{"id":7803,"date":"2020-06-17T07:05:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T05:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/?p=7803"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:14:49","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-develop-advertising-brief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/digital-marketing-blog\/what-you-need-to-know-about-develop-advertising-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"What you need to know about develop advertising briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The ability to develop clear, concise and informative briefs is an important skill for persons aspiring to careers in the marketing<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and advertising industry. As briefs for advertising material or activities are normally based on specifications provided by a person other than the person that must develop the brief, it is often necessary to gather additional information that was not included in the specification but crucial to a good brief<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Advertising and production contexts<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Two words that you will come across when speaking about briefs in the creative industry are advertising \u2018content\u2019 and \u2018context\u2019. So what do we mean when talking about content and how does it differ from context?<\/p>\n

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  • Content refers to meaning, theme or idea, whereas<\/li>\n
  • Context refers to the frame of reference, ambience, circumstances, conditions, connection, background or situation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Advertising and production contexts must complement each other as without consideration of how each impact on the other, a message may go unnoticed or may not be understood correctly. When developing advertising briefs<\/a><\/span><\/strong> you need to factor in advertising and production contexts to ensure that the message you are sending will result in the desired response. Simply stated, when developing advertising briefs you must consider both the intent of the brief as well as the vehicle used to deliver it.<\/p>\n

    Advertising and production must consider how to make consumers feel that the product or service being promoted is uniquely designed for their current needs.<\/p>\n

    Context must consider attributes such as situations, geographical location, age, income, interests, etc. to ensure that both advertising and production contexts are focused on getting the message through to the correct audience.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>