The document discusses advertising, including its definition, evolution, objectives, types, and characteristics. Some key points:
- Advertising is a form of paid, non-personal promotion used to influence buying behavior and promote products/services. It has evolved from early forms like signboards to modern mass media advertising enabled by printing technology.
- The main objectives of advertising are to inform potential customers, persuade them, and remind existing customers. Major types include product, institutional, and local/national advertising.
- Characteristics include it being a tool for promotion, non-personal communication, requiring payment, having wide applicability, and using various media channels. Advertising aims to achieve business goals like increased sales and brand
Advertising is a form of marketing communication used to promote or sell something, usually a business's product or service.
The word advertising comes form the latin word "advertere meaning” to turn the minds of towards". Some of the definitions given by various authors are:
According to William J. Stanton, "Advertising consists of all the activities involved in presenting to an audience a non-personal, sponsor-identified, paid-for message about a product or organization."
According to American Marketing Association "advertising is any paid form of non-personal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods and services by an identified sponsor".
Advertising is used for communicating business information to the present and prospective customers. It usually provides information about the advertising firm, its product qualities, place of availability of its products, etc. Advertisement is indispensable for both the sellers and the buyers. However, it is more important for the sellers. In the modern age of large scale production, producers cannot think of pushing sale of their products without advertising them. Advertisement supplements personal selling to a great extent. Advertising has acquired great importance in the modern world where tough competition in the market and fast changes in technology, we find fashion and taste in the customers.
Advertising is a form of marketing communication used to promote or sell something, usually a business's product or service.
The word advertising comes form the latin word "advertere meaning” to turn the minds of towards". Some of the definitions given by various authors are:
According to William J. Stanton, "Advertising consists of all the activities involved in presenting to an audience a non-personal, sponsor-identified, paid-for message about a product or organization."
According to American Marketing Association "advertising is any paid form of non-personal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods and services by an identified sponsor".
Advertising is used for communicating business information to the present and prospective customers. It usually provides information about the advertising firm, its product qualities, place of availability of its products, etc. Advertisement is indispensable for both the sellers and the buyers. However, it is more important for the sellers. In the modern age of large scale production, producers cannot think of pushing sale of their products without advertising them. Advertisement supplements personal selling to a great extent. Advertising has acquired great importance in the modern world where tough competition in the market and fast changes in technology, we find fashion and taste in the customers.
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ADVERTISING AND MARKETING COMMUNICATION
MARKETING COMMUNICATION
Marketing communication (MarCom) is a fundamental and complex part of a company’s marketing efforts. Loosely defined, MarCom can be described as all the messages and media you deploy to communicate with the market.
Marketing communication includes advertising, direct marketing, branding, packaging, your online presence, printed materials, PR activities, sales presentations, sponsorships, trade show appearances and more.
Marketing communication has two objectives. One is to create and sustain demand and preference for the product. The other is to shorten the sales cycle.
Discusses about the different media of Advertising use, and the the kinds of Advertising. This slideshow particularly discusses Interactive advertsing, most particularly Kiosks, and Point of Purchase. It also discusses about the difference between Product and Non-Product Advertising, Commercial and Non-commercial Advertising, and Awareness Advertsing.
This Slide show narrates the history of advertisements and traces out their impacts and explains the techniques followed in the preparation of advertisements. I made this presentation for the students of I year M A English on 11th January 2010. I hope to improve this presentation in near future.
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INTRODUCTION
TO
ADVERTISING AND MARKETING COMMUNICATION
MARKETING COMMUNICATION
Marketing communication (MarCom) is a fundamental and complex part of a company’s marketing efforts. Loosely defined, MarCom can be described as all the messages and media you deploy to communicate with the market.
Marketing communication includes advertising, direct marketing, branding, packaging, your online presence, printed materials, PR activities, sales presentations, sponsorships, trade show appearances and more.
Marketing communication has two objectives. One is to create and sustain demand and preference for the product. The other is to shorten the sales cycle.
Discusses about the different media of Advertising use, and the the kinds of Advertising. This slideshow particularly discusses Interactive advertsing, most particularly Kiosks, and Point of Purchase. It also discusses about the difference between Product and Non-Product Advertising, Commercial and Non-commercial Advertising, and Awareness Advertsing.
This Slide show narrates the history of advertisements and traces out their impacts and explains the techniques followed in the preparation of advertisements. I made this presentation for the students of I year M A English on 11th January 2010. I hope to improve this presentation in near future.
