UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI

PROJECT ON

ADVERTISING AFTER GLOBALISATION

SUBMITTED BY

VIJAY BHOJWANI

PROJECT GUIDE

PROF. RAJWADE

BACHELOR OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

SEMESTER V(2009-10)

V.E.S. COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE,SINDHI COLONY, CHEMBUR – 400071

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UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI

PROJECT ON

ADVERTISING AFTER GLOBALISATION

Submitted In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements

For the Award of the Degree of Bachelor of Management

By

VIJAY BHOJWANI

PROJECT GUIDE

PROF. RAJWADE

BACHELOR OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

SEMESTER V(2009-10)

V.E.S. COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCE & COMMERCE,SINDHI COLONY, CHEMBUR – 400071

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Declaration

I student of BMS – Semester V

(2009-10) hereby declare that I have completed this

project on .

The information submitted is true & original to the best

of my knowledge.

Student’s Signature

Name of Student

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C E R T I F I C A T E

This is to certify that of TYBMS has

successfully completed the project on .

under the guidance

of .

Project Guide Principal PROF. RAJWADE Dr. (Mrs) J. K. PHADNIS

Course Co-ordinator Mrs. A. MARTINA

External Examiner

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I would like to express my gratitude towards Prof. Rajwade who

guided me throughout the project of Advertising after Globlisation. This

project helped me a lot in getting more knowledge and experience in the

field of advertising.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

“ADVERTISING” as we all know is a very small word, but it means in today’s

competitive world. Advertising means giving a message to the consumers about a

particular product. If the message is properly understood and received by the consumers,

then only we can say that advertising done is worth something; otherwise it is just a waste

of resources.

Advertising is powerful medium of mass communication. It is useful for

communicating advertising message in an agreeable and agreeable manner. In the

communication process the message moves from the sender to the receiver i.e. from

seller to the buyer. The final result of advertising as a communication process is the

understanding of the message by the consumers.

The need and importance of advertising is increasing day by day. Advertising

helps us a lot in taking a proper decision about selecting a right product. As the

development is taking place rapidly, the competition is also increasing a lot, hence, the

demand for advertising is also increasing. All the companies want their product to be at

the top in the market. So the companies spend a lot on advertising, marketing and

promotion of their product. Companies spend crores of rupees on advertising.

The pattern of advertising in this globalised world is changing very fast. Few

factors which are responsible for the success of advertising is:

1) Celebrity Endorsements.

2) Creativity in Advertisement.

3) Innovative Advertisement.

4) Different Theme.

Now a days the demand is for the creative advertising and in creative advertising

VODAFONE is the best, as it advertise its products in an extra ordinary way as compare

to other products. Advertising is really important and plays a vital role in increasing or

decreasing sale of company. There are few mediums of advertising which are:

Print, T.V., Radio, and Hoardings.

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All these advertising mediums are different from each other and the company is the

one who selects the right medium for the right product. The medium selection is also

important process, as it is the integral part in making an ad.

Few companies which are excellent in advertising their product are:

1) Airtel

2) Cadbury

3) Vodafone

4) Virgin

5) Mc Donalds

These companies know what the customer wants and they advertise according to the

season, taste and liking of the consumers. They work according to the ongoing trend and

the current scenario of the market.

An advertisement should be very constructive and effective, than only the customers

will think about buying a product of the particular company. The advertisement should

leave an impact in the mind of the people and a positive impact. The impact of the

advertisement should be positive on all the consumers, the advertisements should create a

negative impact on anyone or any particular group of consumers may be children group,

youngsters, adult or old aged group. If the impact of advertisement on consumers will be

negative than it will directly affect the sale, reputation, goodwill and image of company

in the market and in the minds of the people.

Advertising has changed the life of the people, as they can select the best product

amongst all the others in the market. Among all the types of medias broadcasting media

is the media which is used most by the companies which includes television and radio

which are most effective and creates more impact on the consumers as compare to other

medias. Above all the main purpose of the advertising is to create an impact on the

consumers, which is necessary for success of any advertisement and for the sale of that

particular product in the market.

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INDEX:

1) INTRODUCTION TO ADVERTISING

2) GLOBALISATION AND ITS IMPACT ON BUSINESS

3) MEDIAS IN ADVERTISING

4) CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

5) CASE STUDY OF 2 PRODUCT GROUPS

6) RECENT UPDATES ON ADVERTISING

7) MAKING AN CONSTRUCTIVE OR EFFECTIVE AD

8) IMPACT OF ADVERTISING

9) CONCLUSION

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INTRODUCTION TO ADVERTISING

Advertising plays a very important role in the present highly competitive and

consumer-oriented marketing system. It is an essential supplement of modern large scale

production and marketing. Advertising is necessary for giving information to consumers

about the products, their features, uses and advantages. It is also useful for encouraging

consumers to purchase specific products and also for sales promotion. Advertising is

essential in the case of internal as well as global marketing. Similarly, it is necessary in

the case of all types of products- old, well established and new. Many companies spend

crores of rupees on advertising and publicity of their products. Advertising media such as

newspapers, magazines, radio and T.V. earn substantial portion of their revenue through

the advertisements. In the present business world, simply manufacturing superior quality

goods at lower costs is not adequate. The goods produced need to be presented to

potential buyers in an attractive manner so as to induce them to purchase by visiting retail

shops. Advertising as a tool of communication is getting popularity in recent years .

New techniques are being introduced to present the products in an agreeable manner to

consumers. Advertising touches the lives of the people belonging to different age groups-

from youngest to the oldest. Companies spent huge amounts to influence the preferences

and behaviour patterns of consumers. Advertising as a subject under commerce discipline

has a long history.

However its form has changed considerably along with the expansion of business

activities and the technological developments in the media of advertising. However, the

basic objectives of advertising i.e. to provide information, to attract attention, to create

awareness and to influence buying behaviours of consumers have remained stable over

the long historical period. Advertising is a must not only in the business world but also in

all other aspects of life.

In today’s world advertising plays a very important and a vital role in selling and

marketing of any type of goods or product it maybe durable or non-durable, perishable or

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non-perishable every product needs this effective power that is advertising for making

their a successful one and for gaining a edge over the other competitive products in the

markets. Not only products but today even services are sold by taking the help of the

advertisements like banks, insurance companies etc. all need advertising to promote their

services. Advertising acts as an important marketing tool for presentation and promotion

of ideas, goods and services. As the competition is getting more and more tougher in the

market the products and services with similar target groups are spending more and more

on advertising to gain more profit share as compare to other products and services in the

market, hence the need of advertising is increasing day by day.

In brief, advertising is an effective method of communication. It gives

information to consumers about products and services and induces them to purchase.

Buyers are persuaded to continue to buy the product. This leads to sales promotion with

profit to the seller and satisfaction and welfare to consumers.

Advertising can be of any type it can be:

PRINT or HOARDINGS or VISUAL (T.V.) or RADIO

Example of a T.V. commercial of the Brand FEVICOL

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DEFINITION OF ADVERTISING:

The term advertising originates from the Latin word advertere which means “to turn the

mind towards”. The dictionary meaning of the term advertising is “to give public notices

or to announce publicity”. This suggests that advertising acts as a marketing vehicle and

is useful for drawing the attention of people towards a specific product/ service/

manufacturer. Advertising is an activity or a process while advertisement is a specific

piece of communication appearing in press, radio or TV.

According to the American Marketing Association advertising is defined as

“Any paid form of non –personal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods or services

by an identified sponsor”.

According to David Potter

“The only institution we have for instilling new needs, for training to act as consumer for

altering men’s values and thus for hastening their adjustment to potential abundance is

advertising.

This definition suggests that advertising is an institution which makes people aware of

their needs and makes them vigilant consumers. Advertising also provides better

understanding of life and brings their adjustment with potential abundance of goods and

services.

According to Dunn and Barbon

“Advertising is paid, non-personal communication through various media by business

firms, non-profit organizations and individuals who are in some way identified in the

advertising message and who hope to inform or persuade members of a particular

audience.”

This definition suggests that the advertiser identifies himself in the advertisement and the

purpose of advertising is to inform and to persuade people of a specific type.

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FEATURES OF ADVERTISING:

1. Advertising provides information:

The basic purpose of advertising is to provide information about products,

goods, services or ideas to perspective buyers. The details of products

such as features, uses, prices, benefits, other instructions to be followed

while using the product are given in the advertisements.

2. Advertising is a paid form of communication:

Advertising may be in any convenient form such as sign, symbol, slogan,

Illustration or message.

3. Advertising is a non-personal presentation:

Advertising is non-personal in character as against salesmanship which is

personal (face to face communication) in character. In Advertising, the

message is given to all and not to one specific individual.

e.g. T.V., radio, etc.

4. Advertising is an art, science and profession:

It is an art as it needs creativity for raising its effectiveness. It is treated as

science as it has its principles, rules, etc. Advertising is now treated as

profession with its professional bodies and code of conduct for members.

5. Creativity-the essence of Advertising:

Advertising is a method of presenting a product in an artistic, attractive

and agreeable manner. This is possible through the element of creativity

which is the essence of Advertising of the present period.

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6. Advertising is for persuasion:

Advertising is not only for giving information but also for appealing

people to buy a specific product. It aims at persuasion of potential

customers.

7. Advertising is target oriented:

It is possible to make intensive Advertising by selecting a specific market

or specific segment of consumers for the purpose of Advertising. This

selection of specific market is called target market.

8. Advertising is an important element in marketing mix:

Advertising supports the sales promotion efforts of the manufacturer. It

can make positive contribution in sales promotion provided other elements

in the marketing mix are reasonably favorable.

Brand plays an important role in promoting the product or the company, let the

advertisement be the best if it won’t have a particular it won’t work out in the market.

ROLE OF BRAND:

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GROWTH OF ADVERTISING IN INDIA:

Advertising as we understand today has its origin in the early historical period. It

has made steady progress over centuries. Its need or importance is growing along with

the growth and expansion of business activities. Many significant changes have taken

place during the process of evolution of advertising.

Like other countries, advertising has a long history in India. However, advertising

was officially recognized as a medium of mass communication only in the 18 th century.

The first newspaper “BENGAL GAZETTE” was published in India in 1780. By 1786,

there were four weekly newspapers and monthly magazines published in Calcutta.

Advertising on radio started in India in 1950’s. Advertising on radio proved to be a

powerful medium useful for creating new markets.

