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