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Comparative study of
Advertising
Agencies
O&M
VGC
CENSOR AD AGENCY
Submitted by
PRACHI SHARMA
MFA (Applied Arts)
2nd Sem.
ASFA
Contents
What is Advertising
Functions of advertising Agency
Advertising Agency Organization
Types of advertising agency
Ogilvy & Mather
1. History
2. Business
3. Clients
VGC
Censer Ad Agency
1. Company Profile
2. Govt. clients
3. Non Govt. Clients
Conclusion
What is Advertising?
Advertising is a non-personal form of promotion that is delivered through
selected media outlets that, under most circumstances, require the marketer to
pay for message placement. Advertising has long been viewed as a method of
mass promotion in that a single message can reach a large number of people.
But, this mass promotion approach presents problems since many exposed to
an advertising message may not be within the marketer’s target market, and
thus, may be an inefficient use of promotional funds. However, this is changing
as new advertising technologies and the emergence of new media outlets offer
more options for targeted advertising.
Another characteristic that may change as advertising evolves is the view that
advertising does not stimulate immediate demand for the product advertised.
That is, customers cannot quickly purchase a product they see advertised. But
as more media outlets allow customers to interact with the messages being
delivered the ability of advertising to quickly stimulate demand will improve.
Functions of Advertising Agencies
Board of Director
Account
Executive Office accounting finance
Management
1. Creative Services
The creative function is the most important of all. The copywriter, artist, art
directors ad graphics specialist are referred to as creative people.
2. Account Services
Account management is handled by people with tittles such as account
executives, account supervisors. Account executive are closest to the clients in
terms of day to day contact and to be assigned full itme to one of the client’s
brands. They represent the agency to the clients and in turn represent the client
within the agency. They must have a thorough knowledge of their client’s
business and must understand all operations with in the agency. They organize
and control the flow of work on the account through all stages from initial
planning to final execution.
3. Marketing Services
Media research and sales promotion are grouped under marketing services.
The media department is staffed with analysts, planners and buyers. The
analysts keep abreast of changes in media audiences, costs and competitors
spending. They test alternative plans for reaching the client’s best prospective
most efficiently. The planners work closely with other members of their
respective account groups in developing media strategy and planning the
schedule. The buyers execute the plan. Those who buy spot t.v and radio time
look for the best rates and place the orders.
4. Administrator Services
Ad agencies are in business to earn a profit. To do so they like any other
successful business, must be well managed. These are people who plan and
control the agency’s financial future budget revenues and expenses, set
operating policies and functions as administrators. Being a people business the
agency’s success largely depends its personnel practice on how well it hires,
train, inspires and rewards it people.
The types of Advertising Agency
According to the size, service offered and functions performed by the agencies,
they can divide them in following types
1. Full services Agency
2. In house agency
3. A creative boutique
4. Media buying service
5. The La carte agency
2. In House Agency:
An organization may decide to establish its own operation for all services of an
ad agency within its own structure. The in house agency as its name implies is
owned outright by and operated under the direct supervision of the advertiser.
3. A creative boutique:
it’s an agency that provides only creative service. Full service agency often sub
contract work to creative boutique. Creative boutiques are usually founded by
members of the creative departments of full service agencies who leave the
firm and take clients with them who want to retain their creative talent.
Ogilvy & Mather is an advertising agency based in New York City and owned
by the WPP Group. The company operates 497 offices in 125 countries around
the world.
Ogilvy & Mather works with at least 7 related network units: OgilvyOne ( CRM
and interactive), OgilvyInteractive (interactive; under OgilvyOne), Neo@Ogilvy
(digital and direct media; under OgilvyOne), Ogilvy Public Relations ( PR),
Ogilvy Healthworld (health care communications and marketing), and
OgilvyAction (analytics and experiential marketing).
The chairperson and CEO of Ogilvy is Rochelle B. (Shelly) Lazarus. She has
been in that position since 1996.
Ogilvy & Mather was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy, as "Hewitt, Ogilvy,
Benson & Mather," and established itself as a leading worldwide agency by the
1960s. Central to its growth was its strategy of building brands like American
Express, BP, Ford, Barbie, Maxwell House, IBM, Kodak, Nestlé and Unilever
brands Pond's & Dove.
In 2004 OgilvyOne launched a digital summit called Verge. This has become a
major agency-led forum for clients and industry experts to discuss the
challenges and possibilities of digital marketing. The agency has taken the
conference to over 20 of the world's leading markets.
History
The company was incorporated in India in August 1928 under the name D J
Keymer & Co. Ltd. Between then and today, Ogilvy & Mather Pvt. Ltd, wore the
banner of Bomas Ltd, followed by S H Benson (India) Pvt Ltd.
David Ogilvy launched Ogilvy Benson & Mather in New York in 1948 with the
financial backing of two British agencies: Mather & Crowther and S.H. Benson.
S.H. Benson dates back to 1893. The Mather name had been prominent in
London advertising since 1850. David's older brother, Francis was Managing
Director of Mather & Crowther and he considered it a small triumph to start a
British-owned agency on American soil. He attributed much of the success to
the genius of his brother, David Ogilvy.