Advertising, meaning of advertising, types of advertising, print advertising, outdoor advertising, covert advertising, surrogate advertising, public service advertising, celebrity advertising.
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Advertising
1. ADVERTISING
INTRODUCTION
Advertising is a popular device employed in the modern marketing system used by
companies to promote or sell products and services.
Effective advertisements has become more indispensable. The primary goal of
advertising is to influence the buying behavior by promoting a product, service or
company.
All kinds of institutions find advertising as suitable means of publicity.
The word advertising is derived from two Latin Words „Ad‟ and „Verto‟.
Ad – towards
Verto – I turn
Literally it means to turn the people’s attention to a specific thing.
EVOLUTION
o Inscriptions were found on earthen bricks prepared by Babylonians about 3000BC.
o The bricks carry the name of the officials when the structure was erected.
o The earliest forms were signboards and writing on the walls of prominent buildings.
o Pamphlets and posters also used.
o Hand press was invented at the end of 15th century.
o The invention of printing machines further aided for the development of advertising
techniques through handbills, magazines, newspapers, and handbooks.
o The evolution of printing machinery brought revolutionary changes in the art of
advertising and such changes were closely followed by structural changes in the
marketing methods.
o After the occurrence of Industrial Revolution, mass production has become a reality.
o This mass scale productions brought various changes in the techniques of marketing.
o Mass advertising came into being in the latter half of the 19th century, Which was
further stimulated by increased literacy.
DEFINITION
Advertising is any form of paid non-personal presentation of ideas, goods, or
services for the purpose of inducing people to buy.
The process of delivering a message about ideas, goods and services, through
the media, paid by an individual sponsor.
To turn the peoples attention to a specific thing.
Advertising is just a single concept of marketing.
“If you think advertising is the same thing as marketing, you have just limited
yourself to only using the most expensive way to market your business.”
2. Advertising is any paid form of non-personal presentation and promotion of
ideas, goods, or services by an identified sponsor.
It involves the use of such media as magazine, newspaper, space, radio, motion pictures,
outdoor media, cards, catalogues, direct mail, directories and references, store signs, programs,
and menus, novelties, and circulars.
Advertising is any paid form of non-personal presentation and promotion of ideas,
goods, or services by an identified sponsor.
[American Marketing Association]
Advertising consists of all the activities involved in presenting to a group of non-
personal, oral or visual, openly sponsored message regarding a product, service or idea.
This message called an advertisement disseminated through one or more media and is
paid for by the identified sponsor.
[WilliamJ Stanton]
Advertising is any form of paid non-personal presentation of ideas, goods or services for
the purpose of inducing people to buy.
[ Weeler ]
Advertising is any paid form of non personal presentation and promotion of goods,
services, or ideas by an identified sponsor.
[ Kotler ]
MAJOR ADVERTISING MEDIA
News papers
Television
Direct mail
Radio
Magazines
Brochures
Telephone
Internet
OBJECTIVES
1 To inform / INFORMATIVE ADVERTISING
◦ New Product,
New Service, New Features, Re-Launch
3. Advertisements are used to increase brand awareness and brand exposure in the target
market. Informing potential customers about the brand and its products is the first step
towards attaining business goals.
Building A Brand And Company Image
Telling The Market About A New Product
Explaining How The Product Works
Suggesting New Usage Of A Product
Informing The Market Of A Price Change
Describing Available Services And Support
Correcting False Impression
2 To persuade / PERSUASIVE ADVERTISING
◦ Comparative Ads
Persuading customers to perform a particular task is a prominent objective of
advertising. The task may involve buying or trying the products and services offered, to
form brand image, develop a favorable attitude towards the brand
Building Brand Preference
Encouraging Switching To Your Brand
Persuading Customers To Purchase New
Convincing Customers To Tell Others About The Brand
3 To Remind / REMINDER ADVERTISING
◦ Continuous Ads
Ex: Coca Cola
To reinforce the brand message and to reassure the existing and potential customers
about the brand vision.
