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History of Ad Final
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Advertising
Undergraduate 3
12/10/2012

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What was the most heavily advertised product between 1945 and 1960
Definition
automobile
Term
William J. Leavitt
Definition
Contractor; Created Levittown, a NY suburb housing community
-gave servicemen affordable housing
Term
When did Doyle, Dane, Bernbach open
Definition
1949
Term
Ogilvy formula
Definition
-Handsome picture
-Long headline
-Straightforward, low-key copy
Term
What was the cosmetic design that Harley Earl, head of GM's styling division, conceived that eventually became a part of nearly all automobiles in the 1950s?
Definition
Tail fins
Term
World War 2 moved America into a period that would become known as.....
Definition
Atomic Age
Term
What sell tactic did Anacin use to promote their aspirin?
Definition
Unique selling proposition
Term
What was wrong with the Edsel?
Definition
It had too many style changes
Term
Young and Rubicam Jello ad 1959 (racist)
Definition
Chinese narrarator describes a Chinese baby who can't eat his gelatin with chopsticks. He is given a western invention---the spoon and he is able to eat his Jell-O. Reminded Chinese Americans of their difficulties learning English
Term
Jane Wade Rindlaub became the first female vice president for which ad agency?
Definition
BBDO
Term
Who started the first African American ad agency and in what year?
Definition
Vince Cullers in 1956
Term
What replaced radio as the omnipresent entertainment and informational source?
Definition
TV
Term
What was the revolutionary theme for 7-UP back in the 1950s?
Definition
"Going Steady" -- used to draw in teens
Term
Give 3 slogans on how Rosser Reeves used the Unique Selling Proposition
Definition
M&Ms melt in your mouth not in your hand
How do you spell relief? R-O-L-A-I-D-S
Wonder bread helps build strong bodies in 8 ways
Term
Was was the unique selling proposition
Definition
Use a claim that the competition couldn't make
Term
Who was Rosser Reeves?
Definition
An advertiser with the Ted Bates agency
Term
4 leading ad men of the 1960s
Definition
Rosser Reeves
David Ogilvy
Leo Burnett
Bernbach
Term
How many television sets were sold by the end of 1950?
Definition
9.7 million
Term
Who was the host of the Texaco Star Theatre?
Definition
Milton Berle
Term
Who was Betty Furness and what happened to her on live television?
Definition
A celebrity spokesperson, Furness explained how easy it was to use a Westinghouse fridge while trying to use a faulty fridge handle. Hilarity ensued.
Term
In the 1950s, who controlled television programs?
Definition
Advertisers
Term
Motivational Research
Definition
Brings together psychology and marketing to understand the factors that influence consumer behavior or the purchasing of products.
Term
In the 1950s, who was the prime audience in America?
Definition
women
Term
Which ad agency recognized the beginning of a new economic opportunity in regards to selling to the African American market?
Definition
BBDO
Term
What was 1960s advertising accused of doing to women?
Definition
perpetuating stereotypes
Term
American way of life
Definition
Celebrated the middle class suburban existence in which mom stayed at home and dad worked in the city
Term
What was dynamic obsolesce?
Definition
Made good design available to people who couldn't otherwise afford it. Led to an increase in consumer choices
Term
What was the issue regarding the slow acceptance of frozen foods to be accepted to the American public?
Definition
-Long preparation time
-Easier to just open up a can
Term
Diner's club
Definition
The first credit card, it appeared in 1950.
Term
What ad campaign was Leo Burnett's greatest success?
Definition
Marlboro Man
Term
Planned obsolescence
Definition
Consumers in the 1950s became conditioned to accept its premise. Magazine articles, n ewspaper "women's sections," TV programs, and ads dispensed advice on maintaining the good life through constant product upgrades.
Term
New regulation issued by the FTC in 1972
Definition
No hidden/disguised advertising to children
Term
Democratic party's political advertisement for Lyndon Johnson in 1964
Definition
Girl picking petals off a flower, counting down from 10 - at the end of the commercial and the end of her countdown, there's a nuclear explosion. She dead.
