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The most successful ads are usually ones that have a clear concise title, a thorough and
accurate description with good punctuation, clear pricing, excellent images and any other
information which is relevant such as shipping costs etc.
Generally speaking, if there were two ads advertising the same item and one of them was
clear and concise with lots of information and the other ad was basic with little information,
the ad with more information will vastly outperform the basic one.
Ads with little information or bad punctuation send 'bad vibes' to buyers who will look
elsewhere to buy. In fact there’s many things make the ad more effective such as
Now is most interesting thing is that after build & Broadcast a good advertisement what
company will get outcome-if the advertisement is not good company could not get any
outcome.
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The first duty of advertising is to make something happen. And to make the happen
company must follow some rules before build & broadcast their advertisement to the
audience. Here are the 10 simple rules to evaluate the advertising company encounter:
2. Does the ad make the desired call to action a part of the story?
A good story that is very entertaining but does not make a direct connection between the
desired call to action - the purpose of the ad - and the story is just a very entertaining story.
The whole point of the story in advertising is to effectively deliver the desired call to action. If
the audience does not clearly understand the desired call to action after seeing the ad, then
there is no point in running the ad. Contrary to popular belief, having an entertaining story
and clearly delivering the desired call to action are not mutually exclusive.
6. Does the ad use symbolic language and images that relate to the senses?
People prefer symbolic language and images that relate to the senses. People are far less
receptive and responsive to language and images that relate to concepts. Life is
experienced through the senses and using symbolic language and images that express what
people feel, see, hear, smell, or taste are easier for people to understand, even when used
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to describe abstract concepts. The language and images used in advertising should "make
sense" to the audience.
7. Does the ad match what viewers see with what they hear?
People expect and prefer coordinated audio and visual messages because those messages
are easier to process and understand. Audio and visual messages that are out-of-sync may
gain attention, but audiences find them uncomfortable.
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Criteria Stinky O.K. Awesome
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Name of product 1 2 3
Graphics 1 2 3
(pictures)
Colourful 1 2 3
Mechanics 1 2 3
Does it make
sense?
Slogan 1 2 3
Overall 1 2 3
Rating
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1. Think before leap. List all the things that company can think out. It is very important to
make a nice plan.
2. Set the adverting aim in the middle, and branch the tasks and ideas. This is to rearrange
the brainstorm of the advertising plan.
3. Make lines with the elements that can target the audience, also, the prospects of the
advertising. This will form the stem of the plan.
4. When writing the plan should pay special attention to strategy and timing. Should be
careful with wording about what the company want to say.
It is also important to know before broadcast advertising is what method company going to
use for their advertisement. So, to avoid any difficulty, follow these five tips for advertising
success.
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• Television
Pros: Lots of exposure and credibility.
Cons: Expensive, often not useful for a much localized business.
• Radio
Pros: Able to target market effectively by choosing the right station or format.
Cons: Can be expensive. Need a lot of repetition to get people to remember the
message.
• Newspaper and Magazines
Pros: Wide coverage area. It has Ability to target market by advertising in specific
sections.
Cons: Can be expensive. It May get lost among other ads.
• Yellow Pages
Pros: People who use the book are looking to buy – right now.
Cons: Again, expensive with lots of competition.
• Internet
Pros: Pay-per-click is smart because company only pay for qualified leads.
Cons: Getting noticed.
The way to avoid making an expensive advertising mistake is to test an ad before run
with it. For instance, with newspapers, consider running a smaller ad for a shorter amount
of time before going with the big ad for a longer time. Company might consider an
overnight radio campaign to gauge interest; that costs about a quarter of what a drive
time campaign would run.
Here is some more brief about to take step before advertising. On an image advertising
campaign, company need to know the type of image to wish to convey. A key component
of decision should be an understanding of current image and competitors' images. This
knowledge can be gained through image research and perceptual mapping. After plotted
the importance and performance ratings, company can begin to formulate a "desired
image." In doing so, company need to consider several things:
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Below techniques are also to be noted about the step to be taken before advertising to make
successful advertisement:
The advertiser should understand that Internet display ads perform best with flash animation,
motion, or video.
