Types Of Advertisement In Advertising

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Advertisement is one of the main strategies in marketing either a product or service. It can be defined as “An Advert that does not create a buying response, or at least produce a desire to want to know more is not an advert” (Quinn, 1985). The Table 2.1 holds the summary to the types of advertising being exercised by Aaker and Mayers, 1975. To Inform
a. Telling the market about the new product
b. Suggesting new user for the product
c. Informing the market of a price change
d. Explaining how the product works
e. Describing available service
f. Building company image To Persuade
a. Building brand preference
b. Encouraging switching brand
c. Changing customers perception of a product attribute
d. Persuading customers to purchase
Keeping in their minds during off seasons
e. Maintaining its top-of-mind awareness

Table 2.1: Types of Advertisement Targeted on Customers

Advertisement is an important tool which companies use to directly persuade buyers and public (Kotler, 1994). Being a key element in the marketing process, advertisements face many challenges in reaching the audience. Boovee L. Cortland and Arens F. William in their book "Contemporary Advertising" stated that the major powerful new advertising medium started on November 2nd, 1920 in Pittsburgh. they highlighted National Advisors in Pittsburgh used radio extensively because they could reach large captive audiences that tuned to popular programs. Like in Malaysia, there are so many radio stations available for listeners to choose even also have some specific states radio station like in Perak state they have Perak FM, Selangor have Selangor FM and many more. One of the main obstacles in advertising is the low audience involvement (Krugman, 1975). In most forms of communication, the audience least make some effort to pay attention or appear to be doing so. The adverts are meant for the audience to listen but unfortunately the audience is and Lane Ronald W. in their book “Kleppers Advertising Procedures” 12th edition stated as advertisers continue to target distinct audience segments, radio stations to become and even more important part of the media mix, particularly as a supplemental national medium to reach light users of more traditional national vehicles such as television and magazines. The book also highlighted as years ago, each radio station will be on air in each and every town and even remote areas and each day and every station will be having different programs attracting different audience. Don Milner in his books “Success in Advertising and Promotions” observed radio broadcasting will be very different from today in five to ten years coming because there will be the possibility at the “Financial Times” because electronics and the technology of the radio having the ability to emerge and interactive technology and the prospect of having hundred channels which will be helping in advertising and charges becoming cheap because there will be many radios stations. According to Roseberg J. Larry in his book “Marketing” First edition , radio advertising will grow at an over angel rate of 1.4% per year as the consumer will be increasing skepticismn of the advertising practices in torture, demanding accurate and useful products

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