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Creating Advertisements

    Creating Advertisements

    The advertising creative effort can be divided into two elements: the creative strategy and creative tactics.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    Outline the process of how to create advertisements

    KEY TAKEAWAYS

    Key Points

    • The creative strategy concerns what you are going to say to the audience.
    • Creative tactics outline the means for carrying out the creative strategy.
    • The place to begin the creative strategy is to ascertain the proper appeal to employ in the ad.

    Key Terms

    • tactics: The achievement of objectives through strategy.

    Developing the Creative Strategy

    Once all the relevant facts are gathered and evaluated, the process of actually creating the advertisement is appropriate. This process is very complex and a complete description of it is well beyond the scope of this unit. However, it is possible to highlight the primary parts of this process.

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    The Creative Process: Once all of the relevant facts have been obtained, one can start creating the ad.

    More than likely, the development and approval of advertising creation is the responsibility of the senior advertising manager within the company. If an advertising agency is used, the responsibility belongs to the senior account person, in conjunction with the senior creative person assigned to the account.

    The advertising effort can be divided into two elements: the creative strategy and creative tactics.

    The creative strategy concerns what you are going to say to the audience. It flows from the advertising objectives and should outline what impressions the campaign should convey to the target audience.

    Creative tactics outline the means for carrying out the creative strategy. This includes all the various alternatives available, which will help reach the advertising objective.

    The place to begin the creative strategy is to ascertain the proper appeal to employ in the ad. Identifying the appropriate appeal is just the first part of the advertising design process.

    The second part is to transform this idea into an actual advertisement. To say that there are a large variety of ways to do this would be a gross understatement. The number of techniques available to the creative strategist are not only vast, but the ability of more than one technique to successfully operationalize the same appeal makes this process even more nebulous.

    Primary Advertising Appeals

    Service Features of a Product

    Many products have such strong technology or performance capabilities that these features can serve as a primary advertising appeal.

    Competitive Advantage of a Product

    When an advertiser can determine that his product is superior, either in terms of features, performance, supporting services, or image, emphasizing a competitive advantage has proved to make a successful appeal.

    Price Advantage of a Product

    Offering a product at a reduced price or under some special deal arrangement (e.g. buy-one-get-one-free) may be the only viable appeal in a particular ad.

    Popularity of a Product

    Although the manner varies, the notion of claiming that a product is “number one” or the most popular is an appeal that has been around for a long time.

    Generic Approach

    In such advertising, a product or service category is promoted for its own sake, but individual makes or brands of product are not singled out.

    News about a Product

    When a truly new product is developed, or when an existing product is changed or improved in a substantial manner, highlighting this single element can be the core appeal.

    Consumer Service

    A popular appeal is to illustrate how the product may be used to best serve the needs of the consumer.

    Savings Through Product Use

    An opportunity to save time, money, or energy is always very appealing to consumers.

    Self-enhancement

    Helping us feel better about ourselves (e.g. personal care, clothing, automobiles) is an appeal that many people cannot resist.

    Embarrassment or Anxiety

    Situations that represent a threatening situation, either physically or socially, can provide the basis for an effective appeal.

    Product Trial

    When this appeal is used, the advertiser offers a free sample, a price reduction, or some other purchase incentive to encourage consumer use or trial.

    Corporate

    This type of appeal presents a company or corporation in a favorable light in order to create a favorable impression or image.

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