From the very beginning, David Ogilvy intended to have a different kind of
company. He knew that if he was going to be successful as an expatriate
running an under-capitalized offshoot of an old British firm in the country that
invented modern advertising (in the city that was its epicentre), he would need a
strong agency brand: respectable, high-quality, highly creative and intelligent.
One that would engender great loyalty from its people and its clients, and have
first class principles of operation. To that end, David worked relentlessly to
instill the belief that our job is to make advertising that sells, and the advertising
that sells best is advertising that builds brands.
Starting with no clients in 1948, Ogilvy has since grown into a worldwide
enterprise. In 1965, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather merged with Mather & Crowther
to form a public company, Ogilvy & Mather International. By 1970, Ogilvy &
Mather had 30 offices in 14 countries.
In 1971, Ogilvy & Mather bought out Benson, thereby acquiring holdings in Asia
Pacific under the Ogilvy, Benson & Mather name. This included India.
In 1989, The Ogilvy Group, became part of Martin Sorrell's WPP Group PLC,
world's second largest communications network.
76 years in India, has seen Ogilvy & Mather consolidate its leadership position
in the Indian advertising industry. It has also earned the distinction of being one
of the most creative agencies in the entire Ogilvy worldwide network.
Ogilvy in India
Founded in 1928, O&M was the first advertising agency in India. 76 years
hence, they continue to relentlessly pursue their passion for building and
nurturing, enduring brands. Over the years O&M has helped create some of
India's most successful brands like Asian Paints, Cadbury, Fevicol among
them, and in recent times- Perfetti, Hutch, Close Up and many more.
O&M defining quality is the firm belief in the value of brands and the important
role they play in consumers' lives. The business of building brands is conducted
through a proprietary way of thinking and working; which is called 360 Degree
Brand Stewardship.
They help clients realize the full potential of their brands through creative
solutions that are consistent with the brand's image and identity, across touch
points, across media.
They are a complete Out of Home business unit, which helps clients to develop
and enhance relationships between consumers and their brands at the last
mile, beyond mass media.
Ogilvy Live a one-stop shop that caters to all ground level brand
communication needs of clients. Set up in 2001, they have a 20 member strong
team of experts who create and manage real time interaction between brands
and consumers
With a footprint that extends across 21 cities in India, they service leading
brands such as Motorola, Mattel, Dupont, Citigroup, IBM, Hutch, HLL, ICICI
Bank and many more
Their core competencies are in diverse areas that include the following:
Events & Promotions
Exhibitions & Road shows
Consumer education programmes
Seminars & Meets
Consumer & Retail contact programmes
Mobile Marketing
Sponsorship Management
Ogilvy Signscapes They are part of the largest professional
outdoor media unit in India, offering complete retail design solutions along with
execution and monitoring. Set up in 2002, Ogilvy Signscapes, in a short span of
time, has earned itself a reputation for bringing a sense of order and a method
to the madness of the world of retail visibility and communication
Signages today are the most affordable means of advertising for business of
any kind in nature; they build brand awareness, cue visibility & can be used for
selective product endorsement
When identifying & recommending signage space they use a three fold
approach:
1 A signage needs to develop a memory for a location
2 Reinforcement of brand identity & extended brand recall need to be
brought about for promoters / advertisers.
3 Attract new advertisers to advertise on the available spaces
Their product offerings include shop front signages (including backlit & frontlit),
flanges, innovative pole kiosks, in-shop merchandising properties such as
dispensers, danglers, lamas, wall posters, one-way films and more.
Ogilvy PR
OgilvyOne Worldwide
It is India's first and leading one-to-one marketing firm. Its strength lies in
building bonds between consumers and brands. OgilvyOne offers integrated
services across traditional and interactive channels (including the Internet and
mobile telephony spaces). With offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, the
OgilvyOne team of 125 people work on more than 50 leading international and
local brands. As a consequence of its effective and innovative work, the firm
has won recognition in local the Indian and global arena.
The OgilvyOne mission is simple: grow customer equity in volume, value and
goodwill. This is achieved by reaching the right customer at the right time with
the right message, thus generating the desired response. OgilvyOne uses a
proprietary methodology called Customer Ownership™ to arrive at consumer
insights.
They are in the business of building strong and enduring brands. They see
them as the key factor to any company's success in the marketplace. They
believe in the power of brands and consider them to be the biggest asset a
company can have.
They believe they are of greatest value to those clients who share this
understanding and their passion for brands. This is the reason why they have
enjoyed long-term partnerships with India's greatest brands
Over the past 75 years, they have helped build some of the most recognizable
brands in the country: Cadbury Dairy Milk, Fevicol, Asian Paints among them,
and in recent times- Hutch, Close Up, Titan, Perfetti and many more.