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Commercial Broadcasting has informed and entertained people for more than 40

years. In 1928, two advertising agencies were started in India. They include the national

advertising service started by J.Jain and J.W. Tompson (Now HTA).

The importance of advertising started increasing only after the Second World

War. The Association of Advertising Agencies of India (AAAI) was established in 1945.

The Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) was started in 1948. T.V. started in India in

September 1959.

In addition to DD Metro now we also many other channels on television like Zee

T.V., STAR PLUS, COLORS, ETC. cable T.V. and many more such channels for

advertising purpose. Introduction of satellite T.V. has made a revolution in the

advertising field in India. The progress of advertising in terms of quality, creativity and

coverage is extremely fasten India since 1950 due to the introduction of new advertising

media. Ample of scope is available for advertising due to industrial growth.

ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN ADVERTISING:

Advertising is a type of collective activity which needs the support and

participation of certain individuals or organizations. They are called active participants in

advertising. Such participants are called:

1) Advertisers

2) Advertising agency

3) Audience

4) Advertising media and finally

5) The government authorities

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1) Advertisers:

Advertisers are the individuals/firms/organizations which desire to advertise their

products or services. They support the whole advertising process as they provide

finance by paying the advertising charges. They initiate entire advertising process.

It is the advertiser who takes broad decisions about advertising. He decides the

advertising budget, select the audience, media and agency for the purpose of

advertising. He is the key participant in the entire advertising activity.

2) Advertising agencies:

An advertiser can implement his advertising plan directly through his own

sales or advertising department or may transfer the entire responsibility of

advertising to a specialized professional agency called advertising agency.

These agencies provide expert services to their clients that is advertisers.

They prepare advertising plan and execute them the same on behalf of

their client. An advertiser can transfer his botheration about advertising to

such advertising agency. Such agencies charge commission of 15% from

media owners on the media bills. Such agencies offer benefit of their skills

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and experience to their clients. HTA, Lintas mudra, Everest, O and M are

some leading advertising agencies operating in India.

3) Audience:

Advertising is for giving message about goods or services to readers,

viewers or listeners. They constitute the audience. It is for their

information and guidance that advertisements are given. An advertiser

desires to cover his target audience/market for promoting sales. Efforts are

also made to make advertisements attractive and agreeable to the

audience. Moreover, waste in advertising is possible when the advertising

message is not received or accepted by audience.

4) Advertising Media :

Advertising media act as a connecting link between the advertiser and the

audience. The media act as a channel of communication for giving

message to two or more media for advertising purpose. Newspaper,

magazine, radio and T.V. are some popular advertising media and are used

extensively by advertisers. In India T.V. advertising is popular but is

equally costly. The advertising agency guides their clients in the selection

of convenient advertising media that is media planning.

5) Government Authorities:

Government authorities act as a one important participant in the

advertising field. Government acts as a supervisory authority in the field

of advertising. It makes rules and regulations as regards that use of media

for advertising purpose. Some advertising media such as radio and T.V.

operate directly under the control of central government.

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GLOBALISATION AND ITS IMPACT ON ADVERTISING.

Globalisation is the process by which the people of the world are unified into a single

society and function together. Globalization is often used to refer to economic

globalization: the integration of national economies into the international economy

through trade, foreign direct investment, capital flows, migration, and the spread of

technology. This process is usually recognized as being driven by a combination of

economic, technological, socio cultural, political and biological factors. The term can

also refer to the transnational dissemination of ideas, languages, or popular culture.

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The term "globalization" has been used in the social sciences since the 1960s;

however, the term did not achieve widespread use until the later half of the 1980s. An

early description of globalization was penned by the American entrepreneur-turned-

minister Charles Taze Russell who coined the term 'corporate giants' in 1897. Since its

popularization by economists and journalists in the 1980s and 1990s, the concept of

globalization has inspired numerous competing definitions and interpretations.

The United Nations ESCWA has written that globalization "is a widely-used term that

can be defined in a number of different ways. When used in an economic context, it

refers to the reduction and removal of barriers between national borders in order to

facilitate the flow of goods, capital, services and labour...although considerable barriers

remain to the flow of labour...Globalization is not a new phenomenon. It began in the late

nineteenth century, but its spread slowed during the period from the start of the First

World War until the third quarter of the twentieth century. This slowdown can be

attributed to the inwardlooking policies pursued by a number of countries in order to

protect their respective industries.. however, the pace of globalization picked up rapidly

during the fourth quarter of the twentieth century..."

Saskia Sassen writes that "a good part of globalization consists of an enormous variety of

micro-processes that begin to denationalize what had been constructed as national -

whether policies, capital, political subjectivities, urban spaces, temporal frames, or any

other of a variety of dynamics and domains."

Impact of Globalization, both theoretically and practically, can be observed in different

economic, social, cultural, political, finance, and technological dimensions of the world.

Globalization brought about a new world order and is gradually reaching new heights,

integrating all the fields to form a cohesive network. The Impact of Globalization has

crossed the economy to influence all phases of human life challenging their national and

individual particularities. Globalization impact has touched all political, cultural,

economic, and ideological dimensions. With the onset of the western democratic system

the Impact of Globalization on politics is visible. In economic globalization the impact

ranges from production, consumption, commercial exchange, and distribution. In the

cultural domain, globalization had its impact on the imagination, idealism, theories,

thought process, and practices of humankind

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However, the Impact of Globalization had the best possible results on the Information

and Communication system. This globalization of information is observed with the

globalized telecommunications and information technologies operating in today's world.

For instance, the satellite TV channels, cellular phones, broadband, Internet, and so forth.

All these have successfully transformed the world into a global village. The globalization

of information is also proved from the usage of the most popular language, English, in

the Internet. Moreover, there is the diminished use of paper with the spread of the new

globalized information technology. Today, at present only few international news

agencies dominate the total information system, such as, the Associated Press and the

United Press of USA, Reuters of Great Britain, and Agence France Presse of France.

Another Impact of Globalization is in the field of Science, with the introduction of new

fresh attempts in scientific research and capabilities of invention. In this, the nations like

the United States of America, the European Union, and Japan have reached heights. This

globalization of science leads to the fusion of scientific data and rules to form a uniform

network of database.

The Impact of the Globalization of economy, politics, information, and technology,

results in the globalization of culture. The present day TV channels, movies and

advertisements are open to all parts of the world imparting modern education. This again

transforms the values, ethics, religion, and thought processes of the mankind as a whole.

The best outcome of the globalized culture is the evaluation and improvement in the

status of women. Another significant change is the demand for equal rights by the

emerging "third gender" in today's world. According to them against global human right

system, there should be division of humankind into three genders along with the males

and females.

The Impact of Globalization on culture is also observed in the discussions held at the

World Intellectual Property Organization, in which the Americans requested the original

bearer of all types of intellectual items, like books, songs, scripts, to give up their

copyrights for large private groups. However, this was countered by the European Union

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countries and on the other hand accepted by Great Britain. Again, France, one of the

European countries, got engaged in a movement for the grant of cultural exclusiveness in

the fields of audio-visual and cinematic production.

IMPORTANCE OF ADVERTISING IN GLOBALISED WORLD:

The importance of advertising is well accepted in globalisation. Its constructive

and positive role in promoting business and in offering better life and welfare to

consumers and the society at large is universally accepted. In modern business,

advertising is a must due to large sale production, market competition and need to attract

consumers through information and persuasion. Advertising is a medium of mass

communication. It enables sellers to communicate with the prospective buyers regarding

various details of goods and services. It is a basic tool of marketing. It helps all the 4

elements in the marketing mix and raises their capacity to satisfy consumers and there by

promotes sales.

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Advertising is not simply for catching consumers or exploiting them in one or the

other. It has to play a more positive and constructive role. It has to make business more

useful for meeting needs of consumers and raising their welfare. Advertising facilitates

large scale marketing and higher profits to manufacturers and traders. In addition, it

provides information and education to consumers and promotes their welfare. These are

the areas advertising plays a positive role. Advertising acts as a bridge or line of

communication between manufacturers and traders on the one hand and consumers or

buyers on the other hand. Advertising is for the benefit of both the parties and not for the

benefit of one party at the cost of other. It helps advertiser to give better service and

satisfaction to consumers along with expansion of business and earning more profit. This

suggests that advertising has to play a wider role of social and economic significance and

not merely as tool of sales promotion. Advertising facilitates large scale production and

distribution for meeting the needs of consumers or the society at large. This role of

advertising needs to be noted in the right spirit by the advertisers, advertising agencies

and advertising professionals. Such understanding will raise the level of advertising and

may remove certain unethical practices in the field of advertising. Even the criticism of

advertising will be limited if the constructive role of advertising is appreciated correctly

by all those concerned with the field of advertising.

The role of advertising can be studied by referring to its advantages in different

areas. For e.g., advertising acts as a medium of communication with the consumers. It

educates guides and persuades them in the right direction. It is also important to note that

advertising widens market and facilitates large scale production of goods and services. In

addition, advertising creates employment opportunities in the field of advertising and in

other fields also (production, distribution of goods and services). It facilitates the process

of economic growth and globalization of business. Finally, advertising raises the standard

of living of people. It encourages market competition which again leads to product

innovation, improvement in the quality and more benefits and satisfaction to consumers.

All such benefits indicate the importance and the positive role of advertising. Advertising

offers advantages or special benefits to different social groups such as consumers, traders,

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producer, retailers and advertising media. Such benefits also suggest the importance and

constructive role of advertising in modern business. All these things proves the

importance and a great need of advertising in globalised market.

Effects of globalization

Globalization has various aspects which affect the world in several different ways such

as:

Industrial - emergence of worldwide production markets and broader access to a

range of foreign products for consumers and companies. Particularly movement

of material and goods between and within national boundaries.

Financial - emergence of worldwide financial markets and better access to

external financing for borrowers. As these worldwide structures grew more

quickly than any transnational regulatory regime, the instability of the global

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financial infrastructure dramatically increased, as evidenced by the financial

crises of late 2008.

Economic - realization of a global common market, based on the freedom of

exchange of goods and capital. The interconnectedness of these markets, however

meant that an economic collapse in any one given country could not be contained.

Political - some use "globalization" to mean the creation of a world government

which regulates the relationships among governments and guarantees the rights

arising from social and economic globalization. Politically, the United States has

enjoyed a position of power among the world powers; in part because of its strong

and wealthy economy. With the influence of globalization and with the help of

The United States’ own economy, the People's Republic of China has experienced

some tremendous growth within the past decade. If China continues to grow at the

rate projected by the trends, then it is very likely that in the next twenty years,

there will be a major reallocation of power among the world leaders. China will

have enough wealth, industry, and technology to rival the United States for the

position of leading world power.

