Advertising Techniques – 12 Categories

by deerickson on July 30, 2007

Last week, Slate‘s Seth Stevenson as articulated in 1978 by ‘s Donald Gunn. These techniques still hold true today and in the age, are just as relevant. They are:

  1. The demonstration
  2. Show the problem
  3. Symbolize the problem
  4. Symbolize the benefit
  5. Comparison
  6. Exemplary story
  7. Benefit causes story
  8. Testimonial
  9. Ongoing characters/celebrities
  10. Associated user imagery
  11. Unique personality property
  12. Parody/borrowed

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SureFire Guy August 3, 2007 at 4:38 28 pm UTC

We appreciate you making this info (12 categories) available online. It’s interesting how certain principles/concepts don’t change over time.
Best regards,
Justin (aka SureFire Guy)

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