 2007 Thomson South-Western On- and Off-Premise Signage and Point-of- Purchase Communications Chapter Eight

2 Chapter Eight Objectives Appreciate the role and importance of out-of- home or off-premise advertising. Understand billboard advertising’s strengths and limitations. Appreciate the role and importance of on- premise business signage. Review the various forms and functions of on- premise signage. Appreciate the role and importance of point of purchase advertising.

3 Chapter Eight Objectives Examine the tasks that P-O-P advertising accomplishes. Review evidence of P-O-P’s role in influencing consumers’ in-store decision making. Examine empirical evidence revealing the effectiveness of P-O-P displays. Appreciate the importance of measuring audience size and demographic characteristics for out-of- home as well as in-store advertising messages.

4 Out-of-Home (Outdoor) Advertising Greater than $5 billion annually Regarded as supplementary e.g., billboard(major), bus shelters, giant inflatables, shopping-mall displays, etc. Americans report traveling an average of slightly over 300 miles in a vehicle in a typical week with an average round-trip commute totaling about 55 minutes.

5 Billboard Advertising 400,000 billboards in the US Designed with name recognition as the primary objective Two major forms: (1) Poster Panels and (2) Painted Bulletins

6 Billboard Advertising Alongside highway and heavily traveled locale Silk-screened or lithographed Sold on a monthly basis Poster PanelsPainted Bulletins Hand painted directly on the billboard Purchased for 1-3 year period To achieve a consistent and relatively permanent presence

7 Buying Out-of-Home Advertising Purchased through companies that own billboards, called plants Plants sell space in terms of showings –Showings are percent exposed –#25: 25% of population exposed Recently, GRPs (gross rating points) are used

8 Outdoor Advertising’s Board reach and high frequency Geographic flexibility Low cost per thousand Prominent brand identification Opportune purchase reminder Nonselectivity Short exposure time Difficult to measure audience size and characteristics Environmental concerns

9 Measuring OOH Audience Size and Characteristics The size of the audience to be reached when using these media. The demographic characteristics of audiences reached by media vehicles such as individual magazines or television programs. Nielsen Media Research is making great strides toward developing ways to determine the characteristics of outdoor audiences.

10 A Case Study of Billboard Effectiveness

11 On-Premise Business Signage Considered the most cost-effective and efficient form of communication available to retail businesses.

12 Types of Signs: Free-Standing

13 Types of Signs: Free Standing

14 Types of Signs: Building-Mounted

15 Types of Signs: Building-Mounted

16 ABC’s of On-Premise Signs ttract New Customers rand the retail site in consumers’ minds reate impulse purchases Conspicuity: the ability of a sign to capture attention.

17 Point-of-Purchase Advertising Point-of-purchase;store environment A final opportunity to affect consumer behavior Many product-and-brand choice decisions are made at this time It is the time and place at which all elements of the sale (consumer, money and product) come together

18 The Spectrum of P-O-P Materials Permanent displays Temporary and Semipermanent displays In-Store Media displays intended for six months or more