2013年12月7日星期六

The charm of advertising

Advertising, just as its name implies, is spreading the word. A good advertising can cause the positive reaction of customers to the brand and create a proper brand relationship with them. Although advertising cannot directly prove the superiority of a product, but its quality is affecting the brand image all the time and this is probably the unique charm of advertising.

Advertising can be divided into two categories: simple product advertising and public relations advertising.

Product advertising, it markets products directly by introducing the characteristics of the product to consumers, which aims to open up an outlet, improve market share and obtain economic benefits.

Public relations advertising, it is corporate campaigns carried out by the enterprise or organization for the purpose of promoting the public understanding of the integrity of the product and increasing the product's visibility and reputation.

Also trying to influence the public by passing information, both types of advertising yet have a difference in the propaganda model.

Product advertising: the public --- product---brand

Public relations advertising: the public---brand---product

Product advertising is to let the public know the product first and then the brand; and public relations advertising is just the opposite. The former imposes a direct stimulation on the customer's desire for consumption, thus achieving the goal of expanding commodity market and increasing sales, which are short-term goals; The latter is to take a circuitous tactics, to arouse the attention and sympathetic of customers to the brand, and to create a good social environment conducive to the development of brand, which belongs to long-term goals.

However, the essences of the two are both to spread, and the souls are to create.

When it comes to creativity, shortly before the broadcast on television showed an advertising on Huawei mobile phones. The whole process is a white horse and an old Greek man running face to face and collide. The horse represents the appearance and the old man represents wisdom, which means the phone is the combination of wisdom and beauty. What's more , it is accompanied on Beethoven's "moonlight sonata". Sounds good?

39-seconds product advertising, almost no explanation or subtitles, is easy to make the advertising strange. More seriously, if the Chinese consumers have no related background knowledge, they may have difficult to understand the white horse, the Greek  man and the music from foreign countries, they would not to buy the product and may be even worse, disgusted with the brand Huawei.
And then take a look at the Cisco: 

Isn't it easy to accept? That is the influence of the visible advertising. For Cisco and Huawei, therefore, in order to achieve the final goal market occupation of China enterprise network, high-quality advertising is indispensable.

Good product advertising should pay attention not only to the creation, but also the advertising connotation as well. Therefore, when choosing a representation, it is better to choose something that the consumers familiar with and something generally defined in real life, which can raise customer some common association. it must not like that Huawei's AD. In addition, since the ads focus on product quality, they must have authenticity and cannot exaggerate the product performance.

Besides, I think people can put the brand culture or a concept in public relations advertising. There is better a slogan to motivate people because some people may not buy a certain product, but they can become fans of a brand and to promote for the brand. Maybe one day they become consumers or potential customers. Just like Nike as we mentioned, we will think of its slogan "just do it" immediately. Here a brand is more than just a brand, it becomes a kind of culture, a kind of pursuit, and a kind of faith! Huawei also has some slogans like "Huawei, not only the world's top 500". I think it is a good example which should be expanded to public relations advertising. It can be made to show that Huawei is not only the world's leading in technology, excellent products or perfect services, but also in a sense of social responsibility of private enterprises. Then Huawei can do some charitable act and let them get a sense of their sincerity. As a result, establishing a good brand image that catches everyone's eye, will makes the brand much better and there is less problem dealing with the market, consumer insight and competitors.



Source:
Advertising, Baidu Baike, Dec 2013


SUN Jiawei


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