Informational - increase in information flows between geographically remote

locations. Arguably this is a technological change with the advent of fibre optic

communications, satellites, and increased availability of telephone and Internet.

Language - the most popular language is English.

About 35% of the world's mail, telexes, and cables are in English.

Approximately 40% of the world's radio programs are in English.

About 50% of all Internet traffic uses English.

Competition - Survival in the new global business market calls for improved

productivity and increased competition. Due to the market becoming worldwide,

companies in various industries have to upgrade their products and use

technology skillfully in order to face increased competition.

Ecological - the advent of global environmental challenges that might be solved

with international cooperation, such as climate change , cross-boundary water and

air pollution, over-fishing of the ocean, and the spread of invasive species. Since

many factories are built in developing countries with less environmental

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regulation, globalism and free trade may increase pollution. On the other hand,

economic development historically required a "dirty" industrial stage, and it is

argued that developing countries should not, via regulation, be prohibited from

increasing their standard of living.

Cultural - growth of cross-cultural contacts; advent of new categories of

consciousness and identities which embodies cultural diffusion, the desire

to increase one's standard of living and enjoy foreign products and ideas,

adopt new technology and practices, and participate in a "world culture".

Some bemoan the resulting consumerism and loss of languages. Also see

Transformation of culture .

We all read newspaper and business magazines about globalisation on business. It

has changed India `s economy and improved our lifestyle. There is no doubt that India is

a growing economy and main credit goes to its software revolution . But do we all know

that most R&D centers are in US not in India IT software industry still work as a

facilitator for developed conutry `s business and daily life . All indian brains are in

US/UK/Europe and work for them to improve their technology. In India if we talk about

bangalore or guragon we have potholes roads , poor street lights and improper parking

facility near big corporate houses . Our Government dont consider providing proper

infrastructure facility . I believe its corporate social respnisiblity to provide good

infrastructure facility to its employess and clients.

That every successive administration in the last decade has eventually succumbed to the

pressures of globalization suggests that regardless of how different political formations

package their policies in advance of the elections, there is a powerful and very vocal

lobby for globalization in India. This is because for some sections of Indian society and

the Indian diaspora, globalization has come as something of a bonanza.

NRIs look forward to new business opportunities in a globalized India. English-language

(or even local language) media outlets who expect globalization to increase advertizing

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revenues have also been eager supporters of globalization. (A recent Economic Times

survey of the nation's top CEO's indicated that most major India businesses anticipated

considerably higher allocations for marketing and advertizing campaigns in order to

survive in the globalized Indian economy. Some estimate that the advertizing industry

has been one of the fastest growing industries in India - growing as much as 25-30% in

some years.)

Another outcome of globalization has been a huge increase in salaries of senior

managers, accountants, lawyers and public-relations personnel working for MNCs or

their local competitors. For the IT-literate, job opportunities have been plentiful, and

there are also opportunities to live and earn abroad. For the English-speaking upper

middle-class, this has come as a boon. With greater access to disposable income, the

seduction of consumerism becomes hard to resist, and the demand for unrestricted

globalization inevitably follows the attraction for new and ever more advanced consumer

goods. This new and more prosperous class of Indian consumers associates India's

progress with the availability of the latest automobile models and consumer goods. The

local availability of imported European cosmetics and fashions, imported drinks and

confectioneries - these have all become important to those who have sufficient disposable

income to purchase such items.

Globalization has other champions too. Importers have a strong financial interest in a

globalized economy. But so do exporters dependent on imported parts and machinery.

Industrialists with interests in ports, shipping, international warehousing and other

aspects of international trade and commerce may also see globalization as beneficial to

their sectors of the economy. Indian industrialists who have so far failed to invest in

research and development and are losing the battle for market share are also becoming

amenable to globalization in the fond hope of partnering with an MNC that will enable

them to stabilize or expand their sinking business ventures.

Although these sections of society are in numerical terms a very small minority in the

country, they are able to wield considerable authority on account of their financial clout.

Their voices are far more likely to be heard in the Indian media, and they are much more

likely to be able to influence important political decisions in the country. Because of their

familiarity with English, and privileged access to major media outlets and institutions of

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higher learning, they are taken to be more credible, and are thus able to exercise

tremendous influence on public policy.

But it should be noted that the interests of a particular section of Indians need not match

the real interests of all other sections of Indian society. Other sections of society may

benefit only to the extent that a fraction of this new prosperity trickles down to them.

Some may not benefit at all, while some may even be adversely affected. In addition,

globalization may have hidden consequences that may negatively impact the quality of

life even of those prospering through globalization.

But the greatest danger posed by unrestricted globalization is that it may

exacerbate the problems of nagging poverty and uneven development, and create grave

infra-structural mismatches. It is already evident that the Indian economy has become

more dependent on imports which has brought with it constant pressure on the value of

the Rupee, leading to recursive bouts of high inflation. And rather than expand India's

manufacturing strength and develop new capabilities and technological development in

India, globalization may in fact put India at a global disadvantage in key sectors of

modern industry leading to an economy that is always chasing scientific and

technological advances that occur in other nations.

MNCs and 'transparency' and 'ethical practices'

MNCs are Multi National Companies. MNCs is one of the most booming and

profitable and beneficial sector for the guest country as well as for the host country and

also for the people associated with a multi national company. There are many famous,

popular and successful MNCs running and earning profits in India some of those are:

1) Mc Donalds

2) Monginis

3) Baskin 31 Robbins

4) Ford

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5) Dominoz

6) Pizza HUT etc.

As the number of MNCs are going on increasing the need for the advertising also

increases a lot as these companies need to establish in the host country, to do a

successful business and also beat their other multinational competitor as well as

the in house competitor(from country’s origin). This shows that how much useful

and important is advertising in this competitive world.

Arguments favoring globalization have often centered on how multinationals

practice 'transparency' in their business dealings and are more 'ethical' than their Indian

counterparts. Although rarely substantiated with any thing other than anecdotal

testimonies, such praise for the MNCs is common in the Indian media. Yet, there are

numerous instances where multinationals have not only displayed a lack of ethics and

'transparency' but have actually broken the law. Consider an October 2, 1998 report in the

Hindu titled: Large-scale tax evasion by MNCs unearthed. The author of that report,

Sujay Mehdudia wrote: "Income-Tax officials have alleged that these companies evade

taxes with impunity as the tax laws of the country are 'inadequate and ineffective' to deal

with such cases." He wrote of multinational giants flouting tax laws knowing very well

that they could not be arrested or criminally prosecuted against under the Indian legal

system and could get away by paying the tax dues when caught. Violations were neither

rare nor exceptional, since all the companies surveyed or scrutinized by the Income-Tax

authorities in the recent past had shown a tendency to violate the law of the land. The

article quoted a high-ranking tax officer as saying: "Had the violations taken place in

some other country, not only would criminal proceedings have been launched but the

people responsible for it would have been put behind bars." The author concluded his

article with the statement: "In the recent past, cases of TDS evasion by some Japanese

and South Korean firms operating in India have come to the notice of the authorities,

highlighting a ``certain intention'' on the part of these companies to dupe the

Government."

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A more recent Hindustan Times report (May 12 2000) was more specific - it

began with the headline: Rs 2100 crore tax evasion by MNCs. Minister of State for

Finance V Dhananjaya Kumar in a written reply to a question posed in the Lok Sabha had

provided data that indicated that MNCs had evaded Rs 1433.89 crores on income tax, Rs

143.80 crore on central excise duty as well as Rs 535.05 crore on account of import duty

payable during last three years. Sony was identified as the biggest evader, and charged

with evading over 450 crores. SEDCO Forex International Drilling Co, Swiss-Swedish

major Asia Brown Baveri, Hyundai Motors, Johnson & Johnson, Siemens, LG, Hawlet

Packard and Philips were others implicated in cheating on import duties. Several MNCs

had not paid enough central excise duties - including stock market darlings like

Hindustan Lever, Procter and Gamble and Nestle. EID Parry, Gillette, Pepsi, Bayer,

Novaritis and Carrier Aircon were also named as violators. Asia Satellite Telecom, Sabre

Inc, Lucent Technologies, Nokia, Caribjet inc and Allied Signal group had been cited for

serious income tax violations. Amadeus Marketing, American Airlines, British Airways,

Pan Amsat, Motorola, Ashurst Morris Crisp, Reuters and ABN Amro were also in the list

of companies to have evaded income tax.

Transfers Globalization and Technology

Take the argument that globalization brings in new technology. On a selective

basis, globalization indeed brings in new technology and opposition to globalization is

not tantamount to becoming technologically isolated from the rest of the world. But

today, almost no advocate of globalization is calling for selectivity. For instance, Coca-

Cola and Pepsi were welcomed into the country even though they offered little in terms

of new technology. The same can be said of advertising companies and manufacturers of

consumer non-durable goods like soap, detergent, toothpaste, cereals etc.

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As the world is getting technologically more powerful the need of marketing and

advertising is also increasing. The more the technology will prosper the more will be

there the need of advertisements. As the technology will rise it also needs to be in use for

the consumers, and so the consumers need to be aware of it, and to make the consumers

aware of the recent and current technology there is the need of advertising to sell that

technology.

And although there has been significant investment in the manufacture of

automobiles and consumer goods, the capital equipment and the assembly lines for their

production is imported. Little of the design and development work takes place in India.

And in many instances, all that happens is the local assembly of knocked-down kits. So

far, globalization in India has not been tantamount to an all-around technological

upgradation of Indian design and manufacturing.

Some offer a counter-argument for unrestricted globalization arguing that only if

India liberalizes unconditionally will India be able to attract high technology and capital

investment in the areas it really wants. In other words, if we let the Cokes and Pepsis of

the world to come in, the INTELs, the AMDs, and the CISCOs will follow. But the

experience of the last decade belies such claims. While it is true that INTEL, AMD and

CISCO have all invested in India, the sum total of their investments has been minuscule

in relation to their other investments abroad. And rather than bring in new technology to

India, they are actually sucking out technology from India.

MEDIAS IN ADVERTISING

Advertising is basically for giving information about products and services to

consumers. For a layman, all advertising belongs to one category. However, it is not so.