Maintaining Customer Relationship
Reminding Consumers That The Product May Be Needed In The Near Future
Reminding Consumers Where To Buy The Product
Other objectives
o Brand Building
o Increasing Sales
o Creating Demand
o Engagement
o Expanding Customer Base
o Changing Customers Attitude
4. o Assure ready acceptance of new products
o Sets a standard for organisations performance
o Aids to maintain both wholesale and retail prices
o Encourage maintenance
o Improve the quality
o Develop new markets and attract a new group of customers
o Retain the users interest
o Creates mass demand
o Gains goodwill
o Reduces selling and distribution expenses
Characteristics
1.tool for market promotion
There are various tools used for market communication-such as advertising, sales promotion,
personal selling, and publicity. It is a powerful, expensive and popular element of promotion
mix.
2 non personal
Advertising is a type of non personal or mass communication with the target audience. A large
number of people are addressed at a time. It is called as non personal salesmanship.
3 paid form
Advertising is not free of costs. Advertiser called as sponsor, has to spend money for preparing
message, buying media, and monitoring advertising efforts. It is the costliest option of market
promotion. Company has to prepare its advertising budget to appropriate advertising costs.
4 wide applicability
Advertising is a widely used means for communicating with the target market. It is not only
used for business and profession, but is widely used by museums, charitable trusts, government
agencies, educational institutions, and others to inform and attract various target publics.
5 varied objectives
Advertising aimed at achieving varied objectives. It is targeted to increase sales, create and
improve brand image, face competition, build relation with publics, or to educate people.
6 forms of advertising
Advertising messages can be expressed in oral, written, audible or visual forms, mostly
expressed in joint forms-oral-visual, audio-visual
5. 7 use of media
Advertiser can use any of the several advertising media to convey the message. Widely used
media are:
Print media-news paper, magazines ,letters, booklets
Outdoor media-sign boards, wall printing, banners
Audio visual media- television, film, internet
8 advertising as an art
9 personal or non-personal
Advertising can be non personal as in the case of T V ,News paper, radio or highly personal as in
the case of social media and other cookie based advertisements.
TYPES OF ADVERTISING
1 . PRODUCT ADVERTISING
2. INSTITUTIONAL ADVERTISING
3. OTHER TYPES
1. Product advertising : attempts to inform and stimulate the market about the advertisers
products or services.
USERS: Business, government organizations and private non-business organizations
Purpose : To promote the uses, features, images and benefits of products or services
a) Direct actionand indirect actionadvertising
Direct action productadvertising : It stimulates the buyer to buy the product immediately.
It expects the quick response from the buyer.
Indirectaction advertising : It seeks to stimulate demand over a long period. It increases
the demand for commodities and increases sales volume. It creates a favourable attitude
towards the product.
b) Pioneer demand and selectivedemandadvertising
Pioneer advertising: When new kinds of goods are produced for the first time, the
manufactures has to explain the features of product. He should make the buyers aware of the
product, how it can be used and where it is available.
Selective advertising: Having created mass demand for a product of a particular class the
manufacturer has to popularize his brand among buyers.
6. 2 Institutional advertising
It creates a favourable image of the company which markets the products or service. Service
organisations –LIC, SBI
a) Patronage institutional advertising : appeals to the patronage motives of buyers. It
aims at building at long term relationship with customers.it explains about the manufacturer,
his policies and his personnel.
b)Public relationinstitutional advertising : appeals to the stakeholders of the company.
It creates a favourable image of the organization among employees, shareholders, or general
public.
c)Public service institutional advertising aims at garnering public support. e.g.
conservation of natural resources, savings, security.
Institutional advertising is undertaken by the government.
3 . OTHER TYPES
Local and national advertising
National advertising: advertising sponsored by manufacturer
Local advertising : retailer undertakes advertisement campaign.
Consumer and industrial advertising
Emotional advertising
Comparative advertising
Defensive advertising
Reminder advertising
Reinforcement advertising
7. TYPES OF ADVERTISING
According tothe level of penetration
a) above the line: includes activities that are largely non-targeted and have a wide reach.
egs: TV, radio ,Newspaper advertisements
b) below the line: includes conversion focused activities which are directed towards a
specific target group.
Egs :sponsorships, in-store advertising
c) through the line: include activities which involve the use of both ATL and BTL strategies
simultaneously. these are directed towards brand building and conversions and make
use of targeted (personalized) advertisement strategies.eg: cookie based advertising,
digital marketing strategies
According tothe type of medium used
Print advertising:
o newspaper, magazines, brochure advertisement's
o Oldest media.
o Printed on some type of paper.
o Effective when people see it.
o Reach large no. of people.
Broadcast advertising:
o Television, Radio
o internet commercials.
o Reaches wider audience.
o Great impact on listener or viewers.
