Exam 4 Flashcards
What does it mean for advertising to resonate? What are some things that cause ads to resonate?
Your Answer:
This means that the advertisement moves people and makes the message unforgettable. Colors, brand familiarity, headlines, ads that are highly informational are some things that can cause ads to resonate.
What are the important parts of a creative brief?
Your Answer:
The who, what, where, when, and why are the important parts of a creative brief. This would also include the objective for advertising; a definition and description of the target audience; the benefit to be promised; the product features that support that promise; the style, approach, or tone to be used; and generally what the copy should state
What are the steps of the creative pyramid and what role does creativity play in each?
Your Answer:
The five steps of the creative pyramid are action, desire, conviction, comprehension, and awareness. The creative pyramid is a model that can guide the creative team as it converts the advertising agency and the idea into an advertisement. In the action step, creativity is used to create attention that leads to perception. This may look like an artist using creaivity to express the adversiting concept in a unique way. Creavitity plays a role in interests because the writer’s and designer’s of an ad must appeal to their audience so they finish consuming the entirety of the ad. The goal is to ensure that the prospect is wanting to read until the end. This may be done through relating to their needs and wants. This may also look like story or cartoon-creation. Creativity relates to credibility given that the audience will want to see how a brand uniquely stands out, yet still follows protocols for priming their ad, product, or service for the product to see. The context is how a brand looks and how it is distinguished from the rest of the products in the market. Creativity relates to desire because the ad creators and copywriters use imagination to help the reader visualize their desired outcome with the product or service that they are being marketed. Action relates to creativity because the advertisement creator will have to create an activity that the prospect is willing to do. They will have to understand how the prospect thinks and how they relate to the action that they are presenting. An idea that comes to mind with Instagram marketing is the usage of pop quizzes.
What is a layout and what purpose does it serve in the process of print ad development, approval, and production?
Your Answer:
The book defines a layout as an overall orderly formation of all the parts of an advertisement.
The purpose that is serves in the process of print is that it helps both agency and the client anticipate how the ad will look and feel. This provides the client and tangible item to review, correct, change, and approve.
Second, it helps wht ecreative team develop the ad’s psychological elemetns.
Third, once the best design chosen, the layout serves as a blueprint.
What are the key format elements in a print ad?
Your Answer:
In general, clean lines, formally composes photographs, an dspare copy give ads the breathign room needed for the audience. Intial layouts may be introduced with the ad concept. The following may be elements incorporated into a print ad: thumbnail sketches, rough layouts, dummy, a comprehensive layout, and approval.
In your own words, briefly explain what a Web ad designer should understand about the medium.
Your Answer:
Digital media is always changing. Web ad designers should understand how to adapt to the current viewers in an interactive way because this develops a relationship between the content and the audience. This can help lead and scale the business in a way.
From the writer’s perspective, what are the important differences between a radio listener and a print ad reader?
Your Answer:
In print ad reader, the artistic development is more extensive. For ex: in television, an art director must used a series of storyboard roughs to present an artistic approach, the action sequences, and the style of a commercial. Whereas, in radio the advertiser usually surrenders control to the advertisement to the personality that is behind the audiotrack.
If you were a media planner, what magazines would you consider for a Toyota ad? What if the ad were specifically for a Toyota Prius hybrid vs. a Toyota Tacoma truck.
What magazines would you consider for a Tide detergent ad?
What magazines would you consider for a Cannon or Nikon DSLR camera ad?
Explain why you would make these particular choices and what factors influenced your thinking for each one.
Your Answer:
From what I understand, is that I am able to locate prospects for an item that fits outside of the niche of a magazine. I am able to focus on the prospects that would frequent the magazines and pitch my product to them.
I can also focus on the product and place this into a magazine that would fit its niche.
Within the niche of automobile, we can place an ad for Toyota in auto magazines. Some examples that come to mind are Consumer Reports, Four Wheeler, Hot Rod, Kiplingers, Motortrend, Motorcycle Classics, Plane & Pilot, and Yachts international.
