Advertising Information

Whats The Frequency?


The more things change, some say, the more things stay the same. When it comes to marketing, I tend to agree. Consider the following list of how advertising frequency equates to advertising effectiveness. Thomas Smith wrote this in 1885:

* The first time a man looks at an advertisement, he does not see it.

* The second time, he does not notice it.

* The third time, he is conscious of its existence.

* The fourth time, he faintly remembers having seen it before.

* The fifth time, he reads it.

* The sixth time, he turns up his nose at it.

* The seventh time, he reads it through and says, "Oh brother!"

* The eighth time, he says, "Here's that confounded thing again!"

* The ninth time, he wonders if it amounts to anything.

* The tenth time, he asks his neighbor if he has tried it.

* The eleventh time, he wonders how the advertiser makes it pay.

* The twelfth time, he thinks it must be a good thing.

* The thirteenth time, he thinks perhaps it might be worth something.

* The fourteenth time, he remembers wanting such a thing a long time.

* The fifteenth time, he is tantalized because he cannot afford to buy it.

* The sixteenth time, he thinks he will buy it some day.

* The seventeenth time, he makes a memorandum to buy it.

* The eighteenth time, he swears at his poverty.

* The nineteenth time, he counts his money carefully.

* The twentieth time he sees the ad, he buys what it is offering.

Harry Hoover is managing principal of Hoover ink PR, http://www.hoover-ink.com. He has 26 years of experience in crafting and delivering bottom line messages that ensure success for serious businesses like Brent Dees Financial Planning, Duke Energy, Levolor, North Carolina Tourism, Ty Boyd Executive Learning Systems, VELUX and Verbatim.


MORE RESOURCES:

Direct Traffic Media

Spending Gap Between Search and Display Advertising Widens
Wired News - 16 hours ago
By Meghan Keane September 04, 2008 | 3:07:36 PMCategories: Advertising Online advertising spending may be growing at an annual rate of 20 percent but the ...
Gap Widens in Online Advertising Wall Street Journal
Verizon and Yahoo extend portal deal CNET News
Feature: Ad-supported software ZDNet.com.au
Motley Fool - BloggingStocks
all 60 news articles


Direct Traffic Media

Obama, McCain have contrasting styles in Web advertising
Los Angeles Times, CA - 6 hours ago
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer It's been hard to avoid Barack Obama's distinctive red, white and blue "O" logo on display ads as you ...
Obama Expands Lead on McCain in Online Advertising Battle in June ... MarketWatch
Study says Obama beating McCain in online advertising Direct Traffic Media
Obama online advertising trumps McCain by 75:1 in June TG Daily
WebProNews - PC Magazine
all 23 news articles


Media not killing advertising – Ishiekwene
The Punch, Nigeria - 7 hours ago
By Olufemi Adeosun Senior media executives have debunked the notion that the media industry was killing the advertising business in Nigeria. ...


Telegraph.co.uk

Latest James Bond flick criticised for glorifying armed violence
Oneindia, India - 7 hours ago
After British Advertising Standards Authority banned 'Wanted' posters in UK for glamorising the use of guns and violence, the Anti Gun campaigners want ...
jolie disarmed Toronto Star
Bond poster under fire from anti-gun campaigners Utalkmarketing
Wanted posters glamourising gun crime? Boxwish
AHN - TheCelebrityCafe.com
all 198 news articles


Mixpo Announces Online Video Advertising Pacts with Leading Local ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - 5 hours ago
Under the agreements, Mixpo’s new partners can leverage the company’s recently launched online video advertising platform to enable their advertisers to ...


Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome will vie for induction into Madison ...
Carolina Newswire (press release), NC - 2 hours ago
Since 2004 the Roaming Gnome, creation of Travelocity’s advertising agency McKinney, has traveled the world as the online travel leader’s “spokesgnome,” ...
BUSINESS BRIEFS Durham Herald Sun
all 2 news articles


Cable to Fall Short on Advertising Revenue Goals, Pike & Fischer ...
MarketWatch - 21 hours ago
Cable executives have said they hope to increase advertising revenue from approximately $5 billion generated in 2007 to as much as $15 billion a year once ...


30 SECOND SPOT: DISPATCHES FROM THE WORLD OF MEDIA AND ADVERTISING
Globe and Mail, Canada - 6 hours ago
4The folks at Coca-Cola would like to teach the world to be green. Coke was the "official recycling provider" for the Democratic and Republican national ...


30 SECOND SPOT: DISPATCHES FROM THE WORLD OF MEDIA AND ADVERTISING
Globe and Mail, Canada - 6 hours ago
3The ad market for mobile phones may be in its infancy, but a US study indicates that such ads can increase awareness of a particular brand by 24 per cent. ...


AFP

Value Of Direct-to-consumer Drug Advertising Oversold, Study Finds
Science Daily (press release) - Sep 2, 2008
3, 2008) — Direct-to-consumer advertising may not be giving big pharma such a big bang for their buck after all. Despite the billions spent on bringing drug ...
Study says direct-to-consumer drug advertising notl that effective The Canadian Press
Consumer Drug Advertising Not Always Effective MedPage Today
Drugs advertising 'might not affect sales' Hays Pharma
AdAge.com (subscription) - Wall Street Journal
all 88 news articles

Advertising - Google News

home | site map
© 2006