexuality approaches used in advertising
Subliminal techniques
Sensuality
Sexual suggestiveness
Nudity or partial nudity
Overt sexuality