Today they are recognized as one of the most reputed brand building agencies
in the country
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
Corporate:
Indian Steel Alliance
Financial
Kotak Mahindra Bank, Kotak Securities
Household Products
Asian Paints Exterior Emulsion, Fevicol
Household Durables
LG
Lifestyle
Titan
Media Publications
Mid-Day
Tele Communication
Hutch Network, Hutch Gaming, Hutch Group Talk, Microsoft: Hutch For
Business
Toiletries
Close-Up
Travel and Transportation
Bajaj, Amaron
INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN
Food
Alpenliebe, Daygum, Fruitella, Golia, Happydent, Vivident
Vyas Giannetti Creative was set up in 1997 by Preeti Vyas Giannetti with little
more than a dream and a computer. The dream was to transform the dreary
advertising and communication landscape with cutting edge, media-neutral
ideas that could be applied across a variety of media. And the computer’s hard
drive soon overflowed with concepts, ideas, designs and solutions for brands.
After much hard work, brainstorming, meetings and rubber solution, VGC is
today a full service brand communications company, with a capitalized billing of
$45 million. VGC’s offices in Mumbai and Delhi are staffed by over 100
passionate and motivated professionals, in creative, studio, production and
account management functions.
VGC's clientele has included blue chip companies across industries. They
include the Aditya Birla Group, Birla Sun Life, Godfrey Philips, Jubilant, The
Park Hotels, The Indian Express Group, BBC World, the Hinduja Group,
Discovery Travel & Living, The Times Group, the TATA Group, Taj Hotels, The
Indian Cricket League, Religare, Travelocity, SRF Polymers, Colgate-
Palmolive, Ashok Leyland, Pidilite, Borosil, DNA and Hindustan Lever, among
many others.
Creative Services
Cencer Ad Agency
A Full fledged advertising agency, with all the in house facilities of designing
and production, CENSER ADVERTISING's broad spectrum of services
include:-
1) Advertising :-
(a) Radio: Production of Radio spots / Jingles and broadcasting on various AIR
stations anywhere in India.
(b) TV: Production of ad films and broadcasting / telecasting on Indian as well
as various satellite channels.
(c) Press: Designing, strategy planning, media planning and release of ads in
Magazines / Newspapers anywhere in India and abroad.
2) Printing :-
Designing and printing of Leaflets, Broachers, Catalogues, Posters, Danglers
etc.
Govt. Clients
DSIDC ( Delhi State Industrial Dev. Corp.)
GDA ( Ghaziabad Dev. Authority)
DSCSC ( Delhi State Civil Supplies Corp.)
NOIDA (New Okhla Industrial Dev. Authority)
Sports Authority of India
Tehri Hydro Dev. Corp. Ltd.
Bureau of Indian Standards (ISI)
Government of NCT of Delhi
Nainital Bank Ltd.
DFC ( Delhi Financial Corp.)
DVB ( Delhi Vidyut Board )
NPC ( National Productivity Council, Delhi )
NDMC ( New Delhi Municipal Council )
PNB ( Punjab National Bank )
Rajasthan State Ganganagar Sugar Mills
Several of their clients, both in public & private sector, have patronised them
since their inception and have voiced their appreciation through accolades and
letters of appreciation
Infact, Censer Advertising has proved that to launch a new product one doesn't
have to have a big budget. Their brands have very clearly commanded salience
and top-of-the-mind recall in far greater proportion to their advertising budgets
This was made possible not only by the hi-impact creativity that vivified the
marketing strategy, but also by the innovative use of media.
In fact they believe that in the new millennium media innovation would be a key
tool in the hands of advertisers, who wants to cut across media clutter without
necessarily spending more. And they are all geared-up to make that happen.
Conclusion
After studying what mentioned above, it is clear that O&M is bigger than other 2
companies i.e. VGC and CENSER AD. AGENCY. After the thorough study of
advertising agencies and their classifications, we can see that O&M falls under
the Full Service Agency or we can also call it a Hot-Shot.
Full services agency offer its clients a full range of marketing communication
and promotion services including planning, creating the advertisement,
performing research and selecting media. The full service agency is made up of
department that provides the activities needed to perform the various
advertising functions and serve the clients. It handles all aspects of the
advertising process, including planning, design, production, and placement.
Today, full-service generally suggests that the agency also handles other
aspects of marketing communication, such as public relations, sales promotion,
Internet and direct marketing.
And O&M clearly fulfill all the requirement of their clients and offer them 360
degree services. From researches till the execution of the creative plan through
various medias. And it is an international level company with many
On the other hand, we can call VGC a Creative Boutique. It is relatively smaller
in set-up and though it handles few of media related services, its main work is
to provide creative services to their client. Full service agency often
sub contract work to creative boutique. Creative boutiques are usually founded
by members of the creative departments of full service agencies who leave the
firm and take clients with them who want to retain their creative talent. VGC is
a part of the IN Network, which is a global network of independently owned
integrated marketing communications agencies. VGC is a brand
communications agency with capitalized billings around $ 20 million and has
offices in Mumbai and New Delhi. It’s clients include blue chip companies such
as The Aditya Birla Group, Birla Sun Life, The Indian Express Group, BBC
World, Air Mauritius, the Hinduja Group, Discovery Travel & Living and many
others.