Advertising can be classified into different categories on the basis of area coverage,

audience, media, and functions and so on. Product advertising, service advertising,

financial advertising and so on are also the types of advertising though the basic purpose

of all types is identical that is information and persuasion of consumers. Advertising is a

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form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to

purchase or to consume more of a particular brand of product or service.

Every major medium is used to deliver these messages, including television, radio,

cinema, magazines, newspapers, video games, the Internet, carrier bags and billboards.

Advertising is often placed by an advertising agency on behalf of a company or other

organization.

Types of advertising:

Media

Commercial advertising media can include wall paintings, billboards, street furniture

components, printed flyers and rack cards, radio, cinema and television adverts, web

banners, mobile telephone screens, shopping cart, skywriting, bus stop benches, human

billboards, magazines, newspapers, town criers, sides of buses, banners attached to or

sides of airplanes ("logo jets"), in-flight advertisements on seatback tray tables or

overhead storage bins, taxicab doors, roof mounts and passenger screens, musical stage

shows, subway platforms and trains, elastic bands on disposable diapers, stickers on

apples in supermarkets, shopping cart handles , the opening section of streaming audio

and video, posters, and the backs of event tickets and supermarket receipts. Any place an

"identified" sponsor pays to deliver their message through a medium is advertising.

PRINT MEDIA:

In print media the advertising message is printed on paper. Newspaper and

magazines are two important print media used extensively for advertising purpose. Even

direct mail advertising can be classified as print media. This media has now acquired

more importance due to increase in the number and pages of newspapers and magazines

and also due to improvement in the quality of paper and printing technology used for

communicating advertising message. Print media are useful for indoor advertising. Print

media is the most widely used medium of advertisement used by corporate, households,

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manufactures, wholesalers, banks, financial institutions, automobile industry and many

more. This medium of advertisement gives the advertiser the flexibility to select his target

audience, his area of advertisement, his budget and the timings the ads have to be placed.

OUTDOOR ADVERTISING MEDIA:

Along with print media, outdoor advertising media is also quite famous. They

include posters, billboards, wall and skywriting, hoardings, vehicle advertising, neon

signs and so on. These medias attract the attention of people when they are moving

outdoor for different purposes. Outdoor media are now made attractive and appealing by

using new techniques.

Hoardings: -

This form of advertisement is popular in metropolitan cities like Mumbai where the flow

of traffic is heavy and the number of people traveling is countless. Since the traveling

time of a person in the vehicle is lot the person is ought to see this form of advertisement

which is placed on the tops of the buildings in a very attractive form. The ads cannot be

unseen and shall catch your eye once you pass besides it.

Mobile billboards:

Mobile Billboards are truck- or blimp-mounted billboards or digital screens. These can be

dedicated vehicles built solely for carrying advertisements along routes pre selected by

clients, or they can be specially-equipped cargo trucks. The billboards are often lighted;

some being backlit, and others employing spotlights. Some billboard displays are static,

while others change; for example, continuously or periodically rotating among a set of

advertisements.

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Mobile displays are used for various situations in metropolitan areas throughout the

world, including:

Target advertising, One-day, and long-term campaigns, Conventions, Sporting events,

Store openings and similar promotional events, Big advertisements from smaller

companies, Others.

BRODCASTING MEDIA:

In this, the advertising message is announced through the advertising medium

used. Radio and T.V. are two examples of broadcasting media which now operates

throughout the day. T.V. as an advertising medium is more attractive and popular as

compare to radio. This is because T.V. is audio-visual medium while radio is only audio

medium. Broadcasting media are too costly but their coverage is also wide.

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Television commercials

The TV commercial is generally considered the most effective mass-market advertising

format, as is reflected by the high prices TV networks charge for commercial airtime

during popular TV events. The annual Super Bowl football game in the United States is

known as the most prominent advertising event on television..

The majority of television commercials features a song or jingle that listeners soon relate

to the product. Virtual advertisements may be inserted into regular television

programming through computer graphics.

Celebrities

This type of advertising focuses upon using celebrity power, fame, money, popularity to

gain recognition for their products and promote specific stores or products. Advertisers

often advertise their products, for example, when celebrities share their favourite

products or wear clothes by specific brands or designers. Celebrities are often involved in

advertising campaigns such as television or print adverts to advertise specific or general

products.

Increasingly, other media are overtaking television because of a shift towards consumer's

usage of the Internet as well as devices such as T.V.

Advertising on the World Wide Web is a recent phenomenon. Prices of Web-based

advertising space are dependent on the "relevance" of the surrounding web content and

the traffic that the website receives.

E-mail advertising is another recent phenomenon. Unsolicited bulk E-mail advertising is

known as "spam".

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

"A sign of a celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.”

- Daniel J Boorstin

INTRODUCTION

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The motive behind total branding may be decocted as an attempt to amalgamate diverse

activities to win customer preference. Apropos to this context, the topic “Impact of

celebrity endorsement on overall brand”, is a significant one. The crescendo of

celebrities endorsing brands has been steadily increasing over the past years. Marketers

overtly acknowledge the power of celebrities in influencing consumer-purchasing

decisions. It is a ubiquitously accepted fact that celebrity endorsement can bestow special

attributes upon a product that it may have lacked otherwise. But everything is not hunky-

dory; celebrities are after all mere mortals made of flesh and blood like us. If a celebrity

can aggrandize the merits of a brand, he or she can also exacerbate the image of a brand.

“Any brand can get a celebrity. That is easy. But getting a celebrity consistent with the

right brand, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right

way... that is not easy.”

Celebrity endorsements are impelled by virtue of the following motives:

Instant Brand Awareness and Recall.

Celebrity values define, and refresh the brand image.

Celebrities add new dimensions to the brand image.

Instant credibility or aspiration PR coverage.

Lack of ideas.

Convincing clients

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The scope of a celebrity on the incumbent brand:

Simply stating, a brand is a differentiated product and helps in identifying your product

and making it stand out due to its name, design, style, symbol, color combination, or

usually a mix of all these.

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Before we can scrutinize the effects of celebrity endorsement on the overall brand, we

have to ferret the implicit nuances that act as sources of strong brand images or values:

Experience of use : This encapsulates familiarity and proven reliability.

User associations : Brands acquire images from the type of people who are seen

using them. Images of prestige or success are imbibed when brands are associated

with glamorous personalities.

Belief in efficiency : Ranking from consumer associations, newspaper editorials

etc.

Brand appearance : Design of brand offers clues to quality and affects preferences.

Manufacturer’s name & reputation : A prominent brand name

(Sony,Kellogg’s,Bajaj,Tata) transfers positive associations

The celebrity’s role is the most explicit and profound in incarnating user associations

among the above-mentioned points. To comprehend this, let us analyze the multiplier

effect formula for a successful brand:

S=P* D*AV --the multiplier effect

Where S is a successful brand,

P is an effective product.

D is Distinctive Identity

and AV is Added values.

The realm of the celebrity’s impact is confined to bestow a distinctive identity and

provide AV to the brand; the celebrity does not have the power to improve or debilitate

the efficiency and features of the core product. Thus, we are gradually approaching an

evident proposition claiming,

“The health of a brand can definitely be improved up to some extent by celebrity

endorsement. But one has to remember that endorsing a celebrity is a means to an end

and not an end in itself.”

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An appropriately used celebrity can prove to be a massively powerful tool that magnifies

the effects of a campaign. But the aura of cautiousness should always be there. The fact

to be emphasised is that celebrities alone do not guarantee success, as consumers

nowadays understand advertising. They know what advertising is and how it works.

People realize that celebrities are being paid a lot of money for endorsements and this

knowledge makes them cynical about celebrity endorsements.

Compatibility of the celebrity’s persona with the overall brand image

A celebrity is used to impart credibility and aspirational values to a brand, but the

celebrity needs to match the product. A good brand campaign idea and an intrinsic link

between the celebrity and the message are musts for a successful campaign. Celebrities

are no doubt good at generating attention, recall and positive attitudes towards

advertising provided that they are supporting a good idea and there is an explicit fit

between them and the brand. On the other hand, they are rendered useless when it comes

to the actual efficiency of the core product, creating positive attitudes to brands, purchase

intentions and actual sales.

SONAM KAPOOR ENDORSING LOREAL

Certain parameters that postulate compatibility between the celebrity and brand image

are:

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Celebrity’s fit with the brand image.

Celebrity—Target audience match

Celebrity associated values.

Costs of acquiring the celebrity.

Celebrity—Product match.

Celebrity controversy risk.

Celebrity popularity.

Celebrity availability.

Celebrity physical attractiveness.

Celebrity credibility.

Celebrity prior endorsements.

Whether celebrity is a brand user.

Celebrity profession.

Successful celebrity endorsements for a brand- An Indian perspective

The latter part of the '80s saw the burgeoning of a new trend in India– brands started

being endorsed by celebrities. Hindi film and TV stars as well as sportspersons were

roped in to endorse prominent brands. Advertisements, featuring stars like Tabassum

(Prestige pressure cookers), Jalal Agha (Pan Parag), Kapil Dev (Palmolive Shaving

Cream) and Sunil Gavaskar (Dinesh Suitings) became common. Probably, the first ad to

cash in on star power in a strategic, long-term, mission statement kind of way was Lux

soap. This brand has, perhaps as a result of this, been among the top three in the country

for much of its lifetime.

In recent times, we had the ShahRukh - Santro campaign with the objective of mitigating

the impediment that an unknown Korean brand faced in the Indian market. The objective

was to garner faster brand recognition, association and emotional unity with the target

group. Star power in India can be gauged by the successful endorsement done by Sharukh

for three honchos- Pepsi, Clinic All Clear and Santro. Similarly, when S Kumars used

Hrithik Roshan, then the hottest advertising icon for their launch advertising for

Tamarind, they reckoned they spent 40 - 50 per cent less on media due to the sheer

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impact of using Hrithik. Ad recall was as high as 70 per cent, and even the normally

conservative trade got interested.

In the Indian context, it would not be presumptuous to state that celebrity endorsements

can aggrandize the overall brand. We have numerous examples exemplifying this claim.

A standard example here is Coke, which, till recently, didn't use stars at all

internationally. In fact, India was a first for them. The result was a ubiquitously appealing

Aamir cheekily stating Thanda matlab Coca Cola. The recall value for Nakshatra

advertising is only due to the sensuous Aishwarya. The Parker pen brand, which by itself

commands equity, used Amitabh Bachchan to revitalize the brand in India. According to

Pooja Jain, Director, Luxor Writing Instruments Ltd (LWIL), post Bachchan, Parker's

sales have increased by about 30 per cent.

