Advertising Campaign


The advertising campaign concept is created to help marketing managers and those involved in marketing activities to enhance customer acquisition, penetration, customer retention and/or loyalty.

Technique Overview

Advertising Campaign

Advertising Campaign Definition

An advertising campaign can be described as a "paid communication that identifies the message sponsor" (Eisend and Küster, 2011:906). Following the idea of marketing accountability, advertising campaigns are frequently regarded as investments, the return of which is to be maximised through systematic planning, implementation and evaluation (Danaher and Rust, 1996; Binet and Field, 2009).

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Further Reading

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Advertising Campaign references (4 of up to 20) *

  • Bertini, M., Gourville, J.T., Gonzales, R. and Keller, K.L. (2011) Time for a Unified Campaign? Harvard Business Review, Vol. 89, pp. 129-133.
  • Binet, L. and Field, P. (2009) Empirical Generalizations About Advertising Campaign Success. Journal of Advertising Research, Vol. 49(2), pp. 130-133.
  • Brotherton, T., Davis, C., Hirakubo, N. and Stuhlfaut, M. (2010) Reviving an Iconic Advertising Campaign. Annual Advances in Business Cases, Vol. 30, pp. 142-150.
  • Caemmerer, B. (2009) The Planning and Implementation of Integrated Marketing Communications. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, Vol. 27(4), pp. 524-538.

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