The advertiser should understand the eye reads top left to bottom right and those impacts
the click-through rate depending on where the text links or display ads are on the page.
The advertiser should understand that the page upon which the consumer clicks is just as
important as the ad or link that got them there.
The advertiser should not assume that just because company built a website people will visit
it.
2. Direct Mail Advertising Techniques
The advertiser should make the letter look like newsworthy content – Content gets read, not
advertising.
The advertiser should attach news articles blown up to fit on 8 ?” x 11” paper as an
attachment to direct mail piece.
The advertiser should use any “special offer inside” language on envelope or “hey look at
me” advertising techniques when using a letter envelope.
The advertiser should use an 8 ?” x 11” letter in B2B direct mail, but do use A4 or executive
sized stationary – higher read rate and higher response rate vs. full sheet letter.
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The advertiser should use present tense – better response than past tense.
The advertiser should use the word “you” or “your” far more than “I” “me” or “we.”
The advertiser should use words like these in your writing or advertising techniques which
produce demonstrated higher response rates:
• You
• Now
• Discover
• This
• These
• Amazing
The advertiser should understand that asking a question with the word you in it is one of the
best ever advertising techniques.
1. TV Advertising Techniques
The advertiser should use TV as a way to legitimize the brand, launch the brand, or
reposition the brand. When used prudently and selectively, it can be one of the best
advertising techniques depending on the situation.
The advertiser should investigate buying “remnant” TV media and making opportunistic buys
for a fraction of retail prices.
The advertiser should make sure the TV spot looks like nothing else on TV (in order to stand
out).
The advertiser should make sure company have a compelling offer, and a compelling
newsworthy announcement.
The advertiser should pay special attention to audio in the TV spot…recall of ads with music
in the ad (not background music) produces higher recall and captures more attention.
If company have people in the TV spots, do make sure to have them with their eyes looking
right in the camera…the stopping power and attention rates are higher with ads that have
people looking at directly in the eye.
The advertiser should have a response medium (website, telephone number, SMS number,
etc). If company don’t, it could be one of the worst advertising techniques.
The advertiser should understand that for response, early AM and late evening produce
higher response rates (if someone is up at those hours, they often have nothing else going
on and are paying more attention than normal).
The advertiser should test your TV creative on the Internet before putting it on TV…or test at
small levels before putting on untested TV creative in large media buys.
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The advertiser should not accept mediocrity in TV creative. Mediocre TV spots in costly TV
media, is the most common blunder in all advertising techniques.
Company should understand that Public Relations are fundamentally different than
advertising. PR is not necessarily in the genre of advertising techniques, but on average PR
is 6X more powerful because people pay attention to content 6X more than advertising
(that’s starting at 500% higher ROI).
The advertiser should understand that a print ad which looks like an “ad” will fail unless
company have an amazing offer (great discount, sale, limited time only). Without an offer,
an ad that looks like an “ad” won’t get read.
The advertiser should make the ad look like content (use the same font style and layout as
the publication).
The advertiser should understand that ads with lists and bullet points get read more than ads
with paragraphs.
The advertiser should understand that copy in quotations gets read 13% more than without
quotations.
The advertiser should not ever use a reverse print ad (black background with white font) it’s
hard to read and has proven repeated lower response rates…one of the worst advertising
techniques.
The advertiser should understand that radio advertising works best with high frequency and
proper timing.
The advertiser should understand that the first five seconds of your radio ad may be the
most important…a cell phone and the radio preset button is a moment away from avoiding
ad.
The advertiser should understand that reads from DJ’s get more attention because they
seem like content from a familiar voice versus a stranger’s voice.