India is one country, which has always idolized the stars of the celluloid world.

Therefore it makes tremendous sense for a brand to procure a celebrity for its

endorsement. In India there is an exponential potential for a celebrity endorsement to be

perceived as genuinely relevant, thereby motivating consumers to go in for the product.

This would especially prove true if the endorser and the category are a natural lifestyle fit

like sportspersons and footwear, Kapil-Sachin and Boost or film stars and beauty

products.

Some Global Examples:

Globally, firms have been juxtaposing their brands and themselves with celebrity

endorsers. Some successful ongoing global endorsements are as follows:

Celebrity endorsements have been the bedrock of Pepsi's advertising. Over the

years, Pepsi has used and continues to use a number of celebrities for general

market and targeted advertising, including Shaquille O'Neal, Mary J. Blige,

Wyclef Jean, and Busta Rhymes, who did a targeted campaign for their Mountain

Dew product.

George Foreman for Meineke. He has also sold more than 10 million Lean Mean

Fat-- Reducing Grilling Machines since signing with the manufacturing company.

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James Earl Jones for Verizon and CNN.

Nike golf balls, since the company signed Tiger Woods in 1996, have seen a $50

million revenue growth. Nike's golf line grossed more than $250 million in annual

sales. In 2000 he renegotiated a five-year contract estimated at $125 million.

Other successful endorsements like Nike—Michael Jordan, Dunlop—John

McEnroe, Adidas—Prince Naseem Hamed, and so on.

Venus Williams, tennis player and Wimbledon champion has signed a five-year

$40 million contract with sportswear manufacturer Reebok International Inc.

Advantages of a celebrity endorsing a Brand

Brands have been leveraging celebrity appeal for a long time. Across categories, whether

in products or services, more and more brands are banking on the mass appeal of

celebrities. As soon as a new face ascends the popularity charts, advertisers queue up to

have it splashed all over. Witness the spectacular rise of Sania Mirza and Irfan Pathan in

endorsements in a matter of a few months. The accruement of celebrity endorsements can

be justified by the following advantages that are bestowed on the overall brand:

Establishment of Credibility : Approval of a brand by a star fosters a sense of trust

for that brand among the target audience- this is especially true in case of new

products. We had the Shah Rukh-Santro campaign. At launch, Shah Rukh Khan

endorsed Santro and this ensured that brand awareness was created in a market,

which did not even know the brand.

Ensured Attention : Celebrities ensure attention of the target group by breaking the

clutter of advertisements and making the ad and the brand more noticeable.

PR coverage : is another reason for using celebrities. Managers perceive

celebrities as topical, which create high PR coverage. A good example of

integrated celebrity campaigns is one of the World’s leading pop groups, the

Spice Girls, who have not only appeared in advertisements for Pepsi, but also in

product launching and PR events. Indeed, celebrity-company marriages are

covered by most media from television to newspapers (e.g. The Spice Girls and

Pepsi)

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Higher degree of recall : People tend to commensurate the personalities of the

celebrity with the brand thereby increasing the recall value. Golf champion Tiger

Woods has endorsed American Express, Rolex, and Nike. Actress Catherine Zeta-

Jones is used by T-Mobile and Elizabeth Arden. 007 Pierce Brosnan promotes

Omega, BMW, and Noreico.

Associative Benefit : A celebrity’s preference for a brand gives out a persuasive

message - because the celebrity is benefiting from the brand, the consumer will

also benefit.

Mitigating a tarnished image: Cadbury India wanted to restore the consumer's

confidence in its chocolate brands following the high-pitch worms controversy; so

the company appointed Amitabh Bachchan for the job. Last year, when the even

more controversial pesticide issue shook up Coca-Cola and PepsiCo and resulted

in much negative press, both soft drink majors put out high-profile damage

control ad films featuring their best and most expensive celebrities. While Aamir

Khan led the Coke fight back as an ingenious and fastidious Bengali who finally

gets convinced of the product's `purity,' PepsiCo brought Shah Rukh Khan and

Sachin Tendulkar together once again in a television commercial which drew

references to the `safety' of the product indirectly.

Psychographic Connect : Celebrities are loved and adored by their fans and

advertisers use stars to capitalize on these feelings to sway the fans towards their

brand.

Demographic Connect : Different stars appeal differently to various demographic

segments (age, gender, class, geography etc.).

Mass Appeal : Some stars have a universal appeal and therefore prove to be a good

bet to generate interest among the masses.

Rejuvenating a stagnant brand : With the objective of infusing fresh life into the

stagnant chyawanprash category and staving off competition from various brands,

Dabur India roped in Bachchan for an estimated Rs. 8 crore.

Celebrity endorsement can sometimes compensate for lack of innovative ideas.

Disadvantages of a celebrity endorsing a brand:

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The celebrity approach has a few serious risks:

1. The reputation of the celebrity may derogate after he/she has endorsed the

product : Pepsi Cola's suffered with three tarnished celebrities - Mike Tyson,

Madonna, and Michael Jackson. Since the behaviour of the celebrities reflects on

the brand, celebrity endorsers may at times become liabilities to the brands they

endorse.

2. The vampire effect : This terminology pertains to the issue of a celebrity

overshadowing the brand. If there is no congruency between the celebrity and the

brand, then the audience will remember the celebrity and not the brand. Examples

are the campaigns of Dawn French—Cable Association and Leonard Rossiter—

Cinzano. Both of these campaigns were aborted due to celebrities getting in the

way of effective communication. Another example could be the Castrol

commercial featuring Rahul Dravid.

3. Inconsistency in the professional popularity of the celebrity : The celebrity may

lose his or her popularity due to some lapse in professional performances. For

example, when Tendulkar went through a prolonged lean patch recently, the

inevitable question that cropped up in corporate circles - is he actually worth it?

The 2003 Cricket World Cup also threw up the Shane Warne incident, which

caught Pepsi off guard. With the Australian cricketer testing positive for

consuming banned substances and his subsequent withdrawal from the event,

bang in the middle of the event, PepsiCo - the presenting sponsor of the World

Cup 2003 - found itself on an uneasy wicket

4. Multi brand endorsements by the same celebrity would lead to overexposure : The

novelty of a celebrity endorsement gets diluted if he does too many

advertisements. This may be termed as commoditisation of celebrities, who are

willing to endorse anything for big bucks. Example, MRF was among the early

sponsors of Tendulkar with its logo emblazoned on his bat. But now Tendulkar

endorses a myriad brands and the novelty of the Tendulkar-MRF campaign has

scaled down.

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5. Celebrities endorsing one brand and using another (competitor ): Sainsbury’s

encountered a problem with Catherina Zeta Jones, whom the company used for its

recipe advertisements, when she was caught shopping in Tesco. A similar case

happened with Britney Spears who endorsed one cola brand and was repeatedly

caught drinking another brand of cola on tape.

6. Mismatch between the celebrity and the image of the brand : Celebrities manifest a

certain persona for the audience. It is of paramount importance that there is an

egalitarian congruency between the persona of the celebrity and the image of the

brand. Each celebrity portrays a broad range of meanings, involving a specific

personality and lifestyle. Madonna, for example, is perceived as a tough, intense

and modern women associated with the lower middle class. The personality of

Pierce Brosnan is best characterized as the perfect gentlemen, whereas Jennifer

Aniston has the image of the ‘good girl from next door’.

In India, Bollywood and sport personalities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan,

Fardeen Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag and

Bhaichung Bhutia rule the mind-space and airwaves.

It is interesting to see Amitabh ‘touching’ our hearts with Nerolac; making a fervent pitch

for peace in the public service message released after the Gujarat riots; playing the matrix

for Reid & Taylor; doting grandfather in the new Cadbury’s commercial, and so on.

As an endorser, he fulfills all the FRED objectives, namely, Familiarity (target market is

aware of him, finds him friendly, likeable and trustworthy); Relevance (which says that

there should be a link between the endorser and the product as well between the endorser

and the audience); Esteem (the polio endorsement, for example, is successful as the

masses see him as a credible name-face-voice); Differentiation (in all his projections, he

is seen to be one among the masses, and yet he towers above them. He is different). His

appeal is universal, lesser mortals merely cater to specific niches…

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So, which celebrity should one go with? Who should be the spokesperson for your

product? Who caters to which niche? Does it always happen by trial and error? Should a

corporate organisation pay for individual research to find logical fits for their

needs/brands?

US has a popular index, called the Q score, that summarises various perceptions and

feelings that consumers have in the form of ‘likeability’ measurements. It measures

familiarity and appeal of performers, characters, personalities, etc.

So, how about developing an index in India that would aid companies in reaching out to

their respective audiences? The index could be classified on the basis of demographics,

psychographics, and geographical demarcations. It would have to be relevant to

advertisers and brand managers (who have used any of the known celebrities as

endorsers; they could check out the measurable value addition), representatives from

respective fraternities/domains, peers, media, etc.

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The celebrity trap:

Once into a celebrity, it is hard to get out of it. If the brand has done even moderately

well after the break of a celebrity campaign, it becomes difficult to separate the role of

message and the role of the celebrity in selling the brand.

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And hence, the celebrity becomes an addiction for the marketing team.

And the task to find substitutes becomes more and more difficult. Interestingly, celebrity

is a disease that is seen to spread across a marketing department. Once one brand

manager gets into it, others tend to follow, not wanting to be left behind!

With the surfeit of celebrities on screen and in the newspapers, there are two new

drawbacks emerging for celebrity usage.

Celebrity credibility is coming under question. Consumers are getting more and more

advertising savvy and are beginning to voice opinions, even in small towns, like "He has

been paid to sell the product."

Clearly celebrity endorsement is no longer as credible as it was a few decades ago.

Unless category and celebrity are closely linked (like Nike and sports stars), the power of

a celebrity's word is questionable.

The trustworthiness of public figures, which celebrities tended to bring in the past, is

bound to disappear if a celebrity begins to appear and endorse a brand in every

conceivable category!

Celebrity clutter. With each celebrity endorsing multiple products and multi brands in a

category, resorting to different celebrities, the consumer is left confused.

And reluctant to get into 'this celebrity is bigger than that comparison' to make brand

choices.

Santro is endorsed by Shah Rukh Khan and Palio by Sachin Tendulkar… does the

consumer buy the brands because of the star pull? … a question worth pondering about. It

ends up making brand parity rather than giving brand differentiation, often one of the key

aims of using a celebrity.

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When Palmolive used Kapil Dev in the '80s, his line 'Palmolive da jawaab nahin' became

famous -- it is remembered even today.

