The major types of advertising include brand, retail/local, direct–response, directory, political,
business–to–business, institutional, nonprofit, and public service advertising.
The classification in which a product is assigned is known as a brand.
Advertising helps us shape an image of ourselves by setting up role models that we can identify
with, and it gives us a way to express ourselves in terms of our personalities and sense of style
through the things we wear and use.
During the “Age of Print” stage of advertising’s evolution, ads were primarily like classified
advertising in format, and print media carried them.
The particular group of consumers thought to be potential customers for the goods and services
constitute the target market.
Advertising can be used to build a brand, which is the distinctive identity of a particular product
that distinguishes it from its competitors.
Most large businesses have an in–house agency.
One point of view regarding advertising’s communication role believes that it is so persuasive that
it decreases the likelihood that a consumer will switch to an alternative product.
The key players in advertising are the advertiser, the agency, the media, the supplier, and the
audience.
The advertising question with respect to globalization is whether to standardize ads or advertising
strategies across all cultures or to adapt ads and strategies to local markets.