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Period: 100 to
Pre 1700's
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Feb 5, 1000
Used signs with pictures of items
Most people couldn't read so people would would up signs of what the item was. -
Feb 5, 1200
Town criers would tell people who, what and where someone was selling.
All for a price though at the convicance of the custormer which would increase the chance that they would come and buy products. -
Period: to
The 1700s
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First Newspaper Ad
First newspaper was in the Boston News- Letter. -
Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine.
It is the first magazine to be able to print the first american magazine ads. -
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The 1800s
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First Ad Agency
It is opened by Volney Palmer in the city of Philadelphia. -
first full-time advertising copywriter is hired!
Department store founder John Wanamaker is the first retailer to hire John E. Powers as an advertising copywriter -
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The 1900s
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W.K. Kellogg places his first ads for Corn Flakes
His ads start in six midwestern newspapers. -
Life publishes its first edition!
It soon becomes the first magazine to spend $100 million in advertising every year. -
Period: to
Present
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Youtube starts putting ads on viedo
This gives a fraction of the money to the producer and to the company itself per 1000 viewers. -
Facebook updates ads to appeal to soical media
Its new advertising style Facebook is becoming more like Google’s ad strategy to social media.
