18: Managing Mass Communications: Advertising‚ Sales Promotions‚ Events‚ and Public Relations GENERAL CONCEPT QUESTIONS Multiple Choice 1. In developing an advertising program‚ marketing managers can make five major decisions known as “the five Ms. Which of the following is NOT part of “the five Ms.” a. mission b. money c. message d. media e. minimum Answer: e Page: 568 Level of difficulty: Easy 2. Today‚ advertising agencies are redefining themselves as
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Shock Advertising (Government Sector) “Shock adverting in public service advertisements: a study of the effects on UK university students” Definition: Shock advertising is a type of advertising generally regarded as one that “deliberately‚ rather than inadvertently‚ startles and offends its audience by violating norms for social values and personal ideals. It is the employment in advertising or public relations of "graphic imagery and blunt slogans to highlight a public policy issue‚ goods
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FINDING THE BALANCE The Aquarius Advertising Agency is a middle-sized firm that offered two basic professional services to its clients: 1) customized plans for the content of an advertising campaign‚ e.g.‚ slogans‚ layouts‚ and 2) complete plans for media such as radio‚ TV‚ newspapers‚ billboards‚ magazines‚ etc. Additional services include aid in marketing and distribution of products‚ and marketing research to test advertising effectiveness. Its activities are organized in a traditional
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An important task of marketing research is the evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of marketing activities. Management companies require marketers increasingly rigorous reporting and substantiation of expenses. Tired of the high and steadily increasing marketing costs‚ executives are naming the following as marketing : failed new products and failed advertising campaigns‚ too many phone calls and expensive campaign that are created to stimulate sales but fail to do so. Marketing research
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Celebrity Endorsement 1. Introduction In the past two or three decades celebrity advertising/endorsement has become common practice amongst brands that wish to create and maintain attention‚ as well as increase product or brand recall rates (Erdogan‚ 1999). However‚ the juxtaposition of brands and organisations with admirable figures that possess qualities such as likeability‚ attractiveness‚ trustworthiness and credibility is not a new phenomenon (Erdogan‚ 1999). It is believed that an eighteenth
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Deceptive Advertising Description of the content area This paper seeks to examine ethics and deceptive advertisement and their inter-relatedness and its importance in the practices of corporations. The weakness of ethical practices within organization in recent times has become a pressing need for corporation if they are to effectively address the frequent occurrences or unethical and sometimes illegal practices. This paper further addresses and analyses and discuss the issues that surrounds
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believe‚ is the powerful nature of advertising. It has learnt to play with and enter the human mind in subtle ways‚ further manipulating the choices and preferences of the consumer. This paper will further look to evaluate the effectiveness of these adverts‚ by focusing on the contention that consumption plays a role in identity. In order to understand the link between consumption‚ identity‚ and advertising‚ it is important to gain a background on advertising perceptions and theories. On one hand
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Advertising Advertising‚ is defined as the act of informing or notifying; or to call the public’s attention to a product or service especially in order to sell. Advertising is by far the most visible way in which businesses present information to the public. Over the years‚ advertising methods and objectives have stirred up quite a bit of controversy dealing with certain issues. Those who criticize advertising are concerned with specific practices linked with advertising. Critics are especially concerned
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Advertising to Your Emotions When a message is transmitted through the media by way of advertising‚ it can provoke many emotions in the audience. Often times advertising can strike a cord with people and reach them through their insecurities and guilt in an effort to persuade them into buying something that they believe they need. An advertisement can very easily play on someone’s emotions to get him or her interested and “hooked” into their product before the person even realizes it. No advertisement
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Advertising Plan By Alexandria Phillips MKTG575 Table of Contents I. Executive Summary: * Company (Product/Service) Description * SWOT Analysis * Industry Analysis * Target Market Description * Market Segments * Market Characteristics * Marketing Mix * Competitive Analysis (Advertising strategies of competition) II. Advertising Objectives * Communication goals * Purchasing behavior *
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