Chapter Key Points
The Art and Science of Creative Advertising
Creative Strategy
Facets of Creative Strategy
Planning and Managing Creative Strategy
Define creative advertising and explain how it leads to a Big Idea
Describe the characteristics of creative people and their creative process
Discuss key creative strategy approaches
Outline the key parts of a creative brief
The ROI of effective advertising
Relevant, original, and has impact
The Big Idea
Implements the advertising strategy so that the message is both attention getting and memorable
The Creative Leap
Jumping from the strategy statement to an original idea that conveys the strategy in an interesting way
Free association
Creates the juxtaposition of two seemingly unrelated thoughts
Divergent thinking
Uses exploration to search for all possible alternatives
Analogies and metaphors
Used to see new patterns or relationships
Right-brain thinking
Intuitive, nonverbal, and emotion-based thinking
Creative Roles
Copywriters and art directors develop the creative concept and draft the execution of the advertising idea
The Creative Person
In advertising, creativity is both a job description and a goal
Immersion
Ideation
Brainfog
Incubation
Illumination
Evaluation
1. An objective statement:
Describes what the advertising is supposed to accomplish
Includes the name of the brand
Gives a brief description of the target consumer
2. A support statement:
Gives evidence backing up the product promise
3. A tone or brand character statement:
A tone statement gives a short, emotional description of the advertising strategy
A brand character statement is a long-term description of the enduring values of the brand. Gives the product brand equity
Consists of four elements:
Target audience
Product concept
Communications media
Advertising message
Simply put, the advertising strategy is all the research that must occur so that a message strategy can be created