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Advertising media | Channels of communication used by businesses for delivering promotional messages to target groups of consumers. |
Alternative-press newspaper | Papers that serve younger, trendier crowds interested in the arts and entertainment. |
Avatar | A graphical representation of a person or company that is used in web environments including virtual worlds and chat rooms. |
Broadcast media | Promotional media including radio and television that may be transmitted through the air, cable, or internet. |
Business magazines | Magazines that appeal primarily to members of the business community. |
Community newspaper | A suburban or rural paper delivered to residents in a geographic area. |
Consumer magazines | Magazines that are generally read by individuals for personal enjoyment during their leisure time. |
Demographics | The physical and social characteristics of the population. |
Direct mail | Promotional medium that comes to consumers' homes and businesses in the form of letters, catalogs, postcards, folders, faxes, and e-mails. |
Directory advertising | Promotional messages found in directories of a general nature such as the Yellow Pages or in specialized listings of companies in an industry. |
Do-Not-Call registries | Databases containing personal telephone numbers that, by law, telemarketers are not permitted to call. |
Electronic direct mail | Promotional messages that are delivered over computer networks to e-mail addresses. |
Human billboards | Individuals who have been hired to wear tattoos (either temporary or permanent) that advertise specific companies or products. |
Human directionals | Individuals wearing or holding signs to advertise a business or product. |
Infomercial | Lengthy commercial that looks like a television program. |
Movie theater advertising | Promotional messages shown prior to the screening of a film in a movie theater; also includes posters, stand-ups, and other advertisements present in a movie theater lobby. |
Opt-in e-mail marketing | Sending electronic promotional messages with a recipient's permission and allowing the recipient to request removal from the subscriber list at any time. |
Out-of-home media | Promotional media that are delivered to consumers when they are away from home. |
Podcast | A digital recording that is distributed over the internet and downloaded to a computer or mobile device for playback. |
Pop-up ads | Promotional messages that appear in a separate browser window. |
Portal | Popular starting point for surfing the Web; a gateway to the Web; a directory that offers a variety of features such as news, chats, weather, etc. |
Poster panels | Outdoor advertising space on which posters containing advertising messages are affixed; also known as billboards. |
Printed direct mail | Sales letters, catalogs, folders, booklets, and postcards delivered through the postal service. |
Product placement | A type of "other" media that uses products as props in movies, television shows, and computer games. |
Publications | Category of advertising media that includes newspapers and magazines that are printed on a regular basis. |
Short messaging service (SMS) | Technology that allows people to sends text messages over their cell phones. |
Smishing | Illegal activity that involves posing as a financial institution or other business and sending fraudulent text messages requesting personal information such as account numbers and passwords; similar to internet phishing. |
Spam | Junk e-mail that the recipient did not request and does not follow the recipient to request removal from the subscriber list; also known as unsolicited commercial e-mail. |
Specialty media | A type of "other" media that features a business's logo, is useful, and is given away freely. |
Spectacular | A type of out-of home advertisement built to order and often designed with neon lights or moving parts. |
Target market | The particular group of customers a business seeks to attract. |
Telemarketing | Advertising medium grouped with "other" media that utilizes telephone service to promote a product either by phoning prospective customers or providing a number for them to call. |
Transit poster | A type of out-of-home advertisement found in various modes and locations of mass transportation. |