The advertiser should understand that one of the most powerful advertising techniques is to
produce fresh radio creative every week versus running the same radio spot for more than a
week.
The advertiser should understand that if it sounds like content, people will listen…if it sounds
like an ad…people won’t.
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It should be noted that word-of-mouth or buzz is created with pull, not “bought” like print
advertising; it also noted that this lost art which was practiced before the advent of Television
is more powerful than any other set of advertising techniques (Euro
RSCG Study found it 10X more effective
than TV or Print advertising).
The advertiser should understand that the
root of all buzz is a seven-letter word:
stories.
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• Vague/Specific
• Connected/Disconnected
• Pleasant/Painful
Vague/Specific—this factor deals with the objectives of the ad. Some are a long-term
focus, while others are more short-term. Whether an ad is vague or specific has very little to
do with how well it works, but it is very important for understanding a purpose of an ad. A
creator of an ad must understand whether their objectives are vague or specific.
Vague: A vague ad is one that works to promote the company, the company’s
brand, or an entire line of products. It is an attempt to build a brand for the long-term. It
does not specify a particular product or its benefits. In vague advertising some companies
flash their logo while creatively boasting the overall goodness of their brand. Other
companies choose to quickly show all of their products and services in a way that ties them
all together in a brand. By building a brand this way, advertisers can hopefully make an
impression in a consumer’s mind. And next time the consumer is shopping and they see a
product of the brand, they will have potential to buy this product. Furthermore, exposure to
this type of advertising will keep a consumer loyal and it will also provide a background for
more specific advertising in the future.
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gives the consumer a reason to buy the product or brand. For example, if a dog food is
made of real meat as opposed artificial ingredients, an ad should tell us why this is this
better for the dog. Does the dog even know the difference? Will the dog jump higher and
run faster? Will the dog live longer?
Painful: We all know what a painful ad is like. These are the ads that give us
advertising folks a bad name.
There are two types of painful ads. One type is a genuine attempt to make creative and
pleasant advertising, but unfortunately is an attempt that is way off. We can all remember
those cheesy ads with annoying jingles. Of course we can never forget the ads the try to
make us cry, but instead make us vomit. Perhaps the reason for this extreme lack of taste is
that the advertisers are, while trying to be creative, also trying to satisfy the connection factor
discussed earlier. They feel it is more important to make the product relevant, and they
unfortunately give up on making an ad that is both pleasant and connected.
The other type of painful ad is one that makes no attempt to be creative. These ads are
usually a deliberate attempt at annoyance and repetition. Some do believe that these ads
work. If the definition of work is simply sales, then this is often true. This however, does not
satisfy the Burton definition. This is a very cheap shot at a consumer. Advertisers are often
very successful at drilling holes in consumers’ brains by giving loud, disconnected, annoying
messages that pushes the product over and over again. Eventually, consumers become so
familiar with one and only one . . .and only one. . . and only one . . . and only one product
that they find themselves pulling that product off the shelf. While it might increase sales, it is
in very poor taste.
There are some more factors that could influence people to an advertisement are below:
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3. Reach- Reach refers to the percentage of customers in the target market who are
exposed to the advertising campaign for a given time period. A company might have
a goal of reaching at least 80 percent of its target audience during a given time
frame. The goal is to be as close to 100 percent as possible, because the more the
target audience is exposed to the message, the higher the chance of future sales.
4. Colours – The look of the advertising will obviously be a factor in people’s Mind first
impressions. The colours can have a huge impact on the overall attractiveness of the
advertising,
5. Logo/Branding – Another factor in the overall look of the advertising is the logo and
branding. Most importantly, the logo should help to brand the business in the way
that customers to think of the product.
7. Layout – One of the most important design elements is the layout. Whatever layout
should draw the reader’s attention to those items that are most important. Layout can
be used not only to create an attractive design, but also to make the add easy for
customer.
9. Clarity of Purpose – New customer should be able to very quickly determine the
purpose of an advertisement.