Pataudi gave Gwalior suitings a strong competitive edge and pushed it to Number 2 in

perceptions in the suitings market.

Even Sridevi made Cema bulbs and tubes memorable by dancing in a bulb!

The advertisements by themselves were fairly non-descript; the celebrities gave the brand

the differentiation. Celebrity advertising were few and far in between in those days. The

days of 'pure' celebrity working for the brand seem to be over.

Today, it is back to the power of an idea and an insight. No simple solutions exist any

longer. Unless there is something powerful in the idea, the celebrity is just another cost.

Aamir Khan and Coke is the ultimate example of the same. As long as the brand

depended on his star value and wove interesting stories around him, it just didn't cut ice

with the consumer -- until 'Thanda Matlab Coca-Cola' happened.

Could it have worked as well without a celebrity? One will never know as the brand has

entered the celebrity trap.

CONCLUSION FOR CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS:

Despite the obvious economic advantage of using relatively unknown personalities as

endorsers in advertising campaigns, the choice of celebrities to fulfill that role has

become common practice for brands competing in today's cluttered media environment.

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There are several reasons for such extensive use of celebrities. Because of their high

profile, celebrities may help advertisements stand out from the surrounding clutter, thus

improving their communicative ability. Celebrities may also generate extensive PR

leverage for brands. For example, when Revlon launched the "Won't kiss off test" for its

Colorstay lipsticks in 1994 with Cindy Crawford kissing reporters, the campaign featured

on almost every major news channel and equally widely in the press. A brief assessment

of the current market situation indicates, that celebrity endorsement advertising

strategies can, under the right circumstances, indeed justify the high costs associated with

this form of advertising.

But it would be presumptuous to consider celebrity endorsement as a panacea for all

barricades. Celebrity endorsement if used effectively, makes the brand stand out,

galvanizes brand recall and facilitates instant awareness. To achieve this, the marketer

needs to be really disciplined in choice of a celebrity. Hence the right use of celebrity can

escalate the Unique Selling Proposition of a brand to new heights; but a cursory

orientation of a celebrity with a brand may prove to be claustrophobic for the brand. A

celebrity is a means to an end, and not an end in himself/herself

CASE STUDY OF 2 PRODUCT GROUPS:

ADVERTISING BY CADBURY AND AIRTEL.

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As we all know CADBURY and AIRTEL are two different companies for two

entirely different product groups, in the market. Cadbury is the FMCG Company whereas

Airtel is a leading company in the field of telecommunication. Both these companies are

different from each other, as both are from entirely different background and

manufacture, distribute and sell entirely different products from each other, the purpose

behind selecting both these companies in the project of advertising is that both are

leading brands, their products are sell all around the world, successful products, and a

goodwill, these all reasons are equally important for success of both these companies, and

all this is only possible as both these companies are best in marketing their products in

proper and a different manner through advertising. Advertising is one of the essential tool

of these companies to set a place for their products in the minds of all the people.

LOGOS OF CADBURY AND AIRTEL

CADBURY AND AIRTEL ARE THE TWO COMPANIES WHICH STOOD IN TOP 5 RANKING OF THE BEST ADVERTISEMENTS TELECASTED ON TELEVISION.

The consumers are quite impressed by both these companies, because of their different

way of marketing and advertising. Social advertising, besides FMCG and telecom

companies, beat the slowdown blues to emerge as the country’s top television advertising

categories in the first two months of 2009, as per data collated by media tracking firm

TAM AdEx. Among individual firms, Hindustan Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser,

GlaxoSmithKline, Bharti Airtel and Cadbury were the top five advertisers by volumes

(seconds spent advertising) on TV.

CADBURY INDIA:

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Cadbury is an FMCG Company that is the fast moving consumable goods

company, it gives strong competition to all the companies which sell eatable items and

mostly chocolates and one among those competitors is Nestle and Amul which also sells

chocolates and some other eatable items. Cadbury is ahead from both these companies

when advertising is considered, because of which most of its products are a hit in the

market among the consumers, but the consumers delight is the Dairy Milk chocolate.

Dairy Milk chocolate is the favourite of the consumers among all the other chocolates

available in the market. Other than this some more products of Cadbury are Perk, 5 Star,

Bournvita, Fruit and Nut, Celebrations.

CADBURY CELEBRATIONS is one of the products of Cadbury which is

specially meant for festivals and occasions. Celebrations is a family pack of chocolates

containing all the chocolates of Cadbury, it is meant for the purpose of celebrations.

During the time of any festival or any such celebration, Cadbury come up with different

advertisements for different festivals like Diwali, Raksha Bandhan, etc. Amitabh

Bacchan being the brand ambassador of Cadbury is mostly seen promoting Cadbury

celebrations on televisions during the season of festivals.

Cadbury is one company which sells its products and promotes and advertise

them as per the demand and liking of the product in the minds of the people and in the

market. It considers all the situations, seasons, likings, behavior of the people to advertise

its products. The most important thing which we see in the ads of Cadbury is the theme

and the emotion. In the advertisement of Cadbury dairy milk the theme is to have

something sweet whenever it is the time of happiness of celebration, so to have dairy

milk to celebrate it, may be when India wins a cricket match or when anybody passes in

exam in this the tagline was “pappu pass ho gaya”, or when it is the day of salary.

Currently the tagline is “kuchh meetha ho jaye”

Whenever we see an ad commercial of Cadbury on television we feel like having

a Cadbury dairy milk chocolate at that time, this is the impact of the advertisements of

Cadbury. These ads are totally different from other chocolate companies ads and always

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have a logic or theme behind it for having something sweet which attracts the customers

a lot.

BRAND AMBASSADOR:

Amitabh Bacchan is the brand ambassador for the Cadbury India. Priety Zinta is

also one of the celebrity endorser for Cadbury. Amitabh Bacchan endorses dairy milk

chocolate whereas Priety Zinta endorses Perk chocolate. Both these chocolates are a hit in

the market. Amitabh Bacchan has really given many advantages to Cadbury by endorsing

their product as he is an ideal for many people and people think that when Amitabh

Bacchan is eating dairy milk why not us. Preity has also proved to be very profitable for

the company; she really gives tough competition to Nestle Munch chocolate which is

endorsed by other big celebrity Rani Mukherjee.

AMITABH BACCHAN IN THE AD OF CADBURY DAIRY MILK

Amitabh Bacchan proved to be an asset for Cadbury, whichever advertisement of

Cadbury had Amitabh in it that was a hit in the market. He also proved to profitable

during the time of crisis when Cadbury was in controversy of worms found in the

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chocolate, during that time Amitabh Bacchan promoted Cadbury and helped them to

build their same image and goodwill in the market again.

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ADVERTISEMENTS BY CADBURY:

Cadbury India celebrates 'pay day' with Dairy Milk

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Cadbury India has unveiled a new campaign that continues with the brand's 'Kucch

Meetha Ho Jaye' positioning. Created by Ogilvy & Mather, the campaign revolves

around the theme of 'Pay Day', which is associated with happiness by most people.

Commenting about Cadbury's latest communication, Sanjay Purohit, director - marketing,

Cadbury India said, "This new campaign takes the concept of celebrations to yet another

level. With the Pappu and Miss Palampur campaigns, Cadbury Dairy Milk created a

space for itself during the big, community celebration moments. This new commercial

keeps the core promise of happiness while introducing another 'moment of joy' in one’s

life. Also, the new TVC highlights the celebratory occasion of pay day, which is an

important event in the life of every middle-class Indian."

Said Abhijit Avasthi, executive creative director, Ogilvy & Mather (India & South Asia),

“We were looking to come up with another interesting, unique meetha moment. We

realised that while celebrations have been done for various occasions, the celebration for

‘pay day’ was not done. Pay day emotes feelings that are naturally celebratory in nature.

Pay day makes you feel as rich as a king or as rich as a crorepati. This is the moment that

CDM captures in the new CDM campaign. And then we lucked out on the 50s' Kishore

Kumar song that brings the pay day story idea together beautifully.”

Speaking to Campaign India about the task at hand, Shekhar Jha, creative director,

Ogilvy & Mather said, "Generally, the first of every month is the day everyone feels rich

and in the mood to indulge. We had to position Cadbury Dairy Milk as something that

can be a part of this day of happiness, promises and salaries. Cadbury automatically lends

itself to the celebrations."

The storyline unfolds in a really old office where clerks are busy typing and the main

protagonist is one of them. A cashier approaches the main protagonist to give him his

salary. The protagonists soon starts singing with sheer happiness as do all the typists.

Similarly the newspaper boy and doctor appear as well. And then a kid appears to whom

he hands over a Cadbury Dairy Milk bar. Cut to the scene where he protagonist's wife is

all ready to go to the cinema for the evening. He even buys a ticket for her in black, since

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the movie is houseful. While watching the movie, he puts his hand around his wife’s

shoulder and she sees he is holding a Cadbury chocolate bar in his hand. Everybody joins

in the celebration. The TVC underlines the brand's positioning that Cadbury Dairy Milk

is always around to celebrate one's joyous occasions.

"The consumer insight," says Jha, "arose from the fact that most people feel indulgent on

the day they receive their salaries. We decided to build up on this insight."

This was the most popular and successful ad of Cadbury in which a girl is

dancing and entering the cricket ground when the match was won by his

friend’s team. This ad impacted a lot on consumers to have a Cadbury

chocolate.

AIRTEL:

AIRTEL as we all know is a well known and a well established company in the

field of telecommunication. It sells sim cards in the market and give tough competition in

the market to companies such as BSNL, VODAFONE, RELIANCE, etc. Airtel is having

a stable and good place in the market, it is all because of its marketing strategies and

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different way of promoting its product. The advertisements of Airtel are very well

planned and are different as compare to the advertisements of other companies sim cards.

People are able to relate with these advertisements, mostly having R.Madhavan and

Vidya Balan in them, people loved the ads of airtel in which both these stars acted as they

really share a superb chemistry in these advertisements which appealed and impacted a

lot on the consumers and it created a strong and a positive impact in the minds of the

consumers.

R.MADHAVAN AND VIDYA BALAN IN THE AD OF AIRTEL

As for cellphone service providers, ad-spends are being maintained to address high

growth. In January, the country created a global record by adding 15 million new users in

a single month. India, the world’s fastest growing mobile market, has been witnessing the

highest subscriber additions globally every month for over a year now.

