2. Managers’ perspective
• Advertising is creative
only if it sells the
product
• Ads are promotional
tools used to
communicate favorable
impressions to the
marketplace
Creative people’s
perspective
• Creativity of an ad is in
its artistic value and
originality
• Ads are communication
vehicles for promoting
their own aesthetic
viewpoints and
personal career
objectives
8-4
Advertising Creativity
Ability to generate fresh, unique, and
appropriate ideas that can be used as solutions
to communication problems
8-5
4. 2
8-7
Relevance
meaningful, useful, or valuable to the consumer
-to-consumer relevance - Ad contains execution
elements that are meaningful to consumers
-to-consumer relevance - Advertised brand of
a product or service is of personal interest to
consumers
8-8
Planning Creative Strategy
erent and each
5. campaign or advertisement requires a different
creative approach
that get noticed
8-9
Creative versus Hard-sell Advertising
Rationalists
• Advertising must
sell the product
or service
Poets
• Advertising must
build an
emotional bond
between
consumers and
brands or
companies
8-10
Young’s Model of the Creative Process
• Gathering raw material and data, and immersing oneself in the
6. problem
Immersion
• Analyzing the information
Digestion
• Letting the subconscious do the work
Incubation
• Birth of an idea
Illumination
• Studying the idea and reshaping it for practical usefulness
Reality or verification
8-11
Wallas’ Model of the Creative Process
• Gathering background information needed to solve the
problem through research and study
Preparation
• Letting ideas to develop
Incubation
• Finding the solution
Illumination
7. • Refining the idea and analyzing whether it is an appropriate
solution
Verification
8-12
Account Planning
information about a client’s:
to make an intelligent decision
creative strategy development process
3
8-13
Background Research
8. -finding techniques
he product for
information
client
it
8-14
General Preplanning Input
Gather and organize information on the
product, market, and competition
Analyze the trends, developments, and
happenings in the marketplace
8-15
Product- or Service-Specific
Preplanning Input
Gathering information through studies conducted by the client
on:
9. • Product or service
• Target audience
Problem detection
• Asking consumers familiar with a product to list all the
aspects they
do not like, provides:
• Input for product improvements or new product development
• Ideas regarding which features to emphasize
• Guidelines for positioning brands
8-16
Product- or Service-Specific
Preplanning Input
Psychographic studies
• Construct detailed lifestyle profiles of consumers
Branding research
• Helps gain better insight into consumers and
develop more effective campaigns
8-17
Qualitative Research Input
10. creative process
are led through a discussion regarding a particular
topic
target audience is
8-18
Qualitative Research Input
pants may not admit or even recognize their
behavior patterns and motivations
their natural environment
11. administer
4
8-19
Input Verification and Revision
•Evaluate ideas
•Reject the inappropriate
•Refine the remaining
•Give ideas final expression
Objective
•Directed focus groups
•Message communication studies
•Portfolio tests
•Viewer reaction profiles
Techniques
8-20
Verification and Revision
12. proposed commercial’s visual layout
an
audio soundtrack
8-21
Storyboards and Animatics
8-22
Advertising Campaign
Set of interrelated and coordinated marketing communications
activities that center on a single theme or idea
• Appear in different media across a specified time period
Campaign theme
• Central message communicated in all the advertising and
promotional
activities
• Expressed through a slogan or tagline
13. Slogan
• Summation line that briefly expresses the company or brand’s
positioning and
the message it is trying to deliver to the target audience
8-23
An Advertising Campaign
Integrated
Interrelated Coordinated
In Different
Media
Over a Time
Period
Marketing
Communication
Activities
Centered on a
Theme or Idea
8-24
“ We Must
Protect This
House. I will.”
