Practice advertising vocabulary with this exercise. The terms here span traditional and digital advertising — from creative briefs and media buying to campaign metrics and brand communications.
📚 Key vocabulary above-the-line (ATL) — advertising through mass media channels with broad reach, such as TV, radio, and national print below-the-line (BTL) — targeted, direct advertising activities such as email campaigns, sponsorships, and in-store promotions reach — the total number of unique individuals exposed to an advertisement over a specified period frequency — the average number of times a target audience member is exposed to an advertisement impressions — the number of times an advertisement is displayed, regardless of whether it is clicked on copywriting — the craft of writing persuasive text for advertisements, websites, and other marketing materials creative brief — a document outlining the objectives, target audience, and guidelines for an advertising campaign media buy — the purchase of advertising space or time from a media outlet to run a campaign programmatic advertising — automated buying and selling of online advertising using data and algorithms in real time sponsored content — paid material that resembles editorial content, designed to promote a brand in a less intrusive way
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. We ______________ ( = placed) an ad in the local paper.
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2. This idea has a lot of ______________. ( = it looks like it could work)
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3. Don't _____________ your time trying to convince him. He has already decided to hire another agency.
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4. For this product, we need to anticipate questions buyers might have and _____________ them in the advertisement.
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5. I don't think their ads are visually _____________. ( = they don't look good)
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6. We got a lot of new customers because of a spot we _____________ on a local (TV) station.
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7. Creating brand awareness does not happen _____________. ( = instantly, right away)
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8. _____________ planning is essential in creating an effective ad campaign.
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9. _____________ simple. The client doesn't want an ad that's too fancy/complicated.
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10. We specialize in _____________ and label design.
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