Bharti Airtel has been consistently refreshing its advertising. Over the last two months,

the telecom giant has been driving home campaigns of its network and lifetime prepaid

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offering. According to Bharti Airtel CMO Sanjay Gupta: “In times of recession, it is

important for brands to maintain their salience and convey relevant information to

customers.”

Sectors such as FMCG and telecom are daily necessities — one cannot do without a

bathing soap or stop making phone calls due to recession. So ad spends in sectors where

business is growing would continue to grow despite slowdown.”

Bharti Airtel’s key competitor Vodafone Essar was ranked seventh among the top

advertisers. In telecom, there is no other way to take the message to the consumer, but

talk about it and advertise. Only the Airtel ad found a place in both the lists in the year

2008 2009 also. And according to Desai, 2008 was a turning point for the brand. “The R.

Madhavan-Vidya Balan commercials kicked off this new-found intimacy of expression

that the brand lacked.”

This year saw a range of ads from the best creative minds in the advertising industry.

From liberally using celebrities to endorse brands to messages laced with humour and

romance, they left no stone (and emotion) unturned to create an impact.

ADVERTISEMENTS BY AIRTEL:

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Airtel (STD)

Rediffusion Y& R, Young and Rubicam

A follow-up to an earlier ad, R. Madhavan, who’s away on work, calls up his

Wife, Vidya Balan, to say goodnight. She reminds him that he has already called eight

times. But both stay on the line, waiting for the other to disconnect. The voice-over:

‘Kabhi pyaar ke beech dooriyan na aayen’ (Let distance not come in the way of love).

Airtel+Nokia/Lifetime prepaid

Ranbir Kapoor, while trying to get into Deepika Padukone’s house, attracts. The attention

of her brother Shah Rukh Khan. Ranbir pretends to be an alien from Youngistan. An

impressed Shah Rukh invites him in. Tag line: ‘Chaho to sab kuch hai asaan’ (If you

desire, everything is easy).

Airtel+Nokia/Lifetime prepaid A cross section of people putting their hands over their

hearts is followed by actor Shah Rukh Khan taking out a Nokia cellphone from his shirt

pocket and saying ‘hello’. There is a symphony of hellos. Tag line: ‘Garv se kaho’ hello

(Say hello with pride).

RECENT UPDATES OF ADVERTISING

The advertising sector is one of the most booming sectors in today’s competitive world

where everyone wants its product to be sold more than that of its competitors. Today

crores of rupees are invested in advertising and promotion of the products of different

companies, this shows the need and importance of advertising in today’s world.

Government-led social ads topped the charts for television advertising, followed by

marketers of grocery, cellphone service providers and colas. Life insurance and cars, too,

were among the top ten. In the print category too, social ads took the top slot. But in

print, the other prominent advertisers were educational institutions, cars, retailers and real

estate firms.

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Industry estimates suggest that of the Rs 22,000 crore annual spending on advertising in

the country across all mediums, print and television make up for the lion’s share,

accounting for Rs 18,500 crore worth of ad-spends. The remaining Rs 3,500 crore is

through smaller media like radio and internet.

Tam Media research CEO LV Krishnan said: “Ad spends by the government have risen

significantly over the last year. Top spenders within FMCG have remained, by and large,

the same. In the case of telecom service providers, there has been a shift, though spends

have been maintained.”

Television advertising in FMCG has been riding on the back of increased brand

promotions, preventing consumers from downtrading, heightened competition, newer

products and packs, and up to 20% growth in rural markets.

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH), ranked third in terms of ad-spend

volumes, EVP-marketing Shubhajit Sen said: “Our ad spend levels have gone up this

quarter. We are not only running campaigns for new launches like Horlicks NutriBar, but

also increasing spends on flagship Horlicks because the quarter coincides with school

exams. We will continue to invest in brands.”

As for cellphone service providers, ad-spends are being maintained to address high

growth. In January, the country created a global record by adding 15 million new users in

a single month. India, the world’s fastest growing mobile market, has been witnessing the

highest subscriber additions globally every month for over a year now.

Bharti Airtel has been consistently refreshing its advertising. Over the last two months,

the telecom giant has been driving home campaigns of its network and lifetime prepaid

offering. According to Bharti Airtel CMO Sanjay Gupta: “In times of recession, it is

important for brands to maintain their salience and convey relevant information to

customers.”

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Sectors such as FMCG and telecom are daily necessities — one cannot do without a

bathing soap or stop making phone calls due to recession. So ad spends in sectors where

business is growing would continue to grow despite slowdown.”

Bharti Airtel’s key competitor Vodafone Essar was ranked seventh among the top

advertisers.

Vodafone Essar’s marketing head Harit Nagpal said: “We had some value propositions

which had to be taken to the consumers. In telecom, there is no other way to take the

message to the consumer, but talk about it and advertise.”

ITC, Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola were the other advertisers to figure in

the list of top 10 advertisers on television.

In 2008, Cadbury Perk stood out as the best on-air commercial--the only commercial with

a brand recall of 100%

This is not the time to dwell on turkeys, says our expert Santosh Desai. And so, the Mint-

Synovate-TVAdIndx survey brings the campaigns in the past year which had the right

formula to capture the hearts and minds of the consumer.

In 2008, Cadbury Perk stood out as the best on-air commercial—the only commercial

with a brand recall of 100%. But surprisingly, it found no place in the list of Top 10 ads

based on ad diagnostics. It was the Titan ad, ably supported by Bollywood actor Aamir

Khan, which won the sweepstakes here.

Only the Airtel ad found a place in both the lists. And according to Desai, 2008 was a

turning point for the brand. “The R. Madhavan-Vidya Balan commercials kicked off this

new-found intimacy of expression that the brand lacked.”

This year saw a range of ads from the best creative minds in the advertising industry.

From liberally using celebrities to endorse brands to messages laced with humour and

romance, they left no stone (and emotion) unturned to create an impact.

SUCCESSFUL ADS:

Cadbury Perk

Ogilvy and Mather

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A castaway tries to build a crude boat to escape from the island he is marooned on, but to

no avail. He spots a ship and fires a flare gun, but it sinks the vessel. All his hopes of

escaping are dashed. He munches on a bar of Perk when he spots a woman shipwrecked

on his island. Tag line: ‘Yeh life hai (This is life), take it lightly’.

Airtel (STD)

Rediffusion Y& R, Young and Rubicam

A follow-up to an earlier ad, R. Madhavan , who’s away on work, calls up his wife,

Vidya Balan, to say goodnight. She reminds him that he has already called eight times.

But both stay on the line, waiting for the other to disconnect. The voice-over: ‘Kabhi

pyaar ke beech dooriyan na aayen’ (Let distance not come in the way of love).

Kurkure Xtreme

Juhi Chawla has Kurkure, which leaves her craving for more. She spots a kurkure

delivery van and starts chasing it. She jumps off rooftops and performs various stunts to

reach the van. Tag line: Seriously, ‘thoda zyada’ (Seriously, something extra).

Airtel+Nokia/Lifetime prepaid

A cross section of people putting their hands over their hearts is followed by actor Shah

Rukh Khan taking out a Nokia cellphone from his shirt pocket and saying ‘hello’. There

is a symphony of hellos. Tag line: ‘Garv se kaho’ hello (Say hello with pride).

MAKING A CONSTRUCTIVE OR AN EFFECTIVE

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This is an important aspect of advertising as advertisement published by a

company should be attractive, impressive as well as effective. It should give positive

results in terms of consumer loyalty, sales, promotion and competitive capacity. For

creativity in advertising, attention needs to be given to all components of an

advertisement. They include copy, illustration, layout, slogan, headline and art work. For

effective advertising, services of experts are necessary. An advertising agency maintains

such expert copywriters and others for preparing attractive advertisements for their

clients.

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Construction of an advertisement means to prepare a copy of an advertisement

which is combination headline, slogan, illustration and advertising message adjusted in

proper layout. It is a specialized job which needs proper education, training, experience

and maturity. Advertising agency maintain such creative staff for preparation of an

advertisement. It may also be noted that advertising is a means for supplying information,

for making an appeal and for sales promotion. These purposes or objectives will be

achieved only when the advertisement prepared or constructed is effective. This means it

prove to be attractive, appealing and agreeable to readers or viewers.

In short, advertising must be effective purposeful or result oriented. Construction

of such advertisement needs intelligence, knowledge and imagination. New ideas must be

developed, an element of creativity must be included and effective appeal must be made

to target consumers. For effective advertising, attention needs to be given to copy and

visual which are two basic elements of an advertisement. Construction of an

advertisement is a lengthy process which includes different steps. An effective

advertisement can be created only when all such steps are completed in an orderly

manner.

VISUALISATION:

The term visualization means, “seeing in the mind’s eye the form of the idea as it

would appear in the advertisement’. In other words, it is the ability to imagine how an ad

will look like when it is completed in all respects. The concept of the visualization is

applicable to newspaper advertising as well as to T.V. and radio advertising.

Visualizations is, therefore, a process of ideation. The term ideation means the

process of creating ideas, or the process of giving birth to new ideas. An idea is a

complete thought. It is a brain wave, but wave which is complete and comprehensive.

Visualization is an objective process. It not by an accident or by an chance that

advertising theme is born. An advertisement is the result of a creative activity. This

creative activity is called as visualization.

Visualization is mental process. It is a process of generating ideas in abstract and

translating them into the concrete form or shape of layout of an advertisement.

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Visualization is a basic skill of expression. It is a mental process that crates an idea that

would be expressed and communicated to the prospects by way of an advertisement.

Visualization thus deals with language of vision which is also a very powerful means of

communication of one’s thoughts, feelings and emotions.

Definition of visualizing:

“Visualizing means creating the pictorial element and determining the general

nature of the other elements of an advertisement and how they all shall be arranged”.

CREATIVE VISUALISATION:

Creativity is defined as “the ability to formulate new combinations from

two or more concepts already in mind”.

Creativity is the process of translating an idea into a theme. It is a thought

and action process of giving a concrete shape to an abstract idea. Creativity in advertising

is, thus, concerned with shaping dreams into reality. In the world of advertising, the term

CREATIVITY has acquired a specific connotation of making of individual

advertisements.

Creative visualization is really a tautology. Visualization is meaningless in

advertising unless it is creative. Visualization is concerned with a skill of imagination, yet

it is not imaginary. Creative visualization as a term simply emphasizes the fact that

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visualization does not end with the generation of idea, but it includes the translation of

those ideas into creating advertising themes. Creative visualization also means that such a

theme, when constituted, is expressed by means of verbal expression or visual

expression. Creative is therefore, productive visualization-visualization that not only

generates ideas but also constitutes themes. Creative visualistion require creative

personality. Creative personality is the product of certain qualities which are, some times,

inborn but, many times acquired.

