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CREATIVE COPY FINAL
Final review for creative copy class.
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Advertising
Undergraduate 2
08/18/2010

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What was the most disliked campaign of all time?
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Mr. Whipple- Don't squeeze the Charmin
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How many yrs did Mr. Whipple run?
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15 making it # 1
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How did they sell their product?
Definition
Through repetition
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In the 1960's how did advertisers connivence their audience that their product was the best in the cat?
Definition
USP- Unique selling proposition. If they buy this product what is the benefit that no other company can claim. M&M'S
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Who created the VW Lemon ads?
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Bill Bernbach of Doyle Dane Bernbach in NYC
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What did Bernbach believe?
Definition
That people were intelligent and clever and that you can talk to people in a human way
Term
Creative Director
Definition
Oversees AD and CW. Looks at the over all picture and helps guide AD and CW in the right direction
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Copywriter
Definition
Writes the ad but can also do the same work as the AD. They write tv, taglines, radio, hires talent and produces radio spot, creates voice for ad.
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Art Director
Definition
Responsible for the visual, over sees layout and design of ad
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Account executive
Definition
Budget for the ad, keeps client happy (the liaison btwn client and agency). Research and writes creative brief
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Traffic
Definition
Makes sure AD is on time, in check, on target, makes sure the ad gets to the place it needs to be
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What is a brand?
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Sum total of all these: Emotions, Thoughts, Images, History, Possibilities and Gossip that exist in the market place about a certain company (EVERY, TIME, I, HAVE, PEAS)
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You CANT sell a product to someone who...
Definition
1) Doesn't need it
2) Can't afford it
and advertising cant save a bad product
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What is on a creative brief?
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Target Audience, Current Perception, Desired Perception, Key Message, Reasons to Believe, Mandatories
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Target Audience
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Who is going to buy the product: gender, age, income, location
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Current perception
Definition
How they are seen in the marketplace currently (what their ad campaign is right now-windex=crows)
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Desired Perception
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How we want the consumer to take away from the ad (key message)
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Key Message
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Underlying message to an ad
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Reasons to believe
Definition
Helps key message, it convinces people to buy the product.
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Mandatories
Definition
Logo, call to action, URL, how many times to say product, tag line, offer (coupon)
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The Grid
Definition
Left column: restate key message, Right column: Attributes
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Your Momma
Definition
It's a concepting tool, the products key message is taken to an extreme
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Rules on body copy
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Connect headline with BC, talk to 1 person at a time, DONT USE TERM PAPER STYLE!
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What is a headline
Definition
key message in creative way and pays off visual
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First line of BC
Definition
"The Bridge"-bridges headline to reasons to believe
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Middle of BC
Definition
Reasons to believe
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Last line of BC
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Time to be clever
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Call to action
Definition
URL, quick not wordy starts with action verb
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Copywriting ESP process
Definition
Research TA, make up a person and write about the in first person (DISCRIBE EVERYTHING!)
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Campaign triplets
Definition
Have same layouts but different BC, headlines and visuals
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Campaign Cousins
Definition
Similar layouts and different BC and headlines
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Campaigns
Definition
same key message said in various ways, tagline ties it all together
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IF VISUAL IS STRAIGHT HEADLINE IS...
Definition
BENT!
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Components of radio
Definition
Setting, characters, conflict, resolution
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What is a needle drop and donut/tag
Definition
needle drop- stock music
donut/tag- space for local info/promos
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Whats the max number of words on a Billboard?
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7 including logo
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Examples of outdoor
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Billboard, bus wrap, side of building, bench, pavement, station domination, airplane banners
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Attributes of a character
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they need to feel real, each character has a human truth, must be authentic, each with their own flaws and stereotypes
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Big Voice
Definition
Philosophical copy that has a big presence like if god were to speak
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Little voice
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None threatening, casual like a one on one conversation
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How many seconds do you have to grab the views attention?
Definition
2, it creates a curiosity gap and an itch to see the whole spot
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The last ____ seconds mean everything!
Definition
5, its the pay off, it explains, resolves, summarizes the past 20 seconds
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What is a PSA?
Definition
free commercial created for a non-profit org. such as peta, moms against drunk drivers, truth ect.
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Why do agency do PSA for cheap sometime free?
Definition
It lets us push envelope, creative freedom, your selling 1 thing and it evens out karma
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What's the goal of a PSA?
Definition
To get them to act!
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When creating a PSA DONT:
Definition
be a jerk, dont talk like youre on a mountain, and dont speak on behalf of non-profit.
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