The Ultimate Secrets of Advertising / Edition 1

by John Philip Jones

Overview

This book is based on state-of-the-art research, including pure single-source research, consumer panel research, a predictive technique to pre-test television commercials, econometric evaluation, and studies of market and brand aggregates. Although the data in the book is based on sound samples and proven measurement techniques, they are explained with the simplest mathematics and the clearest prose.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761922445
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/21/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Philip Jones entered academe in 1981 after a 25-year career in advertising with J. Walter Thompson in Europe, is a tenured Professor in the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, and was Chairman of the Advertising Department for seven years. He has published ten books on advertising and numerous journal articles, and his work has been translated into German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Portuguese, Turkish and Arabic. In 1991, John Philip Jones was named by the American Advertising Federation as the Distinguished Advertising Educator of the Year. In the same year he became a member of the Council of Judges of the Advertising Hall of Fame. In 1994, he was elected a member of the National Advertising Review Board. In 1996, he received a major award from Cowles Business Media and the American Association of Advertising Agencies for leadership in the media field. There were two prize winners, the other being NBC Sports. He received the Telmar Award in 1997, for extending the concept of Short-Term Advertising Strength (STAS) from television to print media. In 2001, he received the Syracuse University Chancellor’s Citation for Exceptional Academic Achievement.

Table of Contents

Big Ideas and Good Ideas
Passing through the Gate
Getting It Right the First Time
Repetition, Competition and the Growth (or Decline) of Brands
Keeping the Brand in the Window
The Bridge to the Long Term
A First Measure of Long-Term Effects
The Depth of Advertising's Long-Term Effects
Can Doses of Advertising Produce Doses of Profit?
Frozen Effects versus Continuous Effects
Snapshots versus Movies

Editorial Reviews

"John Phillip Jones has set himself the highest hurdle there is—how to make advertising accountable. His argument is precise, and his language entertaining and intelligent, making this quest an essential, provocative and delightfully enjoyable voyage for professionals and students alike. Read it. "

ANDREW FENNING

"Building on his original single-source data analysis, Jones demonstrates in depth the potential power of advertising ideas. His new Gatekeeper model gives his thesis some real teeth and provides marketers and agencies with an invaluable tool to harness creativity profitably on behalf of brands. "

HAMISH PRINGLE

"Professor John Philip Jones is more than a fine teacher, he is an exceptional thinker. John at last brings structure, clarity, and understanding to the murky business of how advertising contributes to brand profits. Reading his new book I found myself nodding ‘yes, yes, yes’ to things I had never read before. "

ERWIN EPHRON

"John Philip Jones’s new book is a provocative and lively challenge to much conventional advertising practice. "

PAUL FELDWICK

"Building on his original single-source data analysis, Jones demonstrates in depth the potential power of advertising ideas. His new Gatekeeper model gives his thesis some real teeth and provides marketers and agencies with an invaluable tool to harness creativity profitably on behalf of brands. "

Hamish Pringle

"Professor John Philip Jones is more than a fine teacher, he is an exceptional thinker. John at last brings structure, clarity, and understanding to the murky business of how advertising contributes to brand profits. Reading his new book I found myself nodding ‘yes, yes, yes’ to things I had never read before. "

Erwin Ephron

"John Philip Jones’s new book is a provocative and lively challenge to much conventional advertising practice. "

Paul Feldwick

"John Phillip Jones has set himself the highest hurdle there is—how to make advertising accountable. His argument is precise, and his language entertaining and intelligent, making this quest an essential, provocative and delightfully enjoyable voyage for professionals and students alike. Read it. "

Andrew Fenning