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14.8: Key Terms

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    Glossary Entries
    Word(s) Definition Image Caption Link Source
    advertising paid communication messages that identify a brand or organization and are intended to reach a large number of recipients        
    aided recall a type of advertising posttest that uses cues to assist a sample audience in recalling brands and products in an advertisement        
    all-you-can-afford approach advertising budget approach that ensures everything else in the organization is budgeted for and then sets aside the remaining funds for advertising        
    attitude tests a type of advertising posttest that investigates the attitudes of a sample target audience toward a product or service        
    brand awareness metric used to determine if audiences can recall information about a brand        
    brand recognition the ability of a campaign audience to recognize and identify a specific brand        
    comparative advertising type of advertising that showcases the benefits and values of one product as compared to its competitors        
    competitive-parity approach advertising budget strategy that relies on setting budgets based on the expected budgets of competitors        
    conversion rate the percentage of an audience that has completed a desired action        
    engagement any interaction with advertising content        
    frequency how many times someone is exposed to an advertisement in a given time period or how many times an advertisement is shown in a time period        
    impact how quickly members of the audience receive an advertising message        
    impressions quantifying how many times an advertisement appears in a medium        
    informative advertising a type of advertising intended to raise awareness of a product through educational communication to increase demand of the product        
    inquiry test a type of advertising posttest that runs two or more similar ads on a limited scale and determines which of the ads are most recalled by and effective for respondents        
    institutional advertisements advertisements intended to create a positive image or support for an entire organization        
    jury tests a form of pretesting in which the respondents discuss the advertisements that are most likely to induce a purchase        
    key performance indicators (KPIs) indicators (metrics) that measure how an advertising campaign is achieving certain goals or objectives        
    lobbying networking and other efforts that have the intention of influencing public policy and law        
    objective-and-task approach advertising budget strategy that is based on the objectives set previously for the advertising plan        
    percentage-of-sales approach advertising budget strategy that utilizes prior years’ sales or predicted year’s sales and sets a percentage of those sales aside for advertising        
    persuasive advertising a type of advertising that aims to highlight the benefits of a product or service being advertised        
    portfolio tests a type of advertising pretest that consists of respondents browsing through various versions of an advertisement and then being asked to recall certain details from each        
    press relations efforts to establish and maintain positive relationships with those in the media by sending press releases and other stories that help to maintain a positive image of the brand        
    pretesting advertising research that predicts the performance of an advertisement before it airs        
    product advertisements advertisements that promote a specific product within the organization’s product mix        
    public affairs efforts to influence public policy and engage with public officials and trade associations        
    public relations any actions that help to create and maintain a favorable public image        
    publicity notice or attention given by the media        
    pull strategy advertising strategy intended to bring audiences to the product        
    push strategy advertising strategy aimed at pushing the brand in front of an audience        
    reach the estimated number of potential customers you can reach with an advertising campaign        
    reminder advertising advertising aimed at bringing a product back into the forefront of the consumer’s mind        
    return on ad spend (ROAS) metric that measures the amount of revenue earned for every dollar spent on advertising        
    return-on-investment (ROI) approach advertising budget strategy that focuses on every dollar spent on advertising; a return of that dollar—plus some—is expected        
    sales test a type of posttest in advertising that determines how many sales will be made based on a test market        
    theater tests a form of advertising pretest in which the audience is shown advertisements—usually television ads—in the context that they would be shown to the entire market        
    unaided recall a type of advertising posttest that does not use any cues or prompts to test the recollection of the advertisement message        

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