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The main entity of this text is an advertising^[3] campaign. An advertising campaign is a strategic initiative by a business to promote its products or services using different types of media channels. It’s a coordinated series of marketing communication activities that include integrating marketing communication methods, choosing media channels, and defining the target market and product positioning. In an advertising campaign, both traditional and alternative media^[2] channels are used to reach out to the target consumer^[5]. This process involves carefully selecting the target market demographic and creating a unique fire^[6] image to attract the intended audience. Successful campaigns often use out-of-the-box strategies like guerrilla marketing^[1] and make use of sensory cues to create a memorable experience for consumers. Ultimately, the goal of an advertising campaign is to enhance customer^[4] satisfaction, differentiate the product in the market, and build a unique brand identity.

Terms definitions

1. ↑ guerrilla marketing. Guerrilla marketing is an unconventional, creative strategy businesses use to promote their products or services. It takes many forms like ambient marketing, which uses physical spaces in public places for advertisements. Ambush marketing leverages events without directly associating with them to boost brand awareness. Stealth marketing, on the other hand, promotes products or services in a secretive manner. Viral marketing motivates individuals to share marketing messages, resulting in rapid growth, while buzz marketing sparks public conversation about a brand to generate buzz.Street marketing, a subtype of guerrilla marketing, uses non-traditional advertising methods in public areas. This strategy includes distributing flyers, creating animations, and hosting roadshows. The goal is to reach a target audience, engage senses, generate intimacy, and establish trust.Guerrilla marketing also integrates social media platforms for online marketing strategies, which can go viral, offering global publicity. This method's impact is significant, with successful campaigns like Coca-Cola's 'Happiness Machine' becoming globally recognized. This marketing approach's success demonstrates the effectiveness of non-traditional, creative advertising.

2. ↑ alternative media. Alternative media refers to various communication platforms that provide a different perspective from the mainstream. These include press, radio, online channels, street art, and more. It's a crucial tool for expressing ideas that challenge dominant narratives and offer diverse viewpoints, especially for marginalized groups. This form of media allows audience participation in content creation and often critiques mainstream news coverage. It's essential in highlighting issues such as human rights and environmental concerns. Alternative media also plays a significant role in social movements, enabling them to communicate their viewpoints effectively when mainstream outlets might distort or ignore them. As such, it's a cornerstone of democratic communication and contributes to public debate.

4. ↑ customer.

1 The primary entity in this text is the "customer. A customer is an individual or entity that purchases goods or services from a business. They are crucial participants in the commercial landscape, forming relationships with businesses through transactions. Customers can also be classified as 'clients,' especially when they receive tailored advice or solutions from a business. The term 'client' originates from Latin, implying a sense of leaning or bending toward a business. Customers vary in types - from end customers who directly buy products or services, to industrial customers who incorporate these goods or services into their own offerings. These customers can have different relationships with the business, such as being employers in construction projects. Businesses often segment their customers into different categories, like entrepreneurs or end users, to better understand and serve them. The understanding and management of customer relationships is a critical area of study and practice in business.

2 The primary entity in this text is the "customer. A customer is an individual or entity that purchases goods or services from a business. They are crucial participants in the commercial landscape, forming relationships with businesses through transactions. Customers can also be classified as 'clients,' especially when they receive tailored advice or solutions from a business. The term 'client' originates from Latin, implying a sense of leaning or bending toward a business. Customers vary in types - from end customers who directly buy products or services, to industrial customers who incorporate these goods or services into their own offerings. These customers can have different relationships with the business, such as being employers in construction projects. Businesses often segment their customers into different categories, like entrepreneurs or end users, to better understand and serve them. The understanding and management of customer relationships is a critical area of study and practice in business.

Glossary

Advertising campaign (Wikipedia)

An advertising campaign is a series of advertisement messages that share a single idea and theme which make up an integrated marketing communication (IMC). An IMC is a platform in which a group of people can group their ideas, beliefs, and concepts into one large media base. Advertising campaigns utilize diverse media channels over a particular time frame and target identified audiences.

The campaign theme is the central message that will be received in the promotional activities and is the prime focus of the advertising campaign, as it sets the motif for the series of individual advertisements and other marketing communications that will be used. The campaign themes are usually produced with the objective of being used for a significant period but many of them are temporal due to factors like being not effective or market conditions, competition and marketing mix.

Advertising campaigns are built to accomplish a particular objective or a set of objectives. Such objectives usually include establishing a brand, raising brand awareness, aggrandizing the rate of conversions/sales. The rate of success or failure in accomplishing these goals is reckoned via effectiveness measures. There are 5 key points at which an advertising campaign must consider to ensure an effective campaign. These points are, integrated marketing communications, media channels, positioning, the communications process diagram and touch points.

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