Professional Documents
Culture Documents
CHAPTER 5
What’s Happening?
http://www.exacttarget.com/blog/esurancesave30-
generates-over-12-million-tweets-in-60-minutes/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNKcpHoDh_A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N60utqXf5HQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4CEaoNADiY
Establish objective
Identification of target market/consumer
Create a message theme
Supporting Information
Identify constraints
Need a creative concept, or “big idea” to express that message
Examples:
Bell’s Whiskey - http://youtu.be/wkE-cbwhhNA
United Church of Canada – wonder café campaign
www.wondercafe.ca
Sony’s waterproof walkman
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/right-click/sony-proves-walkman-
waterproof-selling-bottles-water-203641753.html?vp=1
The Creative Brief
Cognitive
Awareness
Affective
Knowledge
Conative
Liking
Preference
Conviction
Purchase
Means-End Theory
Product
Attributes Executional Framework
Leverage
Point
Consumer
Benefits
Personal
Value
Importance of the Leverage Point
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXVAiFBEpwA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4hnQs0w_LU
Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM)
o Price o Fear
o Performance o Humor
o Scarcity o Sex
The decision-making
process for cars
involves both
emotional and
rational elements
Scarcity Appeals
o Based on limited supply
o Based on limited time to purchase
o Often tied with promotion tools such as contests,
sweepstakes and coupons
o Encourages customers to take action
Emotional Appeals
Fear Appeals
o Numerous companies use fear to sell their products, i.e.,
life insurance, dandruff shampoo
o Fear appeals can be highly effective if used correctly
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGSk3L-6Vjc
o The behaviour response model helps to explain the way a
fear appeal can work
Emotional Appeals
Humour Appeals
o Used in 30% of all advertisements
o Excellent at capturing attention
o Score high in recall tests
o Should be related directly to customer benefit
o Humour causes audiences to:
o Watch
o Laugh
o Remember
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALMGfaLhQ_Y&NR=1
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=_pH
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FIGURE 5. 11
Reasons for Using Humor in Ads
o Captures attention
o Holds attention
o Often wins creative awards
o High recall scores
o Consumers enjoy funny ads
o Evaluated as likeable ads
Emotional Appeals
Sex Appeals
o Like humor, this type of appeal can break through clutter
o Sex appeals can be presented in different manners:
o Subliminal techniques
o Nudity or partial nudity
o Sexual suggestiveness
o Gay and lesbian themes
o Encourages use of imagination
o Requires greater mental processing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkYQ0x1lENs
o Overt sexuality
o Sensuality
Are Sex Appeals Effective?