How to Come Up with Competitive Advertising
Competitive advertising works beyond mere attraction of attention or pleasant imagery of the viewer. It must give convincing information about product performance. It must give a demonstration of product at work or beneficial result or both.
It requires attention, promises a benefit, and proves the promise is true by showing and describing the action of the product. The net effect is that it convinces a great percentage of consumers that a wiser buying decision might be made.
In every creative exercise, a competitive execution must be developed along with any other types of executions being considered. Only in such deliberate effort that competitive advertising will be extremely achieved,
The following are some recommendations for judging an effective advertising execution:
- Produce simple, interesting advertising that emphasizes a specific benefit promise and performance of the product.
- Establish systems for conceiving and executing the most compelling “promise” and performance advertising seen on the product.
- In the process of exploratory creative exercises, ensure that competitive execution will be fully developed.
- The measure for judgment of an advertising execution will come from the following elements:
- Promise= Promise a benefit the targeted consumers want, and state the “promise” with words not commonly heard before to provide impact.
- Proof = Show and describe the action of the product that proves the promise of benefits is true to convince the targeted consumers.
- Product= Display the product prominently and involve it with the action and words relevant to both.
- Point of comparison=Create an exceptional differences that will instill a compelling impression of the product’s unique performance and value.

