Types Of Humor In Advertising
Firstly they were selling a product which would hardly be considered fun by anybody.
Types of humor in advertising. Top gun sunglasses worn by tom cruise. Humor in advertising tends to improve brand recognition but does not improve product recall message credibility or buying intentions. Examples of humor in advertising geico. Their study revealed that humor is used more in television advertising than print advertisements.
Using humor in marketing is a tried and tested strategy for brands to ensure that their campaign is impactful and remains memorable for audiences. Secondly they were going against market giants namely gillette and wilkinson. They found that different types of humor in advertising vary by medium. In other words consumers may be familiar with and have good feelings towards the product but their purchasing decisions will probably not be affected.
Cobra ray ban sunglasses worn by sylvester stallone. Dirty harry sunglasses worn by clint eastwood. Here are some examples of how various brands have been using humor in advertising with much success. The right type of humor will grab attention for organic engagement from your audience.
Ibid catanescu tom 2001 define seven types of humor. Humor can bring relief to what might otherwise be a mundane and expected ad. It s all about the types of advertising appeals used to grab the viewer s attention. Dollar shave club had two main challenges.
In response to being outspent in advertising spending by geico state farm and progressive allstate began. Sarcasm is the most popular form of humor used in magazines while silliness predominates in television. Taxi driver sunglasses worn by robert de niro. Advertising creative and media.
Comparison personification exaggeration pun sarcasm silliness and surprise. The dude s sunglasses in the big lebowski. Exaggeration pun put down silliness and surprise. In the following discussion the use of humor types in uk and greek print advertising are compared using the humorous message taxonomy speck 1991 and rossiter and percy s 1997 brand attitude.
One of the major keys to a successful humorous campaign. To establish consistency with the scant previous research that has considered different types of humor we used reick s practitioner oriented classification system. In the commercials people dressed as neanderthal looking cavemen appear moments after the tagline is heard. Humor tends to relax the audience break the ice and create a connection between the communicator and the audience tellis 1998.