Term
Key elements from William Bryan Key's assessment of 1971 Time magazine ad for Gilbey's London Dry Gin
Definition
-"Sex" spelled out in ice cubes
-3 women and 2 men hidden in ad
-A reflection of a man's legs with partially erect genitals and a lil bit of semen seeping out.
-SUBLIMINAL ADVERTISING : "Drinking Gilbey's leads to a good, old-fashioned sexual orgy porgy"
Term
How did the feminist movement affect advertising?
Definition
Stereotypes were avoided
Women started to own their own agencies
Term
Mary Wells
Definition
A copywriter for McCann-erickson and DD, she started one of the first major agencies owned by a woman, "Wells, rich, and Greene"
Term
What year did NBC drop its ban on comparative advertising?
Definition
1964
Term
What prompted the 1973-74 gas crisis?
Definition
OPEC cut off oil shipments to the U.S. leading to a 350% rise in oil prices
Term
WHat year were cigarette ads banned from television?
Definition
1971
Term
"Charlie" perfume ads built their themes on what other successful ad campaign?
Definition
Virginia Slims
Term
Pepsi Challenge
Definition
-Hidden camera, blind taste test against Coca-Cola
-majority preferred Pepsi
-Legitimate challenge
Term
Two advertising disasters of the 1980s
Definition
New Coke
ET video game
Term
What was the Federal Trade Commission's view on comparative advertising?
Definition
They believed that it may lead to better products and lower prices but they also believed that ads should only make truthful, scientifically verifiable claims
Term
3 celebrity spokespeople for Pepsi in the 1980s
Definition
Madonna
Michael Jackson
Lionel Ritchie
Term
How did the clothing company Benetton create controversy?
Definition
"United Colors of Benetton" campaign--> fought against racism
Term
How did beer advertising in the 1990s become more sensitive to the needs of women?
Definition
They stopped showcasing women as sexual objects; featured them as equals to men
Term
What guidelines did the National Association of Broadcasters abolish in 1981?
Definition
The guidelines cautioning advertisers against discrediting competitors
Term
What three major ad agencies merged and created the worlds largest ad agency?
Definition
J. Walter Thompson, Ogilvy Group, WPP group
Term
What are infomercials?
Definition
Program-length commercials
Term
What public figure revolutionized infomercials?
Definition
Ross Perot, candidate for president in 1992
Term
Whow ere the number one target of advertising in the 1990s?
Definition
Generation X (18-29 year olds)
Term
What were the changes that St. Pauli Girl made to their ads in the 1990s?
Definition
Reversed the decision to add more cleavage to the trademark beer girl
Term
How did advertisers try to market to Gen X when they had little in common with their Baby Boomer parents
Definition
-avant garde style
-grunge
-"not your grandmas car"
Term
Joe Camel campaign
Definition
Cartoon camel that advertised cigarettes
Thought to be aimed at kids
Term
What did Foote, Cone and Belding do for Levi's in 1991?
Definition
-501 reasons young people should wear their original button fly jeans
-had no noticeable sales pitch
Term
In the 1990s what company targeted their products to the growing African American middle class
Definition
General Mils
Term
How did advertisers represent homosexuals in the 1990s?
Definition
-ran overtly gay images as well as more subtly gay ads
Term
Why were the time of spots increased in the 1990s?
Definition
FCC did away with commercial time limits
Term
What record was broken by the 1996 super bowl
Definition
Companies were charged an average of $1.2 million for each 30-second spot
Term
Got Milk Campaign
Definition
Fun, irreverent, childlike sense of play unlike the more serious PSAs the public was used to
Ran by the California Dairy Association
Term
AVIS rent a cars claimed their greatest success by owning up to the fact that they were rated......?
Definition
#2
Term
What were the components of DDBs 1960s Volkswagen ads that helped make it such a success?
Definition
-Gave a single advantage
-Simple picture
-Straightforward copy
-Offbeat
-Turned shortcomings into virtues
Term
What was the situation on Children's advertising, especially cereal in the 1970s?
Definition
The majority of the advertisements directed towards children dealt with heavily sugared foods like cereal
Term
Caroline Jones
Definition
-President of Caroline Jones Advertising
-Pioneered multi-ethnic advertising
Term
What happened to Aunt Jemima's image by the second half of the 20th century?
Definition
She slimmed down
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