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.
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Choose the correct response to complete each sentence.
1. We ______________ (meaning: placed) an ad in the local paper.
Correct answer: took out.
2. This idea has a lot of ______________. (meaning: it looks like it could work)
Correct answer: potential.
3. Don't _____________ your time trying to convince him. He has already decided to hire another agency.
Correct answer: waste.
4. For this product, we need to anticipate questions buyers might have and _____________ them in the advertisement.
Correct answer: address.
5. I do not think their advertisements are visually ____________________.
Correct answer: appealing.
6. We attracted many new customers because of a commercial we ____________________ on a local television station.
Correct answer: ran.
7. Creating name awareness does not happen _____________. (meaning: it takes time)
Correct answer: overnight.
8. _____________ planning is essential in creating an effective ad campaign.
Correct answer: Advance.
9. _____________ simple. The client doesn't want an ad that's too fancy/complicated.
Correct answer: Keep it.
10. We specialize in _____________ and label design.
Correct answer: packaging.
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📚 Important Words to Know 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