Most public relations advertising is prepared and placed by advertising agencies. The agency has people who are experts in all phases of creating the ads and getting them published or broadcast in the chosen media.
If your organization has an advertising department, it is likely to be the prime contact with the agency. However, there are some organizations in which the public relations department is the contact. In either case, the public relations people are identified as the "client", the entity that approves or disapproves the agency's recommendations.
This relationship must be one of enthusiastic cooperation. Agency and client are not adversaries but partners. In general, the public relations role is to determine broad objectives ("what to do") while the agency determines the means ("how to do it").
Advertising agencies do not normally charge anything for their services. Their compensation comes from the "agency discount" that is granted by most media. Normally this discount is 15 percent of the cost of the space or time, and it is not granted to advertisers. It works this way: If the space or time costs $1000, the agency bills the advertiser for the sum but remits $850 to the medium. The $150 difference is retained by the agency as pay for preparing the ad.
Agencies do bill clients for the cost of materials purchased for use in preparing the advertising for publication or broadcast.
Vocabulary:
place an advertisement
phase ,
create
broadcast ,
chosen
prime , ,
in either case ( )
identity ,
entity ()
approve
adversary ,
determine
broad
objective
means
charge
discount
grant
advertiser ,
cost
space ,
bill smb. -
remit ( )
retain -
Translate the following words into Russian and use them in sentences of your own:
free of charge
at no extra charge
to charge smb.for smth
public relations department
enthusiastic cooperation
to bill amb.for smth
Make up 5 wh-questions about the text.
Text 14
POSTERS
Posters are used in a variety of settings to create awareness and remind people of something. Many companies use posters on bulletin boards to remind employees about basic company policies and safety precautions.
A good example is the Nissan Motor Company's poster campaign to remind employees at various U.S. offices to buckle up when driving. Nissan used a series of posters with a lighthearted touch, using famous artworks and personalities. One poster draped a seat belt over a stock movie photo of Sherlock Holmes with the caption, "It's Elementary, Buckle Up Now".
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Government agencies often use posters as part of public information campaign about preventing AIDS, getting flu shots, or having pets neutered. The government of New Zealand used an extensive poster campaign to warn returning citizens from abroad about the dangers of bringing fruit and other banned products into the island nation. The large poster, in full color, carried the headline "Lethal Weapon" and showed a collage of banned food products in the shape of a machine gun. The copy below the picture was simple and brief:
Don't Bring One Home
The everyday items you bring back from overseas could contain pests and diseases with a more lethal effect than any weapon:
Devastating our economy.
Destroying our environment.
Just ask your travel agent for a brochure on what you can and cant bring back.
And if youre in doubt, leave it behind.
Museum exhibits and art shows lend themselves to poster treatments. The poster, often a piece of art itself, can promote attendance and can also be sold as a souvenir of the show.
Posters can also be used as mailers to business prospects and key opinion leaders. The American Management Association regularly sends posters to businesses promoting its services and conferences, they are mailed in the hope that the recipients will display them on bulletin boards so that additional people are informed.
To be effective, a poster must be attractively designed and have strong visual elements. It should be relatively large, convey only one basic idea, and use only a few words to relate basic information. A poster is a small billboard.
Posters, if done property, can be expensive to design and produce. Therefore, you need to assess how the posters will be used and displayed. Costs can be controlled, often by buying ready-to-use posters from printers and having the organizations name or logo printed on them. Local chapters of national organizations, such as the American Cancer Society, also get posters from the national organization that can be easily localized.
Vocabulary:
the American Management Association . 1923 . - -
poster , ,
variety -
setting ,
create -
awareness ,
remind smb.of -.
bulletin board
employee -
precaution ,
buckle up
light-hearted ,
drape -
stock movie photo
caption -
campaign ,
prevent AIDS
get flu shots
have pets neutered
lethal ,
collage -
banned -
item -
overseas - , -
contain -
pests -
disease -
devastate ,
destroy -
environment
be in doubt -
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art shows
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promote -
attendance -
mailers - ,
recipient -
display ,
attractively -
visual
convey -
relatively -
relate ,
properly
assess -
ready-to use
logo ,
localize
Write questions to the following answers:
1? Many companies use posters on bulletin boards to remind employees about basic company policies and safety precautions.
2? Government agencies often use posters as part of public information campaigns about preventing AIDS, getting flu shots, or having pets neutered.
3? The poster, often a piece of art itself, can promote attendance and can also be sold as a souvenir of the show.
4? Posters can also be used as mailers to business prospects and key opinion leaders.
5? A poster should be relatively large, convey and only one basic idea, and use only a few words to relate basic information.
6? Costs can be controlled, often by buying ready-to-use posters from printers and having the organizations name or logo printed on them.
Explain the following:
1.Museum exhibits and art shows lend themselves to poster treatment.
2.To be effective, a poster must be attractively designed and have strong visual
elements.
3.Posters, if done properly, can be expensive to design and produce.
Text 15
T-SHIRTS AND BUTTONS
(Part 1)
T-shirts have been described as "walking billboards", and some people, including sociologists, lament the fact that people are so materialistic that they willingly become walking ads for products, service, and social or political issues. Why people do this remains unresolved, but the fact is that they do spend their own money to advertise things with which they may or may not have any direct connection.
Because so many people are willing to serve as billboards, you may find an opportunity to use this medium, which is particularly convenient for causes such as environmental protection. Often such groups make sizable incomes from the sale of T-shirts.
Corporations don't usually sell T-shirts, but they do distribute them to attendees at conferences, sales meetings, picnics, and other events. In these situations, the T-shirts contribute to a feeling of belonging to a team.
Almost every town and city in America has at least one shop where you can order T-shirts. You can specify just about anything your mind suggests - slogans, corporate logos, symbols, and so on. The process is simple and fast, and the costs are low. At some time, almost any organization may find T-shirt ads useful.
Vocabulary:
billboard
lament
issue ,
remain unresolved
be willing to do -
opportunity ,
particularly
convenient ,
cause
environment protection
sizable
make incomes
corporation ,
distribute
attendee ,
contribute to ,
specify
mind
slogan ,
corporate logo
symbol
fast
Find in the text the words which describe or mean the following:
1. A large sign used for advertising
2. To express disappointment about something you think is unsatisfactory or unfair
3. Caring only about money and possessions rather than things relating to the mind and soul, such as art or religion
4. Something concerning or relating to something
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5. Fairy large
6. A group of people who have been chosen to work together to do a particular job
7. To be a member of a group or organization
