Creative Advertising – Planning and Development

Paper Code: 
ABM 501
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
3.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
9.00
Unit I: 
Advertising Strategic Planning

- Situation analysis
- Advertising Objectives,
- Means End Theory (Leverage Points), Verbal & Visual Image
- Target Audience,
- Product Image And Personality,
- Product Positioning

9.00
Unit II: 
Creative Strategy

- The Big Idea
- USP
- Creativity & Creative Thinking (Free Association, Divergent Thinking, Analogies & Metaphors, Right Brain Thinking)
- Creative Process

9.00
Unit III: 
Message Strategy

- Buying Motives
- Types of Appeals
Rational, Emotional (positive and negative) and Moral appeals
- Message Approaches
- Message Execution
- Concept of Copy & Copywriter
- Main steps in copy development,
- Essentials of good copy

9.00
Unit IV: 
Copywriting for print

- Types of print copy - Display Copy & Body Copy
- Copy elements – Headline, Sub Headline, Body Copy, Caption, Slogan, Call outs, Tag line, logo - Signature, Call to Action
Copywriting for radio
- Tools of Radio copy writing
- Characteristics of Radio copy
- Various techniques of Radio Copy writing
Copywriting for television
- Tools of Television copy writing
- Characteristics of Television copy, Scripts & Story Board

9.00
Unit V: 
Effective Advertising

- Ads that drive perception
- Ads that deliver Learning
- Ads that are Persuasive
- Ads that Stimulate Action

Essential Readings: 

1. Chunawala S.A., Sethia K.C., Foundations of Advertising Theory and Practice, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai.
2. Wells William, Burnett, John, Moriarty Sandra, Advertising Principles and Practice, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
3. Batra, Rajeev, Myres, John G. and Aaker, David A., Advertising Management, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi
4. Jethwaney Jaishri, Jain Shruti, Advertising Management, Oxford

References: 

1. Belch George E, Belch Michael A, Advertising Promotion, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Ltd, New Delhi
2. Clow Kenneth E, Baack Donald, Integrated Advertising Promotion and Marketing Communication, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi
3. Agarwal P.K., Advertising, Sales Promotion And CRM, A Pragati Edition

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