ABSTRACT

A principle of effective advertising is to identify the appropriate length for an advertising campaign. Using the same advertisement over a longer period of time helps embed the message in long-term memory. At the same time, an ad campaign that runs too long causes viewers to become bored, lose interest, and finally to ignore the ad. The goal is to make the campaign long enough to embed messages in viewers’ long-term memories, but short enough that they do not become bored.