10. Unprofessional Items – Some items like low-quality animated and hit counters can
give a negative first impression.
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11. Quality of Images and Photos – It’s amazing how much impact a high-quality photo
or graphic can have on a design.
12. Video and Audio – sound quality should be the most modern or attractive to catch
the audience at first play
It is also noted the factors of psychology that the last century, psychologists have been
studying simple persuasion tactics that can be used to motivate people and get them to take
immediate action. This article gives three persuasion strategies guaranteed to have a
positive impact on the advertisement.
When customers feel an opportunity is about to be taken away or product is running out,
they want it more. Therefore, present opportunity as “scarce,” “exclusive” or “in demand.”
This strategy works because the pain of losing something that you already have is more
intense than the pleasure of gaining something don’t have.
Company can use the expert strategy for own purposes. Do this by finding experts who have
a high opinion of product or service. Share their testimonials, advertise awards business has
earned, collect and share comments of satisfied customers. Convince the customers by
showing them that the experts say that the product is the best.
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The Type of advertising agency born in the early days of advertising when some large
advertisers established their own agencies primarily in order to save media commissions
and achieving total control of their advertisement. A agency house is a firm that
These agencies were financially backed by the advertiser and were set up as independent
full-service agency to perform all advertising functions on behalf of the advertiser.
The concept of the house agency has changed over time. Today, many large advertisers
utilize an in-house agency operation. This in-house service differs from the external house
agency in that it works internally and provides a kind of advertising administrative centre with
a minimum of staff that coordinates and directs advertising efforts to outside services.
So, there is clearly come out for two kinds of advertising agency like ‘In House’ Agency and
the ‘External House’ Agency. Below is the brief of each:
An in-house agency is an agency responsible within the advertiser's organization for all
advertising activities. An "In-House" agency simply means placing own ads for them self,
instead of paying an outside agency the commission. Company insert the ads; deduct the
commission (usually 15%). However, COMPANY MUST USE THE PROPER FORM. An
order placed under ordinary business letterhead will not do. Also, it is a good idea to preface
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masthead on own FORM with words "Advertising Agency." For example, Smith's advertising
Agency instead of Smith & Company. The three essentials while operating an "In-House"
advertising agency –
Proper FORM
Advertising agency masthead
Remittance with order.
It could be some time before in-house agencies become the norm, but in a world where
speed and integration of communications are key, the idea of having an agency on tap and
on site could prove irresistible. Below some example of company who are operating there in
house agencies are:
Samsung
Besides producing its own creative work, Cheil has the authority to recommend and call
pitches. It was also instrumental in arranging Samsung's sponsorship of Chelsea FC.
Benetton
The retailer's often controversial 'United Colors of Benetton' ad campaign has been
developed by its in-house ad team. The group also owns design research centre Fabrica.
Hyundai
The Korean marque launched a London office of in-house agency Innocean last year. It
handles strategy and agency brief-ings for Hyundai, but has not yet produced any creative
work.
No doubt; bringing functions in-house can save on cost. But it can end up costing in
other ways.
External agencies are those which are not in-house operated by the advertiser. It’s a
deferent individual firm which is work for the advertiser with a commission.
An external house advertising agency or ad agency is a service business dedicated to
creating, planning and handling advertising (and sometimes other forms of promotion) for its
clients. An external agency is independent from the client and provides an outside point of
view to the effort of selling the client's products or services. An external agency can also
handle overall marketing and branding strategies and sales promotions for its clients.
Typical external agency clients include businesses and corporations, non-profit
organizations and government agencies. Agencies may be hired to produce single ads or,
more commonly, ongoing series of related ads, called an advertising campaign.