For a Toyota Tacoma truck, we can speculate that the item would focus on a more masculine audience. We can also look at the uses that the truck would have for the prospect and select a magazine that would fit this. We could place this product in the category of Men’s Magazine.
Family Handyman, Golf, Golf Digest, GQ, Guideposts, Marlin, Men’s Journal would be examples of magazines that would be targeted within the Men’s Magazine niche.
When it comes to the uses of a Tacoma truck, I am thinking travel and home construction. We can place these ads within the Travel & Places magazine and the Home & Garden magazine niche. Elle Decor, Family Handyman, Farm & Ranchliving, Fine Gardening, Traditional Home, Midwest Living, Travel + Leisure, and Country would be magazines that could be used.
If the ad was for a Toyota Prius Hybrid, this could be extended to a universal audience. We could speculate that this product would reach men and women in the United States. We could place the ads in both Men & Women magazines
For a Tide Detergent ad, I would consider pitching the product to stay-at-home mothers. Women’s magazine and Parenting magazines would be areas that this would be pitched.
For a Cannon or Nikon DSLR camera, I would consider a Computer & Electronics Magazine. The magazines that this would be placed into would be Consumer Reports, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Popular Mechanics, and WIRED. What influenced my decision for this is the uses for the product fit the niche.
Why might an advertiser print an insert to be delivered with a newspaper rather than just buying a standard page in a newspaper? Why doesn’t the advertiser just mail or deliver the insert separately?
Your Answer:
There limitations involved with printing an insert that can allow advertisers to reach a specific group of people within a certain area. The advertiser may find it cheaper to do this rather than mailing inserts or delivering them from door-to-door. Advertisers who find it less costly to do this may be national advertisers, retail stores, or car dealers.
copywriter
person who creates the words and concepts for ads and commercials
art director
along with graphic designers and production artists, determines how the ad’s verbal and visual symbols will fit together
creative director
head of c reative team of agency copywriters and artists who is assigned to a client’s business and who is ultimately responsible for the creative product- the form the final ad takes
Creatives
People who work in the creative department regardless of the specialty
informational ads
promising benefits that will offer relief from an undesirable situation or condition. Informational tend to address negatively orginated purchase motives such as problem removal or avoidance in an attempt to provide solutions to those problems
transformational
promising benefits that will reward consumers transfrmational ads tend to address positively originated purchase motives, such as sensory gratification, intellectual stimulation, or social approval, in an attempt to make people feel happier
creative strategy
a written statement that serves as the creative team’s guide for writing and producing an ad. It decides the most important issues that should be considered in the development of the ad the who, what, where , when , and why, including the objective of the advertising, a definition and description of the target audience, the key benefit to be promised; the product features that support that promise; the style, approach, or tone to be used; and generally, what the copy should communicate
problem the advertising must solve
what you want the advertising to do. The specific challenge that marketing communications must overcome to meet the marketing objectives
advertissing objective
A specific communication task an advertising campaign should accomplish for a specific target audience
target audience
specific group of individuals to whom the advertising message is directed
benefit statement
describes what a product or service does to provide a benefit to the consumer, Whenever possible, benefit statements should focus on an important, single-minded process
support statement
provides infor abou tthe product or service that will convinve the target audience that the key benefit is true
brand personality
desctibes a brand in terms of human characteristics. A significant compenent in effective branding is imparting personality to a brand, reflecting its reputation, attitudes, and behavior
special requirements
unique characteristics of the advertiser, brand, targetaudience media, competition budget etc. that shoul dbe considered tduring the creative development process
creative process
the step-by-step procedure used to discover original ideas and reorganize existing concepts in new ways
message strategy
a document that helps media planners determine how messages will be delivered to consumers. It defines the target audience, the communication objectives that must be achieved and the characteristics of the media that will be used for delivery of the messages