Outdoor advertising:
o banners, flags, wraps
Digital advertising:
o advertisements displayed over the internet and digital devices
o Publicized product or service outdoors.
o Billboards, bus benches and on buses etc,.
o Suitable for small business and effective option.
o Attention catcher.
Product/Brand Integration:
o Product placement in entertainment media like TV show, YouTube video show
8. Surrogate Advertising
o To advertise indirectly.
o banned by law.
o Advertise for: cigarettes or alcohol.
Celebratory Advertising
o Use of public figure‟s.
o Selling product or services.
o Give preference to a certain product.
SETTING THE ADVERTISING BUDGET
Affordable Method
Percentage Of Sales Method
Competitive Parity Method
Based On Product Life Cycle
IMPORTANCEOF ADVERTISING
To the customers
Convenience
Awareness
Better Quality
To the Business
Awareness
Brand Image
Product Differentiation
Increases Good Will
Value for money
Advertising doesn‟t mean selling but helps in increasing sales.
Creates awareness in people.
Create brand awareness.
Important for buyer and seller.
Creates regular demand.
Provides information about market and everything which happens around you.
Helps educating people.
9. ELEMENTS OF ADVERTISING
Non-personal communication
Mass non-personal communication reaching a large group of buyers.
It is neither delivered by actual persons nor addressed to an individual or small
audience of individuals.
Matter of record
Furnishing information for the benefit of the buyers.
It guides them to make a satisfactory purchase.
Paid form of publicity
The sponsor must pay for it to other person whose media is employed.
It is commercial transaction.
Identifiable with the sponsor
The advertisement campaign by employing a suitable media
Persuasionof the buyers
The advertisement must be capable of persuading the buyers to purchase the
goods advertised.it is an art of influencing the human action, the awakening of
ones desire to possess ones product.
STEPS IN ADVERTISING
Step1
IDENTIFY YOUR PURPOSE
Informcustomers thatyour productor serviceis available and tells them
how to get it.
Persuadecustomers that your productor service is better than your
competitors‟.
Remind consumers to useyour productor service.
Step2
TARGET YOUR AUDIENCE
The next step is to clearly identify to whom you want to say it.
You want to advertise to people who will buy your product or use your service.
10. Market research can tell you who and where your target customers are.
Step3
SELECT A MEDIUM
You want to reach as many potential customers as possiblewith the most
effective, efficient, and affordablemedium you can select for the
advertising.
Step4
CREATE THE AD
Beyond the widespread interest in great, creative advertising, your product
or service, purposeand budget are the realistic parameters.
Make surethat your ad is always appropriatefor your audience, product,
serviceand budget.
Step5
PLACEAND TIME THE AD
When selecting where to place your ad consider to reach the right user, in
the rightplace at the right time.
Step6
FULFILL EXPECTATIONS
Make surethat you can fulfill the promises mentioned in your
advertisement.
Optimize your advertising strategy through tracking and new innovative
technologies.
OR
o Setting an advertising objective
o Deciding on the advertising budget
o Choosing the advertising message
o Deciding on media
o Advertisementis identified with a sponsor
11. ADVANTAGES OF ADVERTISING
Advantages to the manufacturers
Advantages to the salesmen
Advantages to the retailers
Advantages to the consumers
Advantages to the society
ADVANTAGES TO THE MANUFACTURERS
Increasein the volume of sales
Facilitate large scale production
Protection fromcompetition
Minimization of seasonalslumps
Stabilization of prices
Securing of dealers
Less expensive and Provision of information
ADVANTAGES TO THE SALESMAN
Facilitates selling
Creation of confidence
12. Lesser efforts
ADVANTAGES TO THE RETAILERS
Increases theturnover
Publicity
Minimum efforts
Risk of price wars
Sales forecasting
Strengthening of goodwill
ADVANTAGES TO THE CONSUMERS
Quality of the product
Selection of products
Information service
Fair prices and Mail order business
ADVANTAGES TO THE SOCIETY
Educative value
Stimulation of investment
Employment opportunities
ADVANTAGES OF ADVERTISING
Reduce per unit cost
Helps in brand building
Helps in launching new products
Boosts up existing customers confidencein the brand
Helps in reducing customer turn over
Attracts new customers
Educates the customers
DISADVANTAGES
Increases thecost
Confuses the buyer
Only for big businesses
Encourages the sale of inferior products