Why Use an Advertising Agency
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Heather Mayoros
Article Overview: Most business lack the creative talent and expertise needed to produce and manage effective advertising campaigns. There are many benefits to using an advertising agency, including increased effective communications.
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Why Use an Advertising Agency
Creating an effective advertising campaign takes a great deal of time and effort. Most businesses do not have the creative talent and expertise to handle advertising campaigns in-house. Additionally, advertising agencies provide an outside prospective on the product being promoted, bringing with them objectivity that can’t be found in an in-house marketing department. Many publications offer “free” design services, but they generally lack the strategic planning that a comprehensive advertising campaign requires. An ad created by one publication cannot usually be used in a competing publication. Advertising agencies spend time researching the best approach to advertising and can create themed campaigns that help enhance a company’s or product’s brand image. Good advertising agencies can carry those campaigns across several mediums, so that a company can present a constant image, whether advertising is placed on billboards, in newspapers, magazines, the Internet or on television and radio. There are also many services that advertising agencies provide that publications cannot. Agencies can also handle projects such as design of everything from business cards to marketing brochures that make sure your company looks its best. Time saving services, such as handling printing of brochures, overseeing photo shoots, and advertising placement are also normally available.
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About the Author: Heather Mayoros
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Heather Mayoros is the President and Creative Director of The Mayoros Agency, a full-service advertising agency. Heather has an extensive fine art and design background, including over 10 years of design work for advertising agencies and large corporations, including Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter and Discover Card. She has worked on all types of accounts: high-end financial, retail, such as Pella® Windows and Maytag®, real estate, and business-to-business. Heather has concepted, designed & produced work for everything from logos, corporate identities and brands, to print ad campaigns, collateral, outdoor, television commercials and websites. She has been honored with more than 35 awards for design excellence, including Addy Awards and Press Association Awards. Visit the Mayoros Agency Website www.mayorosagency.com
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Top 19 Copywriting books
- 1. Ogilvy on Advertising. David Ogilvy. Wiley.
2. Positioning: The Battle for your Mind. Al Ries and Jack Trout. Warner.
3. The New Positioning. Jack Trout. McGraw-Hill.
4. Tested Advertising Methods. John Caples. Prentice-Hall.
5. How to Make your Advertising Make Money. John Caples. Prentice-Hall.
6. Guerrilla Advertising. Jay Conrad Levinson. Houghton Mifflin.
7. Direct Mail Copy that Sells. Herschell Gordon Lewis. Prentice-Hall.
8. Sales Letters that Sizzle. Herschell Gordon Lewis. NTC Business Books.
9. Herschell Gordon Lewis on the Art of Writing Copy. Herschell Gordon Lewis. Prentice-Hall.
10. Romancing the Brand. David Martin. American Management Association.
11. The Art of Writing Advertising: Conversations with William Bernbach, Leo Burnett, George Gribbin, David Ogilvy, Rosser Reeves. NTC Business Books.
12. Confessions of an Advertising Man. David Ogilvy. NTC Business Books.
13. My Life in Advertising. Claude Hopkins. NTC Business Books.
14. Scientific Advertising. Claude Hopkins. NTC Business Books.
15. How to Become an Advertising Man. James Webb Young. NTC Business Books.
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17. Advertising Concept and Copy. George Felton. Prentice Hall.
18. The Copy WorkShop Workbook. Bruce Bendinger. The Copy Workshop.
19. Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads. Luke Sullivan. Wiley.
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• Detail oriented and well-organized
• Ability to work independently
• Enthusiastic team player
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Please send your resume with salary expectations today at jobs@icmediadirect.com![/quote:1lt645d1]
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