mandatories
the address, phone number, web address, etc. that the advertiser usually insistes be ncluded within an ad to give the consumer adequate info
creativity
involves combining two or more previously unconnected object or ideas into something new
fact-based thinking
a style of thinking that tends to fragment concepts into compenents and to analyze situations to discovert he one best solution
value-based thinking
a style of thinking where decisions are based on intution, values, and ethical judgements
advertising messages
an elemetn of the creative mix comprising what the company plans to say n its advertisements and how it plans to say it verbally or nonverbally
Explorer
a role in the creative process that searches for new info, paying attention to unusual patterns
brainstorming
a process in which two or more people get teogether to generate new ideas; often a source of sudden inspiration
artist
a role in the creative process that experiments and plays with a variety of approaches, looking for an original idea
visualization
the creative point in advertising where the search for the big idea takes place. It includes the task of analyzing the problem, assembling any and all pertinent info and developing some verbal or visual concepts of how to communicate what needs to be said
big idea
the flash of creative insight- the bold advertising intiative- that captures the essence of the strategy in an imaginative, involving way and brings the subject to life to make the reader stop, look, and listen
art direction
along with graphic designers and production artists, determines how the ad’s verbal and visual symbols will fit together
art
the whole visual presentation of a commercial or advertisemenet- the body language of an ad. Art also refers to the style of photography or illustration empliyed, the way color is used, and the arrangement of elements in an ad so that they relate to one another in size and proportion
creative pyramid
5 step model to help the creative team convert ad strategy and the big idea into the actual physical ad or commercial. The 5 elements are attention, interest, credibility, desire, and action
Judge
a role in the creative process that evaluates the results of experimentation and decides which approach is more practical
Warrior
a role in the creative process that overcomes excuses, idea killers, setbacks, and obstacles to bring a creative concept to realization
design
visual pattern or composition of artistic elements cohosen and structured by the graphic artist
layout
an orderly formation of all the parts of an avertisement
thumbnail
a rough, rapidly produced pencil skethc that is used for trying out ideas
rough
pencil sketch of a proposed design or layout
dummy
a three dimensional hand-made layout of a broducre or other multipage advertising piece put together, page for page, kust like the finished product will eventually appear
comprehensive layout
a facsimile fo a finsihed ad with copy set in type and pasted into position along with proposed illustrations. The “comp” is prepared to the advertiser can guage the effect of the final ad
poster-style format
lay out that employs asingle dominant visual that occupies between 60 and 70 percent of an ad’s total area ( aka picture-windowlayout and ayer No. 1. )
picture-window layout
layout that employs a single, dominant visual that occupies between 60 and 70 percent of an advertisements total area (aka postyer-style format and Ayer no. 1. )
Ayer No. 1.
A sngle, dominant visual that occupies between 60 and 70 percent of an advertisment’s total area
illustrators
the artists who paint, sketch, or draw the pictures we see in advertising
photographers
the artists who use cameras to creative visuals for advertisements
visuals
all of the picture elemtns that are placed into an advertisement
headline
the words in the leading position of an ad- the words that will be read first or tht are positioned to draw the most attention
benefit headlines
type of headline that makes a direct promise to the reader
news/information headline
a type of headline that includes many of the hhow-to headlines as well as headliens that seek to gain identification for their sponsors by announcing some news or providing some promise of information
provocative headlines
a type of headline written to provoke the reader’s curiosity so that to learn more the reader will read the body copy
question headline
a type of headlines that ask the reader a question
command headline
a type of headline that orders the reader to do something
subhead
secondary headline that may appear above or below the headline or in the text of the ad
kicker
a subhead that appears above the headline
boldface
heavier type
italic
a style of printing type with letters that generally slant to the right
body copy
the text of an advertisement that tells the complete story and attempts to close the sale. It is a logical continuation of the headline and subjeads and isusually set in a smaller type size than headlines or subheads.
