The document describes several marketing models that outline the typical stages a consumer progresses through when engaging with advertising or promotional materials for a product.
The most well-known model is AIDA, which stands for Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action. It proposes that marketing communications should first grab the consumer's attention, then build their interest by focusing on benefits, develop desire by convincing them the product will satisfy their needs, and finally prompt them to take action such as a purchase.
Two other models discussed are Lavidge and Steiner's hierarchy of effects model, which adds additional cognitive and affective stages between awareness and action. Lastly, DAGMAR focuses on measuring advertising effectiveness by mapping how consumers move from unaware