Advertising Thresholds and Wearout
- 1 May 1978
- journal article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in European Journal of Marketing
- Vol. 12 (5) , 329-378
- https://doi.org/10.1108/eum0000000004971
Abstract
This monograph presents a thorough examination of the phenomena of “threshold” levels of advertising activity and the “wearout’ of advertisements and/or campaigns. These are seen as corresponding to the management questions “How little can we spend/How infrequently can we advertise?” and “How much is too much/How infrequently is too little?” In the first section the relevant literature on, or related to, the two issues is reviewed. Section 2 describes a survey aimed at establishing current beliefs in the existence of the phenomena, the practices resulting from these beliefs, and the data which support them. Finally, Section 3 offers an overview on the managerial issues involved in decisions concerning threshold or wearout risks in advertising. It is suggested that wasted expenditure may be occurring in advertising because the believed levels of threshold and wearout are both too high.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- What Happens to Advertisements When They Grow UpPublic Opinion Quarterly, 1970
- The Impact of Television Advertising: Learning Without InvolvementPublic Opinion Quarterly, 1965