The right advertising agency can give the marketing strategy a professional shot in the arm,
helping the company to attract new customers and hang on to existing ones. The external
agencies take the compensation and that is derived from three different sources:
15% commissions from the media on the rate charged for media space or time
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Fees charged for services (usually non commissionable, such as a market survey);
however, situations will occur when the price-value relationship between media
placement and creative services is out of balance (e.g., when a client uses the same
broadcast commercial for a long period of time, incurring no creative costs, but incurring
millions of dollars in broadcast billing), and agencies will be compensated by the
substitution of a fee system in place of the 15% commission.
It's legitimate, practical and effective, but like so many other promises, there are pros and
cons involved. While hiring an advertising agency has its share of benefits and advantages,
the prospect is not devoid of a set of drawbacks and disadvantages either. Nevertheless the
decision to hire an advertising agency or depend upon the company’s marketing division for
the advertising of the products and / or services, differs from organization to organization
and depends heavily upon the nature of the product offerings in the product line and
sometimes even the organization structure as well. Many companies also have an in-house
agency that is an advertising agency that is under the umbrella of the parent company. Both
the agency got some advantage and disadvantage to broadcast. Here is a little brief about
this as below:
Employee prospect: In house agency employee are advertiser recruited and they are
controlled by the company’s rules and easily could work for over time to create
advertisement and there is scope to be trained up on this job for the future requirement.
Product knowledge prospect: : ‘In House’ Advertising Agency are known fully
understand the product value or the customers as well as the company rules that take things
out of control such as delivery schedule, importance, and company’s competition.
Security prospect: In house agency could keep hide some important information for
them self that could not be out to a third party. But external agency might come to know
some important information which could be flash to outside after break the relation between
advertisers and the external advertising agency.
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Concentration prospect: In house agency will give more priority and accurate
concentration to own advertisement always whether it is small or big. And they will try to
make it in timely without any delay.
Establishing prospect: The negative side to this operation involves the initial cost of
establishing the new agency, which isn't very difficult, but it might be considered time-
consuming. To initiate an agency company will have to have a name for it other than the
regular business name. Example: If company name is Nationwide Electronics and the owner
name is John Smith, it could be the agency like John Smith Advertising or The J.S.
Advertising Agency,
Correspondence prospect: The in house agency address will have to be different than
the mother company's, but this can be resolved by renting a post office box for the ad
agency and using home or office address for the other.
Banking prospect: Company have to open a separate checking account under the
agency name because all advertising payments will be issued thru the agency, and probably
be required to register the agency as a new business.
Experience prospect: In house agency does not have sufficient creative and artistic
resources, past multi advertising experience, so output could be poor rather than an external
professional agency. They also might not have better information on demographics across a
broader region of the country or internationally, so, gathering information is to be not up to
mark, however from sales and marketing department the in house agency could gain some
information.
Experience prospect: They have creative and artistic resources, they can provide
access to these resources more cheaply or for short term requirements, they provide an
independent view of your product, they may have better information on demographics across
a broader region of the country or internationally, they can normally buy advertising at rates
lower than individual companies can, they give you someone to sue if it is screwed up.
Communication prospect: The RIGHT agency can give the target and how to best
communicate the product's benefits to market. They know the challenges and the
opportunities by using their experience.
Creativity prospect: Advertising agencies are the professionals who can take the
company’s basic ideas and make them incredible. With an agency company get the synergy
of having many diverse ideas come together rather than relying on only one or two minds.
An agency will give to advertiser fresh ideas from another perspective.
Money saving prospect: One of the biggest benefits beyond the creativity is that ad
agencies can save businesses money in the long run by acquiring the below:
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They have the ability to buy media in bulk at rates that a single business cannot
obtain.
They are educated as to the best times and places to run ads to reach company’s
target market, ultimately minimizing wasted spending.
They can help the advertiser fine tune the target market so that the message is
designed to reach that company want to reach.
An Agency will usually provide a full creative recommendation at no additional charge
Product knowledge prospect: External House’ Advertising Agency take things out of
advertiser’s control such as delivery schedule, they can be more expensive, they can have a
conflict if they also advertise for company’s competition, they may not fully understand the
product value or the customers as well as the company knows.