text
what tells the whole story and attempts to close the sale
straight-sell copy
a type of body copy in which the text immediately explains or develops the headline and visual in a straightforward attempt to sell the product
institutional copy
a type of body copy in which the advertiser tries to sell an idea or the merits of the organization or service rather than the sales features of a particular product
narrative copy
type of body copy that tells a story. It sets up a problem and then creates a solution using the particular sales features of the product or service as the key to the solution
dialogue/monologue copy
a type of body copy in which the characters illustrated in the advertisement do the selling in their own words either through a quasitestimonial technique or through a comic strip panel
picture-caption copy
a type of body copy in which the story is told through a series of illustrations and captions rather than through the use of a copy block alone
device copy
advertising copy that relieson wordplay, humor, poetry, rhymes, great exaggeration, gags, and other ticks or gimmicks
lead-in paragraph
in print ads, a bridge between the headlines, the subheads, and the sales ideas presented in the text. It transfers the reader interest to product interest.
Interior Paragraphs
Text within the body copy of an ad where the credibillity and desire steps of the message are presented
trial close
in ad copy, requests for the order that are made before the close in the ad
close
the part of an ad or commercial that asks customers to do something and tells them how to do it- the action step in the ad’s copy
slogans
a standard comany tstatement (aka tagline or themeline) for advertisments salespeople, and company employees. SLogans have two basic purposes: to provide continuity for a campaign and to reduce a key theme or idea to a brief memorable positioning statement
themelines
a standard company statement for advertisements, salespeople, andcompany employees. Also called a slogan or tagline
taglines
a standard company statement for advertisements, salespeople, and company employees
seal
a type of certification mark offered by such organizations ad the good housekeeping institute and underwriters’ laboratories when a product meets standards established by these institutions. Seals provide an independent, values, endorsement for the advertised product.
logotypes
special design of the advertiser’s name that appears in all advrtisements. Also called a signature cut, it is like a trademark gives the advertiser individuality and provides quick recognition at the point of purchase
signatures
a product or company’s primary graphic identity. A signature may be comprised ofo some combination of a graphic symbol, a logotype, and a slogan
script
format for radio and television copywriting resembling a two-column list showing dialouge and/or visuals
audio
the sound portion of a commercial. also the right side of a script for a television commercial indicating spoken copy, sound effects, and music.
storyboard roughs
a rough layout of a television commercial in storyboard form
straight announcement
the oldest type of radio or tv commercial in which an announcer delivers a sales message directly into the microphone or on-camera or does so off-screen while a slide or film is shown on-screen
integrated commercial
a straight radio announcement, usually delivered by one person, woven into a show or tailored to a given program to avoid any perceptible interruption
on camera
actually seen by the camera, as an announcer, a spokesperson, or actor playing out a scene.
voice-over
in television ad, thespoken copy or dialogue delivered by an announcer who is not seen but whose voice is heard
presenter commercial
a commercial format in which one person or character presents the product and sales message
radio personality
a radio host known to his or her listeners as a credible source
testimonial
the use of satisfied customers and celebrities to endorse a product in advertising
demonstration
a type of tv commercial in which the product is shown in use
lifestyle technique
type of commercial in which the user is presented rather than the product. Typically used by clothing and soft drink advertisers to affiliate their brands with the trendy lifestyles of their consumers
animation
the use of cartoons, puppet characters or demonstrations of inanimate characters that come to life in television commercials; often used for communicating difficult messages or for reaching specialized markets such as children
musical commercials
a commercial that is sung with the salesmessagein the verse
jngles
musical commercials usually sun with the sales message in the verse
slide of life
a tyoe of commercail consisting of a dramatization of a real-life scenario in which the product is tried and beocmes the solution to the problem
mnemonic device
a gimmick used to dramatize the product benefit and make it memorable such as the imperial margarine crown or the avon doorbell
storyboard
a sheet preprinted with a series of 8 to 20 blank frames in the shape of TV screens, which includes text of the commercial sound effects, and camera views
animatic
a rough tv commercial producted by photographing storyboard sketches on a film strip or video with the audio portion synchronized on tape. It is used primarily for testing purposes.
