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
What is Griffith’s take on quantitative testing?
- surveys and questionnaires
- still the industry standard
- self-reporting
The IPSOS-ASI copy test emphasizes:
recall and persuasion.
The two components of recall on the IPSOS-ASI are…
breakthrough
brand link
For the IPSOS-ASI copy test, recall and persuasion metrics are multiplied and placed on a scale called the…
CEI (copy effectiveness index)
A single # that measures an ad’s chance for success against all other ads in the database is the…
CEI (copy effectiveness index)
What is the “copy test conundrum?”
We actually process ads at the subconscious level (“not thinking”,) but copy testing forces the consumer to think (unnatural!!)
What do copy tests try to measure?
- engagement
- strength of branding
- what the ad says about the brand
- emotional impact
- brand outcomes
- viral potential
Fast thinking, little-to-no effort, behavioral, automatic, and intuitive thinking is categorized as…
SYSTEM 1
Conscious, critical thinking that takes time for thought is categorized as…
SYSTEM 2
What is a galvanic skin response test, and which system is it measuring (1 or 2)?
measure micro changes in finger
sweat to evaluate emotional
arousal
system 1
What is a facial tracking test, and which system is it measuring (1 or 2)?
measure facial expression to determine viewer’s REAL reaction to the stimuli
system 1
What is a neuroscience test, and which system is it measuring (1 or 2)?
electronic sensors attached to a cap that measure key brain regions to derive key measures of:
- emotional motivation
- memory activation
- attention processing
system 1
Why is it so hard to break through the clutter today?
- more brands
- more ads
- more anti-brand sentiment
- more ways to skip ads
- more empowered consumer
What are the 6 21st century advertising power moves?
(POWER M.)
- (P)ersonalization
- not (O)bvious (ads that don’t look like ads)
- (W)eepy (emotional)
- (E)xperiential
- (R)ise up (taking a stance / cause)
- (M)ass appeal through archetypes
Three techniques for ads that don’t look like ads:
- native marketing
- product placement
- influencer
Search and promoted, in-feed and content recommendations are all examples of…
native ads.
What are the threes R’s to consider for influencer marketing?
Relevance
Reach
Resonance
Someone is a nano-influencer if they have…
less than 10k followers.