Time prospect: It usually takes advertising agencies a great amount of time and effort to
update their creation and even more so if they have to redesign their advertisement. Though
it is not operated in house, so communicate could be extensive between agency and the
advertiser.
Security prospect: external agency could gain some internal information of advertiser,
and might come to know some important information which could be flash to outside or to
competitor after break the relation between advertisers and the external advertising agency
Conclusion
Nevertheless before reaching a final decision, a company should always weigh the pros and
cons of each option against each other and should base its decision in the light of their
interpretation. Advertising has become such a specific and exclusive field that it has its own
mechanics of operations, its own experts to seek advice from and its own distinct
significance not just in the arena of marketing but also in the entire dimension of branding
the product.
Therefore companies are investing a great deal in their advertising fully aware of the
manifold benefits and returns that it brings back to their brand and the role it plays in
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entrenching brand equity and fulfilling the brand contract. For that purpose, many successful
organizations are now seeking the succor of advertising agencies to deal with the advertising
aspect of their product or more precisely the promotional aspect of their product as besides
advertising, the ad. Agencies are also involved in designing many other innovative promotion
techniques such as sales promotion techniques, direct marketing etc.
The account management department is the department that is in direct contact with the
clients. As for the account planning department, it is also called the strategy department that
is mostly involved in research and strategizing the advertising campaign. The creative
department is responsible for the art (copy-writing and photography) aspect of the
advertising campaign. Next comes the media planning department that plans and co-
ordinates with media agencies to determine the most effective way to channelize the
advertising in order to achieve optimum results. Last but not the least the internal services
department handles the internal affairs of the advertising agency like the finances and the
human resource department
Advertising agencies in effect work is by actually getting familiar with their clients' product or
service in addition to identifying exactly which demographic would denote the best target
audience for any promotion. For instance if a company sells funky skateboards, an ad
agency would probably attempt to fix up the company's TV commercials when sports
programs or teenagers programs are on air.
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The workflow in an agency is not as linear as one may initially expect. Projects typically do
not start in one department, and then get handed off to the next, and so forth.
The process is much more collaborative with multiple agency departments involved at key
points along the way. This may seem a bit chaotic at times, but the process encourages
input from diverse points of view, stimulates healthy debate and allows strong ideas to
emerge regardless of the source. Ultimately, the process leads to the best possible creative.
While no two advertising projects run exactly the same, what follows is a rough chronology
of how most advertising is generally created:
Project assignment: The client details his business objectives to the account manager, and
together they define the role that advertising is expected to play. Often advertising is just
one component in a marketing plan that also includes many communications efforts – public
relations, promotions, direct mail, etc.
The account manager collects as much information as possible and briefs the key agency
departments – strategic planning, creative, and media.
Media Development is typically initiated alongside of strategic development. The media team
creates a detailed profile of the target consumer -- how old are they? How much money do
they earn? Where do they live? What are their hobbies? A media plan is developed to reach
these consumers based on their media consumption habits. The plan is presented to the
client and (when approved) is purchased by the media buyers.
Creative Development: the creative team develops rough versions of ads. After input by the
creative director, the account manager and strategic planner are consulted for further fine-
tuning.
Creative work is then presented to the client and, when approved, is often tested among
consumers. The advertising will be judged a success if it grabs consumer attention and
motivates him to try the product – changes may be made if necessary at this point.
Once finalized, TV spots are shot, radio spots recorded, and the print ads produced.
Campaign Debut: The Traffic Manager sends the advertising where it is needed and
ensures it debuts in accordance with the media plan. This can get quite complicated, as
each type of ad must be finished at varying times prior to debut - magazine ads will need to
arrive as much as a month prior to publication, while TV and Radio spots may be needed by
stations just a few days before air.
1. Media
This department takes over the media buying and media planning.
