An exclusive right granted by the Copyright Act to authors and artists to protect their original work from being plagiarized, sold, or used by another without their express consent.c
The association of a brand's features and benefits with a particular set of customer needs. differentiating it from the competition in the customer's mind.
An instrument of communications vehicle that carries or helps transfer a message from the sender to the receiver
A marketing function that identifies products and their source and differentiates them from all other products.
Delivering programming to a specific group defined by demographics and/or program content, rather than mass appeal.
An organizational function and a set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders.
Covers approximately the first 70 years of the 20th century; marked by tremendous growth and maturation of the U.S. industrial base. It saw the development of new, often inexpensive brands of the luxury and convenience goods.
Various efforts and tools companies use to initiate and maintain communication with customers and prospects. such as solicitation letters, newspaper ads, event sponsorship, publicity, telemarketing, statement stuffers, and coupons, and more.
Print or broadcast media that reach very large audiences. Mass media include radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and billboards.
According to the FTC, any ad i which there is a misrepresentation, omission, or other practice that can mislead a significant number of reasonable consumers to their detriment.
Social action designed to dramatize the rights of the buying public.
May be required by the FTC for a period of time to explain and correct offending ads.
Period of time between the beginning of written history and the start of the 19th century, during which the invention of paper and the printing press and increased literacy gave rise to the first forms of advertising.