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Measuring Advertising Effects
Ways. Problems. Solutions.
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How does Advertising work?
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How does Advertising work?
After the advertising stimulus is perceived through our senses…
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How does Advertising work?
...our subconsciousness evaluates the relevance of the stimulus before any possible forwarding to
the consciousness occurs.
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How does Advertising work?
The majority of all (advertising) stimuli is not explicitly and consciously, but always implicitly and
unconsciously processed.
Stimulus
Perception Unconscious Processing Conscious Processing
Implicit Memory Explicit Memory
Recall
Attitude
Behavior
Familiarity
...
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Measurement of the Explicit Memory
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Measurement of the Explicit Memory
Measurement of the explicit memory is based on a concrete recall of the stimulus.
Aided Recall The test person has to name all products or brands, he or she noticed before.
Therefore, he or she also gets further information (e.g. product category).
Free Recall
Recognition
The test person has to name all products or brands, he or she noticed.
He or she won't get any further information for this task.
The test person has to identify the products or brands he or she has seen before - out of a given set.
The measurement of explicit memory effects is always done after the test situation (stimulus).
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Measurement of the Implicit Memory
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Measurement of the Implicit Memory
Measurement of implicit memory is usually based on the increase in performance of a specific
task - a explicit memory of a stimulus is not necessary.
Word Fragment Tests With word fragment or word stem completion tests, you measure how fast and precise fragments like
“b_er b_a_d” (beer brand) can be completed.
Consideration Set
Physiology
With consideration set tests, you measure, if a stimulus implicitly changes the set of brands (or
products) that is considered for buying.
With physiological tests, you measure the direct response to a stimulus by visualizing the body's
reactions and functions.
There are numerous methods to measure the implicit memory, because it includes a lot of different effects such as Priming,
Mere Exposure, Processing Fluency, and so on.
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Conclusion
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Conclusion
A reasonable measurement of advertising effects can only be achieved when both, the implicit
and explicit memory, are taken into account!
The measurement of the explicit memory doesn't provide valid data for the determination of effects, such
as change of attitude, trust or an increased probability of purchase.
The measurement of the implicit memory is very complex and often not possible without bias. It therefore
requires an even more comprehensive and larger research design.
Advertising effects can be only measured clearly when implicit AND explicit effects are
measured and analyzed in combination!
The implicit memory (mostly subconsciously processed) and the explicit memory (mostly processed
consciously) interact with each other constantly.
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Measurement of Advertising Effects in Practice
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Measurement of Advertising Effects in Practice
Mainly due to the high costs of truly comprehensive studies, most companies almost exclusively
rely on very simple explicit tests.
Explicit
Tests*
* Ususally conducting simple recall tests
Implicit
Tests
„too expensive“
„too complicated“
„too complex“
„I don‘t understand it“
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Problems
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Problems
This strategy is extremely risky and can go totally wrong without any warning.
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Problems
Explicit measurement methods can - by definition - only measure explicit memory effects.
Implicit effects, which often affect especially the reputation, are neglected.
Name the product
you saw!
Product XYZ
Conclusion due to the recall test Real Effect
Extremely successful! Heavy loss of image.
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Solution
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Solution
Theoretically, doing large investments (time and money) you can conduct very comprehensive
studies that take into account also implicit effects.
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Solution
Alternatively, advertising effects can be cost-efficiently predicted with Placedise - taking into
account over 500 scientific studies - including all effects.
Placedise Algorithm
Results of over 500 scientific
studies on the processing of
advertising stimuli Prediction of
Advertising
Effects
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