ADVERTISING: The History
PREHISTORY § First Newspaper Ad § First Magazine Ad §1842? - (US) - First advertising agency § Procter & Gamble Co. l begins advertising Ivory soap ($11,000) § (Canada) - First Canadian agency l McKim -- sold newspaper space to advertisers
1844
1880
1890
1898
1899
SLOGANS MEDIA: NEWPAPERS AND MAGAZINES INNOVATIONS: §Color §Slogans and trademarks
1910
1911
1919
1920s
1929
RATIONALITY PERIOD MEDIA: PRINT AND RADIO §Consumer movement l Books – Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” l Laws §INNOVATIONS (REACTION): l Long copy l “Reasons why” advertising l Credible spokespeople
1940s
EXAMPLES OF EARLY RADIO ADS: Mostly informational Pepsi Cola jingle Brisk Toothpaste (1940s) Ting Pimple Cream (1950)
IMAGE PERIOD 1950s MEDIA: PRINT, RADIO, BROADCAST TV §Sponsored programs “commercials” INNOVATIONS (EXECUTION): l Jingles l Ad-libbed l Program talent as spokespeople l TV: demonstrations
Judy Garland Donna Reed CELEBRITIES George Burns Bing Crosby
1950
1959
1960
1962
EXAMPLES OF LATER RADIO ADS Jingles Tempo Cigarettes (early 1960s) Lucky beer (1963) Coke (next page)
TELEVISION ADS Lucky Strike Cigarettes Marlboro Cigarettes Westinghouse Refrigerator Edsel Car (1958) [video] Coke - Hilltop (1971) Coke -- Mean Joe Green (1979)
SEGMENTATION PERIOD MEDIA: PRINT, RADIO, TV (BROADCAST, CABLE) §Unique Selling Propositions (USPs) §Positioning §Brand equity §Segmentation
1980
1990
§ADVERTISING ICONS
MEDIA EXPANSION PERIOD ???? MEDIA: PRINT, BROADCAST, INTERNET §Proliferation of data sources §Not focused on claims or products §Micro-targeting §World Wide Web
Quote of the day Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century. §Marshall McLuhan (professor)