MKTG3511 - Fall 2024 - 2
MKTG3511 - Fall 2024 - 2
MKTG3511 - Fall 2024 - 2
• Chapter 2
Advertising
How advertising looks like?
Chapter Opener: Gatorade Covers all the
Bases
No sweat. You just don’t make the cut. In the “C-Store” campaign, that’s the
reason customers who don’t reek of athleticism are cut from the Gatorade
team and denied the privilege of downing their favorite drink.
The Practice of Advertising
What is Advertising?
Advertising is a paid form of persuasive communication that uses mass and
interactive media to reach broad audiences in order to connect an identified
sponsor with buyers (a target audience), provide information about products
(goods, services, and ideas), and interpret the product features in terms of the
customer’s needs and wants.
Advertising’s Basic Functions
• Identification
Identifies a product and/or the store where it’s sold.
• Information
New printing technology made commercial messages available to the masses
• Persuasion
With widespread marketing, recognizable brand names became more important.
Advertising: A Different
Proposition in the 19th
Century
P. T. Barnum was a pioneer in advertising and
promotion.
His flamboyant circus posters were more than
just hype. What other roles did they perform?
What are the Key Components of
Advertising? (1 of 2)
1. Strategy
The logic behind an advertisement stated in objectives that focus on
areas such as sales, emotional appeal, or brand reputation.
2. Message
The concept behind a message and how it is expressed based on
consumer insights.
What are the Key Components of
Advertising? (2 of 2)
3. Media
Targets prospective buyers by matching their profiles to media audiences.
4. Evaluation
Based on strategic objectives and professional standards.
Figure 2.1: Four Components of Advertising
• Brand advertising
• Focused on long-term brand identity and image.
• Retail or local advertising
• Focused on selling merchandise in a geographical area.
• Direct-response advertising
• Tries to stimulate an immediate customer response.
What are the Common Types of Advertising?
(2 of 3)
• Nonprofit advertising
• Used by not-for-profit organizations to reach customers, members,
volunteers, and donors.
• Public service advertising
• Usually produced and run for free on behalf of a good cause.
• Specialized advertising
• Used to address specific areas such as health care, green marketing,
international campaigns.
Brand Advertising
Brand advertising
This ad promotes a brand, Crest
Whitestrips, and provides
information about the product as
well as reasons to buy it.
Retail Advertising
Retail advertising.
Retailers sometimes advertise nationally, but much of their advertising is
targeted to a specific market, such as this direct-mail piece for The Loft.
Institutional Advertising
Institutional advertising
This ad for a pharmaceutical trade
association uses a heart-tugging visual
and copy to show consumers the value of
producing drugs that help save lives.
Business-to-Business (B2B) Advertising
Business-to-Business (B2B)
advertising
Aflac used its memorable, quirky
duck in B2B advertising to create
a brand identity and help
businesspeople understand how
Aflac insurance can be part of an
employee benefit package at no
direct cost to the company.
What Roles Does Advertising Perform?
Marketing communication role
• It transforms a product into a distinctive brand by creating a brand
image.
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