Archive for June, 2008
Watch any given television long enough, and you’ll be greeted by advertisements. And in today’s ever-competitive market, the real story is behind the scenes, where companies face a constant battle to stay ahead of the competition. And with brand names offering hugely lucrative contracts for the right image, the art of advertising today is massively important.
The actual art of advertising and branding is a lot more sophisticated and in-depth than the consumers they target may realize. Long before an advert even reaches the screen, or print, it has been subject to pain-staking research, focus groups, marketing surveys, and many other methods of determining the current state of the target market. Without this information, releasing a product runs the risk of commercial suicide if the consumer isn’t ready. There’s no such thing as luck where advertising a brand, either established or new, is involved. It takes a lot of hard work, gruelling hours in meetings and highly skilled teams of creative minds to finalize a concept.
Part of this process, and a way of determining whether a new brand and accompanying advertisement has succeeded or not, is actually one of the simplest. By providing a group of consumers with either an image, a tag line, or even just a combination of colors and sounds, and they recognize the brand behind the advertising, then the hard work has paid off.
This is where the advertising and branding of a product is so important, by firstly ensuring that consumers will recognize a given product or brand. The next important factor is actually persuading consumers to associate certain attributes with your product. These can range from reliability, pricing, value for money, etc. This is one of the most difficult, yet most intrinsically important sources of advertising and branding success. An instance of this is if you mentioned mouthwash ?is there a brand that springs to mind immediately? How about favourite destinations to go on vacation ?does one resort receive more recommendations than others? Even if that particular resort hasn’t been visited by everyone who mentioned it, just the fact the advertising of that resort makes it sound so enticing that they perceive it’s the destination they should go to, is a sure sign of successful brand advertising.
Yet if successfully advertising a brand is difficult enough to begin with, it can be even more so trying to reach out to new markets with the same product. The stronger the brand and the more successful the initial advertising campaign, the more difficult it becomes to find new avenues. Despite possibly having the number one product on the market, any new advertising still needs to go through the whole process again from scratch. After all, what worked for one product is not guaranteed to work for another.
And this is where the true power of advertising and branding becomes apparent, and is the strongest proof yet that it’s one of the most important in determining whether a company succeeds or fails.
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Five Honeymoon Ideas For Foodies
YumSugar.com, CA - Yesterday I gave you some tips about scoring restaurant reservations on your honeymoon, but how about planning an entirely food-centric getaway? … |
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Travelocity Stole $2594.55 Of My Honeymoon Money!
The Consumerist, NY - James booked two flights for his honeymoon with Travelocity, but when it became obvious that their visas weren't going to come in on time, … |
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SEE PICS Wayne Rooney smokes on honeymoon
Now Magazine Online, UK - The Manchester United star sparked up a cigarette as he and wife Coleen McLoughlin lounged in the pool at their Las Vegas hotel. … Coleen shows off her £250000 ring… as her Vegas honeymoon with … Coleen McLoughlin and Wayne Rooney soak up the sun in Las Vegas No prenup for Coleen McLoughlin and Wayne Rooney |
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Northern Ireland Oh, for a honeymoon
Economist, UK - NORTHERN IRELAND without the Rev Ian Paisley? The man who bestrode the region’s troubled politics for decades has been gone for less than a month, … |
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Wayne Rooney's honeymoon goes up in smoke
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Rooney is on his honeymoon and generous observers might suggest that he could be forgiven a relaxing drag after certain exertions. … Rumbled! Wayne Rooney caught smoking on Vegas honeymoon It's Rooney vs Ronaldo on sunshine break Wayne Rooney and the Top 10 footballers who smoke |
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After the honeymoon
guardian.co.uk, UK - But any new administration must work under the assumption that whatever honeymoon the outside world will have with a "non-George Bush" in the White House … |
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Honeymoon or Bust
Washington Post, United States - … been invited to one recently and the couple wanted you to pony up some dough to help defray the cost of their wedding or honeymoon, how did you respond? … |
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Long-term treaty may end Baghdad-Washington honeymoon
The Muslim News, UK - By Saeed Shehabi Iraq is once again in turmoil. This time it is not directly security-related, but of political and strategic nature. … |
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Pictures: Wayne Rooney smoking on honeymoon
Mirror.co.uk, UK - Wayne Rooney finds his honeymoon a drag as he puffs on a cig. The football star, 22, was spotted lighting up three times in a row after frolicking with … Now Wayne is having a drink Queiroz plans United stay Ince: Much To Learn From Fergie, But Ronaldo Ain't Staying |
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