Advertising is a paid form of marketing communication that targets a particular buyer group to create awareness about the presence of the brand/service/ idea/ cause. Advertising is also a kind of investment to enhance revenue of the product or service (that is advertised). Brand owners spend heavily for television commercials, radio ads, print ads, outdoor ad displays etc in order to gain maximum favour of their target customers. Be it television advertising or radio advertising, the overall cost of the ad spend is afforded by the brand owner.

What makes any advertising campaign interesting is the creative input. Be it outdoor advertising or television advertising, creativity is an outstanding feature of any product ad. One needs to figure out the striking features of a brand and present it as an interesting brand message to target customers. A creative brand message leaves a positive impression on customers’ mind.

Ad campaigns for various brands are assigned to various creative advertising agencies. Advertisers play a significant role while launching the promotion campaign of a brand. They conceptualize the promotion idea, work it out and present the final brand message to target customers. Advertisers bridge the gap between brand owners and consumers. How the product knowledge is presented to customers depend upon the techniques and tools of advertising used by the advertisers.

Every brand under the marketing umbrella needs to be advertised. Advertising ensures any brand owner that he is actively taking part in the competition that prevails in the market place. There are various tools of advertising such as television media, radio channels, print media, outdoor media etc. It is the choice of the brand owner to choose the relevant media through which the brand message can be best communicated to end customers. As for the creative input, the ad agency takes care of the same.

Advertising provides positive effect on the target group by making them more aware of options before they indulge in buying a product. In this regard it can be quoted that Advertising provides an open choice to customers to purchase the product of their choice. Any advertising which provides purchasing options related to a product also allow the same target group to make wise decisions.

To launch an advertising campaign, it involves a lot of strategies and plans. The advertising campaign should clearly define the goal of the brand’s promotional objective. If the campaign doesn’t define the over all objective of the campaign, it is of no use to launch the ad campaign in the target market. Whatever form your advertising takes, or which ever tool your ad campaign uses, your advertisement should be able to remind customers and potential buyers the benefits of your product or brand. A particular advertisement should be able to stir up desire or need upon the audience’s mind. In both the cases, audiences are likely to indulge in buying the product.

Indulging in an ad campaign requires step by step procedure. As an advertiser you have to devise, develop and deploy various strategies which will make the ad campaign a hit in the market. Advertisers should take utmost care while choosing the right advertising technique, tool and vehicle to carry out the campaign. A wrong choice of tool or media vehicle can be a major reason for the failure of the campaign.

Secondly, having a deep understanding of the current market scenario is important before implementing a particular advertising campaign. For this you should conduct various surveys about consumer’s behaviour, tastes, likes etc. An ad campaign should tune along with the present trend in the market so that the target group finds it relevant with their choice, taste or lifestyle.

Advertising and brand will contemporarily exist in the market. The tools and techniques of advertising may change but the objective of advertising will remain the same i.e. to inform, instruct or educate the target group about a brand, service, idea or business. To sum up, advertising is important for a brand to make its entry in the target market or to create a blare of its existence in the same market. To conclude, where there is brand (s), there is advertising.