"Advertising is any paid form of non-personal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods and services through mass media such as newspapers, magazines, television or radio by an identified sponsor".
Set Advertising Objectives
An advertising objective is a specific communication task to be achieved with a specific target audience during a specified period of time.
Advertising objectives fall into five main categories:
(a) To inform - e.g. tell customers about a new product
(b) To persuade - e.g. encourage customers to switch to a different brand
(c) To remind - e.g. remind buyers where to find a product
(d) To adding value - e.g. cost and benefit analysis in customers mind
(e) To assisting other company efforts - e.g. increase brand preference and loyalty, expand the product distribution, reduce overall sales cost, Creates new demands etc.
To Inform
The main function of advertising is to communicate information about the product, its attributes, and its location of sale; this is the information function. Product information communicated to the customers in manner that meets their information needs. Most consumers tend to discount the information in advertising because they understand that the purpose of the advertising is to persuade. Making an advertising message believable is not easy; though often it is sufficient to make the consumer curious enough to try the product. Such curiosity is often referred to as interested disbelief. Advertisers use a variety of devices to increase the believability of their advertising: celebrities or experts who are the spokespersons for the product, user testimonials, product demonstrations, research results, and endorsements.
Example:
Ponds age miracle, in that ad the celebrity HADIQA KAYANI is informing the consumers about the benefits of it. That how the old women can look younger by using it continuously. It will make you fair cream plus it reduces freckles plus it can