mass media on TV … they probably didn‘t even have an
advertising agency to support them …and
yet they‘d managed to create a great deal of
brand loyalty from previous customers … I think
that was really effective.
Part 3-style questions Examiner: What is it that makes an advert effective?
Spencer: Well … when a company
launches a product they have to consider the Internet …
especially how it can be used to spread the word on
social media … so in this context a video
that
goes viral is probably the most effective type of advert you could make.
Examiner: What are the advantages to companies of advertising on the Internet rather than TV?
Stelios: I‘d imagine the main advantage is you can reach your
target audience much more
effectively … if you bring out a
niche product for example … or you have a tight
advertising budget … you can advertise on particular sites that the people you want to reach visit … that‘s
not something you can do on TV.
Examiner: What things do advertising companies do that might give it a bad name?
Raol: For me the most irritating is
cold calling … we must get two or three of these every day at
work … then there‘s
junk mail that gets posted through the letterbox … and of course the online
equivalent of this …
spam emails … I think it‘s this kind of advertising that tends to annoy
people.
Introducing the new vocabulary. Definitions
advertising agency : a company that creates adverts for other companies
advertising budget : the amount of money a company decides to spend on advertising