The sub categories under this are: Media operations and Media Planning
2. Accounts
this department handles the clientele in terms of what are the various brands for which the
agency works etc.
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3. Client servicing
This department is essentially the show window of the agency. It takes care of meeting
clients, analysing its needs and turning the client brief into the creative brief.
4. Creative
Here comes the department which handles the preparation of the ad from copy to layouts to
design to art. This also is divided into copy and art where the former conceptualises and the
latter prepares the layout
5. Production
this department is responsible for actualising the ad. It’s here where the actual production of
the ad takes place.
It is also noted on the other way by two basic ways in which agency operate through
departmental organization and group organization.
Departmental organization in which all work coming into the agency is allocated to individual
artist or copywriters as it comes in. A writer may work with half a dozen different artists and
vice versa.
Group organization, where people on the contact, creative and media side are placed in
groups that handle certain accounts. Thus they specialized in the work of certain clients.
Conclusion
It is important for an advertiser to know that in most cases, the agency will be excited to do
everything they can for your business, and they may not be able to afford their level of
enthusiasm. So, It is important to determine what you need from the agency before they
attempt to make that choice for you.
Company should make sure to know the customers before they think about advertising,
Should not be rush into any advertising expenditure without planning the strategy.
Consider using an advertising agency to produce cost-effective Advertising.
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Certain businesses choose to advertise when their target audience is most likely to buy their
product or service. Sometimes this can be seasonal - a toy retailer, for example, will focus its
advertising efforts around the run-up to Christmas. If company selling to other businesses,
it's worth identifying when the customers and potential customers will have the budget, so
We must also decide the budget allocation, what comprises a particular segment, and what
sort of success criteria to examine post mortem. Although these aren't the only things to look
at, following some key factors those are important to starting an ad campaign.
THE PRODUCT
Company should describe the product or service that is the focus of the campaign. Include
the product’s sales history, market share, strengths, weaknesses, key benefits, brand image,
and other factors important for an understanding of the product’s or service’s performance
and place among its category competitors.
Advertiser has to understand what they want to Accomplish. Determine the one most
important thing company need the advertising to do. Advertiser has to be as specific as
possible. They have to judge exactly what type of sales company wants to increase.
The product may be a new product or service, or an existing brand with an established track
record. Each agency team should submit a list of three products or services it would like to
work on, company also keep in mind while adverting not only simple increase sales but
rather to increase the market share of teenagers to use the product.
Identifying a target audience may be the key factor between profit and loss. The slogan has
to be in mind of advertiser ’ADVERTISE IN THE RIGHT PLACES’. To find places to
advertise, it may be best to consider navigation of the internet. In a research report
published by Michael Day and Traugott Koch of UKOLN Metadata Group, they found the
internet works best using Classification mapping, for finding and retrieving information. Their
research concluded, “Classification schemes vary in scope and methodology, but can be
divided into universal, national, general, subject specific, and home-grown schemes”.
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Targeting is the art of minimizing the advertisements to the people who are most likely to
become a customer. If done effectively, it will produce results with minimal advertising
expense. These savings will enable to offer products or services at a competitive rate while
maintain a profit margin.
With an objective and a product in place, the advertising campaign will next need to focus on
developing the target market, with the information of who wants product or service. What are
their age, gender, nationality, income level, and general interests? If company just starting
out, company should make some guesses. As a company or site evolves, different target
markets will emerge, and sometimes surprise the advertiser. Advertiser can find out quite a
bit about the target audience by analyzing site traffic origins, search engine key phrases,
polling current customers/site visitors, and by examining the competition very closely.
Some general targeting segments are: Age Groups, Homeowners, Renters, Single Men
or Women, Couples, Couples with Children, Regions, Type of Employment, and
Income Grouping, product wise and psycho graphically. Depending on the offering, it
may be a good idea to initially target one of these groups, until the business becomes
established.