BMW
14. “ Just Do It”
Miller
Lite
“Red Bull Gives
You Wings”
Red BullUnder ArmourNike
Advertising Campaign Themes
The central message that will be
communicated
in all of the various IMC activities
5
8-25
Criteria for Effective Slogans
8-26
Major Selling Idea
its product or service
15. target audience
-to-business advertising
8-27
Developing the Major Selling Idea
Using a unique
selling proposition
Creating a brand
image
Finding the inherent
drama
Positioning
Approaches
8-28
The Unique Selling Proposition
(USP)
Must be
unique to
this brand or
claim; rivals
can't or don't
offer it
Unique
16. Buy this
product/serv
ice and you
get this
benefit
Benefit
Promise
must be
strong
enough to
move mass
millions
Potent
8-29
Unique Selling Proposition
consumer
must be unique in brand or in claim
millions
8-30
Creating a Brand Image
17. strong, memorable identity for a brand
he brand with symbols or artifacts that
have cultural meaning
associations and feelings
6
8-31
Inherent Drama
consumer purchase it
those benefits
8-32
19. Creative
Strategy:
Implementation
and Evaluation
9-2
Appeals and Execution Style
consumers’ attention and/or to influence their
feelings toward the product, service, or cause
particular appeal is turned into an advertising
message presented to the consumer
9-3
Informational/Rational Appeals
utilitarian need for the product or service
/or the benefits
20. - Focuses on the dominant traits of
the product or service
9-4
Types of Informational/Rational
Appeals
Competitive advantage appeal
• Compares to another brand and claims superiority on one or
more attributes
Feature appeal
• Focuses on the dominant traits of the product or service
Favorable price appeal
• Makes product price the dominant point of the message
News appeal
• Involves a type of news about the product, service, or
company
Product/service popularity appeal
• Stresses the popularity of a product or service by pointing out
the:
•Number of consumers who use the brand or those who have
switched to it
21. •Number of experts who recommend the brand
•Leadership position in the market
9-5
Emotional Appeals
needs for purchasing a product or service
of a brand
9-6
Advantages of Emotional-Only
Campaigns
More effective in relation to campaigns using
emotional and rational content
Work well during economic downturns
Influence consumers’ interpretations of product
usage experience
2
23. brand with a unique set of psychological
characteristics
and/or more enjoyable
the experience of using the brand
9-9
Additional Types of Appeals
Reminder advertising
• Builds brand awareness and/or helps keep the brand
name in front of consumers
Teaser advertising
• Builds curiosity, interest, and/or excitement about a
product or brand by talking about it but not actually
showing it
User-generated content (UGC)
• Created by consumers rather than by the company
and/or its agency
9-10
24. Ad Execution Techniques
Straight-sell or factual message
• Relies on a straightforward presentation of information
concerning
the product or service
• Used with informational/rational appeals
Scientific/technical evidence
• Advertisers cite technical/scientific information to support
their
advertising claims
Demonstration
• Illustrates the key advantages of the product by showing its
actual use
• Effective in convincing consumers of a product’s utility,
quality, and
benefits
9-11
Ad Execution Techniques
Comparison
• Shows a brand’s particular advantage over its rivals
• Helps in positioning a new or lesser-known brand with
industry leaders
25. • Used to execute competitive advantage appeals
Testimonial
• Messages are presented by a person who elaborates on
his or her personal experience with it
• Endorsement - A well-known or respected individual
speaks on behalf of the company or the brand
9-12
Ad Execution Techniques
Slice of life
• Based on a problem/solution approach
• Used by business-to-business marketers
• Slice-of-death advertising - Focuses on the negative
consequences that
result when wrong decisions are made
Animation
• Uses animated scenes in advertisements
Personality symbol
• Developing a central character that can deliver the advertising
message
• Aids consumers to identify with a product/service
26. 3
9-13
Ad Execution Techniques
Imagery
• Consists of visual elements rather than information
• Encourage buyers to associate the brand with the symbols,
characters, or
situation shown in the ad
Dramatization
• Focuses on telling a short story with the product or service as
the star
• Steps
• Exposition
• Conflict
• Increase in action, conflict, and suspense
• Climax
• Resolution
9-14
Ad Execution Techniques
Humor
27. • Used to present other advertising appeals
Combinations
• Using various execution techniques to create a
message
9-15
Basic Components of Print Advertising
identifying the product or service or getting to the point
heads in a print ad
9-16
Basic Components of Print Advertising
Body copy
• Main text portion of a print ad
• Goal - Communicate the message and hold consumer attention
28. Visual elements
• Play an important role in determining the effectiveness of the
ad
• Goal - Work synergistically with the headline and body copy
to
produce an effective message
Layout
• Physical arrangement of the various parts of the ad
9-17
Basic Components of Print Advertising
Layout
How Elements Are Blended Into a Finished Ad
Visual Elements
Illustrations Such As Drawings or Photos
Body Copy
The Main Text Portion of a Print Ad
Subheads
Smaller Than the Headline, Larger Than the Copy
Headline
Words in the Leading Position of the Ad
30. visible
• Needledrop: Music that is prefabricated, multipurpose, and
highly conventional
• Jingles: Catchy songs about a product or service that carry
the advertising theme and a simple message
9-20
Planning and Production of TV
Commercials
-quality TV commercials incurs high
costs
commercial
personnel and equipment
9-21
Planning and Production of TV
31. Commercials
provides a detailed description of its video and audio
content
9-22
Production Stages for TV
Commercials
Preproduction
All work before actual
shooting, recording
Production
Period of filming, taping, or
recording
Postproduction
Work after spot is filmed or
recorded
9-23
Preproduction Tasks
Select a director
34. Output
customer
e appropriate for the media environment in which
it is likely to be seen
9-28
Guidelines for Evaluating Creative
Output
the message