media mix
the combination of media types that work together to most effectivley deliver advertiser’s message
bleed
color, type or visuals that run all the way to the edge of a printed page
cover position
advertising space on the front inside, back inside, or back ocver pages of a publication that is usually sold at a premium price
junior unit
a large magazine advertisement (60 percent of the page) placed in the middle of a page and surrounded by editorial matter
islands halves
a half-page of magazine space that is surrounded on two or more sides by editorial matter. This type of ad is designed to dominate a page and is therefore sold at a premium price
insert
an ad or brochure that the advertisers prints and ships to the publisher for the insertion into a magazine or newspaper
gatefold
a magazine cover or page extneded and foldeed over to fit into the magazine. The gatefold may be a fraction of a page or two or more pages and it is always sold a premium
consumer magazine
info or entertainment oriented periodicals directed toward people who buy products for their own consumption
farm publications
magazines directed to farmers and their families or to companies that manufacture or sell agricultural equipment, supplies, and services
business magazines
the largest category of magazines which target business readers and include trade publications for retailers, wholesalers, and other distributors, industrial magazines for businesspeople involved in manufacturing and services and professional journals for lawyers, physicians architects, and other professionals
local city magazine
most major us cities have one of these publications typical readership is upscale prfessional people interested in local arts, fashion, and business
regional publications
magazines targeted to a sepficic area of the country such as the west of the south
national magazines
magazines that are dsitributed throughout the country
rate base
with magazines, the circulation figure on which the publisher bases its rates
guaranteed circulation
the number of copies of a magazine that the publisher exptes to sell. If this figure is not reached, the publisher must give a refund to the advertisersi
circulation audit
thorough analysis of circulation procedures distribution outlets and other distributin factors by a company such as the audit bureau of circulations
audit bereau of circulations
an organization supported by advertising agencies advertisers and publishers that verifies circulation and other marketing data on newspapers and magazines for the benfit of its memebrs
primary circulation
the number of people who receive a publication whether through direct purchase or subscription
secondary (pass-along) readership
the number of people who read a publication in addition to the primary purchases
vertical publication
business publications aimed at people in a specific industry for example nation’s restaurant news
horizontal publications
business publications tartgeted at people with particular job functions that cut across industry lines such as HR Magazine
paid circulation
the total number of copies of an adverage issue of a newspaper or magazine that are distributed through subcriptions and newsstand sales
controlled circulation
a free publication mailed to a select list of individuals the publisher feels are in a unique position to influence the purchase of advertised products
cover date
the date printed on the cover of a publication
on-sale date
the date a magazine is actually issued
closing date
a publication’s final deadline for supplying printing material for advertisement
cost per thousand
common term describing the cost of reaching 1k people in a mediums audience it isued by media planners to compare the cost of various media vehicles
frequency discounts
in newspapers, advertisers earn this discount by running an ad repeatedl yin a specific time period
volume discounts
discounts given to advertisers for purchasing print space or broadcast time in bulk quantities
geographic editions
special editions of magazines that are distributed in specific geographic areas
demographic editions
special editions of magazines that are dsitributed to readers who share a demographic trait such as age, income level, or professional status
daily newspaper
often called dailies, these newspapers are publishedd at least 5 times a week in either morning orevening editions
weekly newspapers
newspapers tthat are published once a week and characteristically server readers in small urban or suburban areas or farm communities with an emphasis on local news and advertising
standard-size newspaper
the standard newspaper size measures approximately 22 inches deep and 13 inches wide and is divided into 6 columns
tabloid newspapers
a newspaper generally about hald the size of the standard size newspaper it is usually about 14 inches deep and 11 inches wide