Exam 2 Flashcards
Elizabeth Hirschman Study
Examined the perceptions of various individuals involved in the creation and production of TV commercials. Product managers & account executives view ads as promotional tools, purpose is to communicate favorable impressions to the marketplace.
Taking creative risks/successful advertising agencies
Wieden + Kennedy has been successful. Marriot International is taking more risk
Steps of the creative process
- Immersion - Gather info via background research
- Digestion - Take info, work it over
- Incubation - putting problems to work
- Illumination - Birth of idea
- Reality - Study the idea, see if it still looks good
Account Planning
Conducting research and gathering all relevant info about a client’s product, brand, and consumers in the target audience.
Product/service specific preplanning inputs
Specific studies provided to the creative department on the product or service, the target audience or a combination of the two.
Ethnographic Research
Research technique that involves observing or studying consumers in their natural environment.
Various stages of the creative process
Verification and revision stage evaluates ideas, rejects inappropriate ones, refines and polish the remaining ones and gives them final expression.
Campaign Theme
Central message or idea that is communicated in all advertising and other promotional activities.
Major selling ideas/ big ideas
- Use a unique selling proposition
- Create a brand image
- Finding the inherent drama
- Positioning
Information/Rational Appeals
Focus on the consumer’s practical, functional, or utilitarian need for the product or service and emphasize features of a particular brand.
Feature Appeals
Highly informative and present the customer with important product attributes or features.
Competitive advantage appeal
Advertiser makes either a direct or an indirect comparison to another brand. Claims superiority on at least one attribute.
Emotional Appeals
Customer social or psychological needs for purchasing a product or service.
Endorsements
well-known or respected person, like a celebrity, speaks on behalf of the company or brand.
Personality symbols
Developing a central character that can deliver the advertising message and with which the product can be identified.
Storyboards
Series of drawings used to present the visual plan or layout of a proposed commercial.
Survey of Buying power index
Provides info regarding population, effective buying income, and total retail sales in an area.
Category development index (CDI)
Take the percentage of a product category’s total sales divided by percentage of the total population in the market
Brand development index (BDI)
Take percentage of a brands total sales divided percentage of the total population in the market.
Waste Coverage
Coverage of the media exceeds the target audience.