Creative visualiser should possess certain qualities which are as follows:

1) An independent and courageous mind.

2) Self aware and self centered personality.

3) Spontaneity and originality.

4) Zeal for precision and intellectual honesty.

5) Flexibility and adaptability.

6) Preference for ideas over people.

A creative visualiser is a keen observer of people. He studies people with a view to

getting new ideas. He mixes with people, nurtures friendships, develop contacts; yet he is

at home with ideas rather than with people. He is married to ideas and divorced from

people.

PROCESS OF VISUALISTIONS:

Process of visualization means conceiving and delivering ideas. Some of

the techniques of visualization are:

1) Identifying the problem.

2) Forming pool of observations, facts and information.

3) Generating brain waves.

4) Brain storming.

5) Mediation.

6) Rough layout.

7) Giving final shape.

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The techniques of visualization are connected with the process of visualization.

There are certain steps or stages in the process of visualization those are:

1) Locating the problem: It means getting acquainted with the product, market,

policies of advertiser, the need for advertising and the expectations from the

advertising campaign.

2) Collecting of the relevant information: Important facts are to be gathered.

Sources of information are to be tapped and collected facts are to be arranged.

3) Analysis of information: From the point of view of raw materials for ideas as well

as analyzing of the facts gathered to serve as launching pad for new ideas.

4) Hypothesis: Giving concrete shape to brain waves by way of proposition, theories

or ideas.

5) Incubation: It is the process of thinking tough over the hypothesis and hatching it

so that ideas spring from the hypothesis just as chicken’s spring from eggs after

incubations.

6) Syntheses: These various ideas are lined up and they are pieced together so as to

form one solid, worthy idea.

7) Verification: The idea that is conceived is developed into a mature visualization

after experimentation and verification.

These 7 steps of process of visualization is a standard process of manufacturing

advertisement.

Making an ad or an advertisement by any using any medium it may be print

advertisement, on radio or on television. Making an ad is an art, the person who

makes an ad or the advertising agency must be quite creative enough, they should

know to use the things in a different manner which makes it an extra-ordinary

advertisement, so that the companies can overshadow their competitors in order to

rule the market. In today’s world people are quite clever they know the tricks played

by the companies to attract the consumers, by celebrity endorsements and some

emotional touch to connect with the people, but actually people know about these

strategies of companies for selling their product.

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Now presently the ads which are ruling in the minds of people are the creative

advertisements. Creativity in advertisement is mostly seen on the T.V. ads, in

newspapers and magazines also creative ads are published, these ads are animated

pictures, which now-a-days consumers really like. On T.V. also creative ads and

animated ads are really loved, not only by children but also by youngsters and adults.

Currently people like those ads or are attracted towards those ads which has a logic

behind it to bye that particular product or it may have some creativity in it.

Some of the examples of creative advertisements on-air are:

a) Fevicol, b) Vodafone, c) Virgin mobile, d) Cadbury’s dairy milk

chocolate ad, etc.

IMPACT OF ADVERTISING

The advertising business has become such an important factor in the economy in

many countries, especially in the United States, that it also changes the economy itself,

society, culture, and the political system.

The stimulation for the demand of products and services helps the economy grow

stronger and stronger. New inventions become known much faster and can establish their

spot in the sales figures of the economy. If there are more people buying these products

the overall costs will drop and the product will become cheaper for the customer which

raises his willingness to buy even more. On the other hand advertisements are very

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expensive and some economists believe that these costs are put on top of the actual price

paid by the customer.

Critics argue that advertising can also have a huge influence on society. It tells the

consumers that only purchasing products makes you happy and therefore people compare

each other on their belongings. Women also compare themselves with the beautiful and

very skinny models they see on commercials and ads. This sometimes results in eating

disorders and a low self-esteem of women who don’t look like these models. Another bad

effect is, that minority groups, are portrait in a subordinate position, which settles in the

minds of people. Commercials are also an important part of the income of a TV station

which leads to the suspicion that a news channel might not report on an incident about a

company they depend on. A lot of TV shows are also based on these commercials, and if

the ratings aren’t good enough the show will be stopped. Only those shows which attract

a lot of viewers will be shown, which is not very differentiated and put minorities like

older people at a disadvantage.

Advertising can also have an impact in politics. Crores of rupees were spent on

advertisements and TV commercials in the elections of 1998. It gives the opponents the

chance to respond to charges very quickly reaching a few million viewers. But since this

is very expensive only very rich people have to chance to run for a political position or at

least depend on the donation of wealthier people who could have a huge impact on

democracy this way. The political issues talked about in an election are also very much

simplified because the spots are only about 30 seconds long, and you can’t really discuss

a lot in such a short period of time.

There is finally the impact advertising can have on the culture of a country. The

globalized economy uses the same commercials in a lot of different countries, which

leads to a break down in the differences of these societies. Children will grow up not

knowing how their culture has been before in their country. It can also lead to a lot of

discussion about moral values if we just think about the very controversial ads of

Benetton we have discussed.

IMPACT OF ADVERTISING ON CONSUMERS:

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Consumers are increasingly exposed with advertising campaigns in which they

are often confronted with idealized representations of the world (e.g., idealized situations,

attractive models). A large amount of studies has shown that ads presenting idealized

images can have strong effects on consumer satisfaction and welfare. However, obtained

results were not consistent with each other. Some studies found that advertising had an

increasing effect on consumer satisfaction; other studies found that advertising had a

negative impact and led to consumer dissatisfaction. No research has ever tried to resolve

why conflicting results were obtained in this area of research. Moreover, there exists no

extant consumer behaviour model on the effects of advertising on consumer satisfaction.

Consumers really play an important and a vital role in the success of any

advertisement. Any advertisement is said to be a successful one when consumers are

attracted to a particular ad. Advertisements are made by keeping the consumers

perspective in the mind so that it can appeal the right consumer which the company needs

to target for their product. People like the advertisements which appeal them or through

which they can connect or relate themselves. Some of the emotional ads also really work

on consumers as the consumers feel that someone like them is also using that product.

There are many types of mediums and many types of advertisements which

creates a greater impact on the minds of the consumers in different ways. Different

people like different medium to select their product as they think that this particular

medium shows the reality of the product. Every consumer is different from each other

some may like the advertisements or the products endorsed by their favourite celebrity,

some like animated advertisements, some like emotional advertisement and some like

only highly creative advertisements. So it depends on person to person about the liking of

an advertisement.

IMPACT OF ADVERTISING ON CHILDREN:

There are many products which are in use of children. Most of the kids

like the animated advertisements or the ads which are funny or having children. Children

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are also attracted towards the ads which have jingles or some songs. There many products

which are mostly used by children, and to promote that product the company mostly

choose child actors, so that the child can relate to that advertisement or product, or which

should appeal the child. Many a times celebrities and sports personalities are also used to

promote the product made for children, in these type of ads the companies try to target

the parents by showing that the celebrity or the sports person also uses or use to consume

that product when he/she was child, by seeing such ads parents perspective towards their

child is targeted, so that the parents could buy that product for their child.

Example: Sachin Tendulkar in the advertisement of BOOST, in this the tagline is “Boost

is the secret of my energy”. This shows that Sachin being a sports star consumes Boost

so, the parents think why not our child.

The advertisements of chocolates, energy drinks like boost, horlicks, bournvita,

etc, Corn Flakes, baby products like JHONSONS & JHONSONS products, chawanprash,

etc. mostly ads of these products are created by targeting the child group of consumers.

Dabur and Johnson’s are major players in the products manufactured for children. The

brand name also impacts a lot on the parents as they care for their children, so they trust

only which is the best for their child.

There are many competitors in the market which sell and promote the products

specially manufactured for children, so the companies need to be very particular about

their product and should advertise their product in such a manner which appeals the child

and the features of the products should be different or extra ordinary in comparison to the

other products available in the market, and the advertisement also should be such which

should directly appeal the child and by seeing the ad commercial the child should ask for

that product from his/her parents, than only it can be said that the advertisement is

successful and product is real hit in the market and in the minds of the child consumers, if

this is not possible than that advertisement is just the waste of resources.

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The advertisement should be attractive enough and should leave a positive and a

good impact in minds of the people. One of the examples of such advertisement is of

VODAFONE which really advertise its brand in a different manner which appeals the

overall society and which also impacts a lot on all the people.

ADVERTISEMENT OF VODAFONE

This advertisement of Vodafone was srecially created only for telecasting during the IPL

season and for the T20 world cup, these types of 36 advertisements were created and

people loved these advertisements a lot, this ad really created a lot of positive impact in

minds of all group of consumers, today also people like recalling these advertisements as

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it was a piece of creativity and something different in the world of advertisements seen

till today by all the consumers.

OVERALL IMPACT OF ADVERTISING:

The advertising is one thing which impacts all, the society on a whole, and the

society includes all children, youngsters, adults and even old aged people. The overall

impact of advertising can be positive for some people and some consider only the

negative aspect of the advertisement, it depends from person to person, every person

thinks differently for every other advertisement some ads may appeal to some people and

some may not appeal to those people, it depends on their perception and thinking about a

particular product.

The advertisement of a product should be such which appeals all from child to a

adult including the youngsters, may be the target audience be different for different

products but no one should feel inferior after seeing the advertisement or it should not

highlight the negative aspect of any group of persons, this also plays important role in

brand building of a particular product, success of the product and the image of the

company.

CONCLUSION

In today’s competitive and a globalised economy the need and importance of

advertising is increasing day by day, as the development in all fields is taking place

rapidly. Advertising is really a very interesting and a very important topic related to

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marketing as marketing depends a lot on advertising. Advertising helps the advertiser to

communicate the message to the consumer in a proper manner.

Everyone needs advertising for promoting its products or services in this

competitive market. Advertising acts a tool for the companies to inform the consumers

about the latest product in the market and also to give reminder to the consumers for

already existing products in the market. Advertising is useful for both the advertiser and

the consumer, as the companies boost their sales through it and consumer get the

knowledge of the product or service in the market. Advertising has really changed from

past to present, today advertising is done in a totally different and in an extra ordinary

manner from the previous years, its appeal and impact is more as compare to past, this is

because of globalization and development and in future we may see more different type

of advertising as compare to today’s advertising.

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