Fundamentals of Advertising & Public Relation

Description

This book is specially designed to meet the need of Management and Mass Communication students specializing in advertising and Marketing. This is very basic book in a simple language which explains the various concepts of advertising. As in this book student will able to understand that advertising is paid communication that spreads information about a product service or idea and is aimed at a large number of people at a time. In order to reach to the masses advertising agencies purchase space time in one or more media purchase television radio newspapers and magazines. The main aim of advertising is to increase the consumer base of an organization by providing information about various products and services. Last few decades advertising industries have come a long way, from simply informing the prospects of the availability of product and services to a skillful development of strategy in marketing to make brands and extension of people’s attitude and personality. Today with the concept of globalization consumers are highly exposed to an array of global brands. The mass media, especially with the internet, has created media market which is invincible. In order to understand that market marketers have to develop such marketing strategies which will be going to grab the attention of the consumers easily and effectively. The entry of global brands in India led to an explosion in the advertising business with a proliferation of advertising campaigns for new products and services in the market as also arrange of sales promotion activities. Global branduch as Coca-Cola Pepsi Pizza Hut created campaigns that can be termed as purely local in inspiration while retaining the international themes. The changing scenario, an addition of globalization, entry of new media and expansion of media market give rise to customer expectations, does advertising has emerged as an important field of study in various journalism & management programs offered by various universities.