Exam #2 Flashcards
What are the four ways that an ad made Griffith’s top 20?
- fame and consumer acceptance
- importance to the advancement of advertising
- business results
- it’s not being shown elsewhere in the course
What are the tips for becoming a better judge of creative ideas?
- know your biases and preferences
- be a student of advertising
- manage creative presentation meeting
- deconstruct the work
- give better feedback
If you keep saying “no” to campaigns…
- strains the agency / client relationship
- wastes resources
- demotivates the team
If you keep saying “yes” to campaigns…
- waste a lot of money
- harm the brand
- hamper your career
How to handle the creative presentation:
- set rules up front
- know your target
- come prepared and focused
- react as a human, then a marketer
- embrace discomfort
- ask questions, seek to understand
- know how to organize your thoughts
The three components to deconstructing an idea:
- strategy
- idea
- execution
These are the strategic filters for evaluating creative.
- Is it on strategy?
- Does it represent the brand in a positive way?
- Does it fit with our brand voice?
These are the comms filters for evaluating creative.
- Will it break through?
- Will our brand get credit?
This is the marketer filter for evaluating creative.
- Do I believe the ad is “right?”
What are the four elements of communication?
sender -> medium -> message -> receiver
The best advertising is always _________.
interactive
The following are the tricks to BREAK THROUGH THE CLUTTER:
(double C, F, double M, R)
- consistency
- celebrity
- famous track
- memorable visual
- mnemonics
- repetition
The following are the tricks to PERSUADE:
- strong call-to-action
- problem-solution
- demonstration
- competition
- testimonials
- desire
The following are the tricks to CREATE ENGAGEMENT:
- sex
- camp / irony
- humor
- hyperbole
- misdirection
- meta
The following are EMOTIONAL LEVERS:
- fear
- removing angst
- tribalism
- warm and fuzzy
- nostalgic
- inspiration
This is when there is a clash of ideas, and new ideas / breakthrough solutions can evolve.
creative abrasion
This is when there is a clash between people, where communication gets shut down / new ideas get slaughtered.
interpersonal abrasion
The evaluation of creative executions prior to airing is called _____________.
copytesting
Positioning research is where _________________, and it falls under ___________ copytesting.
you make a “white card” write-up of a new concept to test positioning tactics
pre-test
Pre-finished art research is where _________________, and it falls under ___________ copytesting.
there is a low-cost representation of the piece being made, consumers typically respond in a quantitative survey or qualitative setting
pre-test
Copy guidance research is where _________________, and it falls under ___________ copytesting.
where you monitor physical manifestations of attention or arousal
pre-test
Finished art research is where _________________, and it falls under ___________ copytesting.
you use the final artwork to “disaster check”. ensure it wouldn’t turn people away
pre-test
In-market testing is where _________________, and it falls under ___________ copytesting.
you monitor the ads for copy relevance and gather post-program metrics
post-test
What is Griffith’s take on qualitative testing?
- valuable, but lacks scale
- stimuli is rough and relatively inexpensive