BUDGET ALLOCATION
There are two ways to set a budget for the advertising campaign:
• Company should ask them self what they can afford to spend, OR
• company can calculate the investment needed for advertising campaign in order to
generate the sales required to make the business successful
Each agency team will submit a budget request in response to the client’s directive to create
a new promotion campaign that promises an improved market position in the selected
market. Obviously the agency must know how much may be spent on a campaign. Budget
will be divided between costs of producing the advertisements and placing them in the
media.
The budget should be based on a determination of what it will take to reach in marketing
objectives and company’s proposed communications objectives. It would be Explained
specifically how company arrived at their budget recommendation. It would be Described
how company’s plan to allocate the budget to each communications vehicle and target
audience and justify, How it would be allocated the recommended budget over the life of the
promotional campaign.
When company want to this to happen, it is an important factor for an advertising campaign.
Next company need to determine exactly over what time period company want the objective
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to be reached. It could a week, a month, six months or even a year. Media people will know t
the exact time of copy date. A schedule can then be made listing dates for presentation of
the advertising idea, date of client approval, when the campaign will start and finish, etc.
Sometimes Timing is everything. Example; can we think it's a great idea to promote ski
outfits or Christmas trees during summer? If company want a successful advertising
campaign, then company should know which product is suited at a particular time. This also
applies to products and services that company may think as 'season-less '.
THE STRATEGIES
The strategy is the main factor before starting any advertising campaign. And the entire thing
is depend on strategy. For businesses with large numbers of target customers in well-
defined market segments, advertising is often a cost-effective way of communicating with
them. This briefing covers:
• Setting the promotional objectives and deciding whether to advertise.
• Determining the promotional budget.
• Deciding where and when to advertise.
• Measuring the effectiveness of the advertising campaign.
The advertising campaign strategies could be set up as with the blew point:
company’s objectives
Before deciding whether to use advertising, clarify what company are trying to achieve.
Company’s ultimate objective is probably to increase sales. But the promotional activities
may focus on intermediate objectives that make sales and other business objectives easier
at the end of the day. Company have to Draw up a list of SMART objectives (specific,
measurable, agreed, realistic, time-limited), against which they can measure the
effectiveness of campaigns, company may need to create awareness of something, or
change customer attitudes by
• Creating a reputation as the market leader may allow to increase the prices and win
long-term contracts
• Building brand awareness for a product makes the product easier to sell. It also
makes it easier to launch new products.
• Making consumers feel good about company can boost sales.
Company may need to convey a specific one-off message to market. For example, informing
people of a special offer, or a particular benefit of the product.
In the mix
Company should consider whether advertising is the most cost-effective way of achieving
the objective, or whether other forms of promotion would be more effective. Company has to
have the answer before campaign of some question like; what common characteristics
define the target market? Who makes the buying decision, what media best reach
company’s target market, Could advertising carry the right message, Would advertising work
within the timescales,
The budget
Deciding how much company should spend is as much an art as a science. If company
launch a new product into a new market, company need to spend heavily to achieve
customer awareness. Company has to have the answer before campaign of some question
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like, What are the competitors doing, How far are company from achieving the objectives,
What is the advertising worth to company, What media can afford to consider.
Media selection
Company should identify the segment of the market and decide which media best reach the
target audience then finding advertising media is straightforward — though the choice of
media is now vast.
• Company should look in BRAD (formerly British Rate and Data).
• Company should Look at the possibilities, and observe where your competitors
advertise.
• Company should Consider traditional, new media and non-mainstream methods
• Company should ask a selection of people from the target market what they read and
watch.
• Consider the use of a specialist media buying agency to help advertiser
• Company should ask newspaper and magazine advertising departments for media
packs.
• Company should ask for a readership profile, which analyses characteristics and
spending habits of readers.
• Company should examine advertising rates for different sizes and types of
advertisements and different positions.
• Company should choose the media that match the needs.
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