Advertising: Principles and Practice (6th Edition) - Hardcover

William D. Wells; Sandra E. Moriarty; John Burnett

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130477222 ISBN 13: 9780130477224

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2002

Synopsis

The most exciting, practitioner-based introduction available to the field of advertising. Exceptionally real-world in focus—with examples, issues, and applications interlaced throughout—this best-selling introduction to both the theory and practice of advertising provides important insights into how advertising is done, who does it, and the critical questions that must be resolved. It provides a focus on what principles and practices make advertising effective—and the volume's rich and extensive support package make the teaching/learning process not only exciting, but more effective as well. The volume examines advertising foundations, environment, background, planning, and strategy, advertising media, creating advertising and marketing communication elements. For those interested in effective advertising.

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From the Back Cover:

As advertising agencies are pressed more and more about accountability, it is not enough to produce memorable advertising—one must produce effective advertising, advertising that meets a client's goals. The problem with talking about this is that clients keep their goals secret. Advertising: Principles and Practice, Sixth Edition, lifts the veil on effectiveness/ by focusing on EFFIEs: award-winning advertising campaigns that reveal client goals and how these goals are reached.

No other textbook takes theory and shows how it is applied today to produce advertising that works—effective advertising!

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About the Author:

Wllliam Wells. One of the industry's leading market and research authorities, Bill Wells is Professor of Advertising at the University of Minnesota's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Formerly Executive Vice President and Director of Marketing Services at DDB Needharn Chicago, he is the only representative of the advertising business elected to the Attitude Research Hall of Fame. He earned a Ph.D. from Stanford University and was formerly Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Chicago. He joined Needham, Harper, Chicago as Director of Corporate Research. Author of the Needham Harper Lifestyle study as well as author of more than 60 books and articles, Dr. Wells also published Planning for ROI: Effective Advertising Strategy (Prentice Hall, 1989).

John Burnett. A Professor of Marketing at the University of Denver, he holds a D.B.A. degree in Marketing from the University of Kentucky. John is a coauthor of Introduction to Marketing Communications: An Integrated Approach. In addition, his numerous articles and research papers have been published in a wide variety of professional and academic journals. In particular, his research has examined the effectiveness of emotional appeals in advertising and how various segments respond to such strategies. He is an active consultant and expert witness in marketing and advertising and has served as a consultant for AT&T, Qwest, First Trust, Noel-Levitz, and others.

Sandra Moriarty. Sandra Moriarty holds a B.J. and M.S. in journalism from the University of Missouri and a Ph.D. from Kansas State University. Before moving into full-time teaching, she owned her own public relations and advertising agency. Currently, Dr. Moriarty is a professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder where she teaches in the Integrated Marketing Communication graduate program. In addition to an extensive list of articles in both scholarly and trade journals, Dr. Moriarty has authored or co-authored 9 other books, including Driving Brand Value, Creative Advertising, The Creative Package, and Introduction to Marketing Communications: An Integrated Approach.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130477222
• ISBN 13: 9780130477224
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 640