The Role Of Psychographics In The Development Of Advertising Strategy And Copy

Life Style and Psychographics provides an opportunity to obtain a firm grasp of the emerging dimensions of life style and psychographic analysis. The specific applications, accomplishments, and research findings are fully discussed. Topics of discussion include: -Conceptual, measurement, and analytical problems in life style research;-The role of psychographics in the development of media strategy; and-European developments in psychographics.This thoroughly detailed work is written by a variety of distinguished scholars, all drawn together by first-hand research and a firm belief in the value of life style and psychographic analysis. It will prove highly useful to market researchers and strategists, as well as students and faculty of business, economics, and management.Dr. William D. Wells is Professor of Advertising at the University of Minnesota's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Dr. Wells is the former Executive Vice President and Director of Marketing Services at DDB Needham Chicago. He is the only representative of the advertising business elected to the Attitude Research Hall of Fame. Dr. Wells was formerly Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Chicago. He joined Needham, Harper, Chicago as Director of Corporate Research. He is the author of more than 60 books and articles.

In Seizing the Means of Reproduction, Michelle Murphy's initial focus on the alternative health practices developed by radical feminists in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s opens into a sophisticated analysis of the transnational entanglements of American empire, population control, neoliberalism, and late-twentieth-century feminisms. Murphy concentrates on the technoscientific means—the technologies, practices, protocols, and processes—developed by feminist health activists. She argues that by politicizing the technical details of reproductive health, alternative feminist practices aimed at empowering women were also integral to late-twentieth-century biopolitics. Murphy traces the transnational circulation of cheap, do-it-yourself health interventions, highlighting the uneasy links between economic logics, new forms of racialized governance, U.S. imperialism, family planning, and the rise of NGOs. In the twenty-first century, feminist health projects have followed complex and discomforting itineraries. The practices and ideologies of alternative health projects have found their way into World Bank guidelines, state policies, and commodified research. While the particular moment of U.S. feminism in the shadow of Cold War and postcolonialism has passed, its dynamics continue to inform the ways that health is governed and politicized today.

Drawing on rich empirical material, this revealing book builds up a critical theory, arguing that brands have become an important tool for transforming everyday life into economic value. When branding lifestyles or value complexes onto their products, companies assume that consumers desire products for their ability to give meaning to their lives. Yet, brands also have a key function within managerial strategy. Examining the history of audience and market research, marketing thought and advertising strategy; the first part of this book traces the historical development of branding, whilst the second part evaluates new media, contemporary management and overall media economics to present the first systematic theory of brands: the brand as a key institution in information capitalism. It includes chapters on: consumption marketing brand management online branding the brand as informational capital. Richly illustrated with case studies from market research, advertising, shop displays, mobile phones, the internet and virtual companies, this outstanding book is essential reading for students and researchers of the sociology of media, cultural studies, advertising and consumer studies and marketing.

This is the first book that tells you what psychographics is all about, where it came from & what you can do with it. It explains the evolution of psychographic research, the development of segmentation schemes, the use of surveys, focus groups, & other probing techniques. Interesting anecdotes convey what all of this means to marketers, manufacturers, retailers, & advertisers. ISBN 0-936889-08-X, 1991, Price: $34.50. Also from American Demographics Books- Capturing Customers: How to Target the Hottest Markets of the 1990s, ISBN 0-936889-05-3, 1990, Price $39.95; The Insider's Guide to Demographic Know-How: How to Find, Analyze, & Use Information About Your Customers, 2nd edition, ISBN 0-936889-07-1, 1990, Price $49.95; Desktop Marketing: Lessons from America's Best, ISBN 0-936889-09-8, 1991, Price $39.95; Selling the Story: The Layman's Guide to Collecting & Communicating Demographic Information, ISBN 0-936889-14-4, March 1992, Price $39.95, & The Seasons of Business: The Marketers Guide to Consumer Behavior, ISBN 0-963889-12-8, March 1992, Price $29.95. Telephone (800) 828-1133.