J - neu - Battle for attention Flashcards
Attracting attention
Consumer processing model
- Exposure to information
- Attention
- Comprehension of attended information
- Agreement with comprehended information
- Retention of accepted information
- Retrieval of information from memory
- Decision making from alternatives
- action taken on the basis of the decision
Attracting attention
How to attract attention?
Emotional Stimulus
Scheme of Childlike Characteristics Erotic Stimuli Humor Fear Shock Taboo
Attracting attention
How to attract attention?
Emotional Stimulus
Scheme of childlike characteristics
- elicits biologically predetermined reaction (liking, caring)
- background: assured that parent (animals) care for their children
examples:
babys, small animals, chubby-faced children
Characteristics:
big head, high forehead, big round eyes, small nose, small chin, round cheek, short arms and legs
Attracting attention
How to attract attention?
Emotional Stimulus
Erotic stimuli
- elicits biologically predetermined reaction, strong attention
- sex sells - often used in ads
examples:
focus on breasts, eyes, lips
Attracting attention
How to attract attention?
Emotional Stimulus
Vampire effect
Attention is drawn to the ad but not to the brand or to the message
Attracting attention
How to attract attention?
Cognitive stimulus
Cognitive stimulation via inconsistencies + techniques
- stimuli that evoke inconsistencies (new, surprising etc.) raise attention and they improve recall
- inconsistent stimuli are an unexpected task, more thinking is needed, information processing raises
Techniques:
- optical illusion
- absurdity
- humor
- surprise
Attracting attention
How to attract attention?
Cognitive stimulus
Cognitive stimulation via inconsistencies
Problem
- cognitive stimuli wear out with repetition
- if the stimuli is evaluated negatively then there might be reactance
Attracting attention
How to attract attention?
Physical stimulus
Size:
- big ads in magazines and newspapers attract more attention
Color:
- signaling colors are activating, mixed colors are less activating
- stronger attention: many, warm, saturated, pure colorful colors
Attention Dilemma: More Ads, Lower Efficacy
“Battle for attention”
- there are many homogeneous products
- among these there is competition pressure which results in higher advertising pressure and increasing number of ads
- by information overload reactance is caused
- by homogeneous communication is a wear-out effect caused
- both options lead to decreasing ad efficacy which in turn again leads to higher advertising pressure
-> in order to break out of this circle one needs to engage in alternative communication
Guerrilla Marketing
Definition
- an umbrella term for unconventional ad campaigns that aim at drawing the attention of a large number of recipients to the advertising message at comparatively little costs by evoking a surprise effect and a diffusion effect
- in this way, guerrilla marketing campaigns are highly efficient in terms of ratio of costs and benefits
Guerrilla Marketing
Evolution of the Guerrilla Marketing Concept
Guerrilla Warfare
adaption of the guerrilla concept to marketing
- > Adaption
- > Small budget, fast effect
boom of guerrilla tactics
- > Boom
- > Small budget, big effect
Development of single concepts (e.g. Ambush, Ambient-, Buzz-Marketing)
- > Differentiation
- > originality, surprise, flexibility
Guerrilla-marketing as a integrative, strategic concept
- > strategy
- > conceptual integration
Guerrilla Marketing
LSD-Model of Guerrilla Marketing
Unconventional Advertising
- > has a surprise effect
- > leads to diffusion effect
- > leads to low cost effect
-> in combination: guerrilla effect
Guerrilla Marketing
LSD-Model of Guerrilla Marketing
Surprise Effect
Consumers direct their attention to the advertising message, because they are surprised by the unconventional guerrilla action
Instruments that mainly focus on this effect:
-> Ambient marketing, sensation marketing
Guerrilla Marketing
LSD-Model of Guerrilla Marketing
Diffusion Effect
Consumers voluntarily diffuse the advertising message, because they are surprised or interested in the guerrilla action
Instruments that mainly focus on this effect:
-> Viral Marketing, Buzz Marketing
Guerrilla Marketing
LSD-Model of Guerrilla Marketing
Low Cost Effect
The guerrilla action requires relatively little expenses, because the advertising message is placed and diffused in a flexible and unconventional manner that avoids typical advertising costs
Instruments that mainly focus on this effect:
-> Ambush marketing