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Understanding digital marketing

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Advertising, an essential component in the marketing of any business, has been around for a long time. The Pompeii penis is positively modern compared to some of the advertising relics archaeologists have unearthed in ancient Arabia, China, Egypt, Greece and Rome. The Egyptians used papyrus to create posters and flyers, while lost-and-found advertising (also on papyrus and often relating to ‘missing’ slaves) was common in both ancient Greece and ancient Rome. Posters, signs and flyers were widely employed in the ancient cities of Rome, Pompeii and Carthage to publicize events like circuses, games and gladiatorial contests.
People have been trying to influence other people since the dawn of human existence, utilizing whatever means and media they had at their disposal at the time. The human voice and word of mouth, of course, came first. Then someone picked up a piece of stone and started etching images on a cave wall: enduring images that told stories, communicated ideas and promoted certain ways of doing things. The first advertising? That’s debatable, but these images, some of which are still around to this day, certainly demonstrate an early recognition of the power images and messages have to influence the perception and behaviour of others.
The development of printing during the 15th and 16th centuries heralded a significant milestone in advertising, making it more cost- effective for marketers to reach a much wider audience. In the 17th century, adverts began to appear in early newspapers in England and then spread across the globe. The first form of mass media advertising was born.
The 18th and 19th centuries saw a further expansion in newspaper advertising, and alongside it the birth of mail-order advertising – which would evolve into the massive direct-mail and direct-response industry we know and love today. It also saw the establishment of the first advertising agency, set up in Boston in 1843 by the pioneering Volney Palmer. Initially ad agencies acted as simple brokers for newspaper space, but before long they developed into full-service operations, offering a suite of creative and ad-placement services to their clients.

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Understanding digital marketing

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Publisher

USA : Kogan Page Limited., 2009

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1-289

Language

English

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978 0 7494 5389 3

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NONE

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Edition

1st Edtion

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Marketing

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