Advertising slogan

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Ad campaign featuring Ganymede bringing Bud to the Gods, based on a drawing by F. Kirchbach. The original Anheuser-Bush ad as it appeared in the February 1906 issue of Theatre Magazine. The slogan on the sign reads: "Modern Version of Ganymede" Introduction of Budweiser Beer to the Gods.

Advertising slogans are short, often memorable phrases used in advertising campaigns. They are claimed to be the most effective means of drawing attention to one or more aspects of a product. Its purpose is to emphasize a phrase that the company wishes to be remembered by, particularly for marketing a specific corporate image or connection to a product or consumer base.[1]

Some slogans are created just for specific campaigns for a limited time; some are intended as corporate slogans, to be used for an extended period; some slogans start out as the former, and find themselves converted to the latter because they take hold with the public, and some are memorable many years after their use is discontinued.

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Effective slogans [edit]

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Advertising slogans often play a large part in the interplay between rival companies. An effective slogan usually:

  • states the main benefits of the product or brand for the potential user or buyer
  • implies a distinction between it and other firms' products—of course, within the usual legal constraints
  • makes a simple, direct, concise, crisp, and apt statement
  • is witty
  • adopts a distinct "personality" of its own
  • gives a credible impression of a brand or product
  • makes the consumer feel "hot" or...
  • makes the consumer feel a desire or need
  • is hard to forget—it adheres to one's memory (whether one likes it or not), especially if it is accompanied by mnemonic devices, such as jingles, ditties, pictures or film

Nomenclature [edit]

Taglines, tag lines, or tags are American terms for short advertising slogans. In the UK they are called end lines, endlines, or straplines.[2] In Japan, they are called catchcopy (キャッチコピー kyachi kopī?) or catch phrase (キャッチフレーズ kyachi furēzu?).

Well-known slogans [edit]

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See also [edit]

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References [edit]

  1. ^ Sean Brierley (2002). The advertising handbook. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24391-2. 
  2. ^ "The Art and Science of the Advertising Slogan". Adslogans.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
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  9. ^ Museum of London. "Search catalogue". Museum of London. Retrieved 2010-02-21. 
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  11. ^ "Heineken...Refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach on Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr.com. Retrieved 2010-02-21. 
  12. ^ "Persil 'Persil Washes Whiter' TV ad - 15 sec advert". Tellyads.com. 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2010-02-21. 
  13. ^ "UK television adverts 1955-1985". Headington.org.uk. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
  14. ^ profesores.ie.edu
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