This research paper discusses the importance of improving advertising in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia’s advertising industry is struggling with lack of improvement, specialization, and qualified workers. Advertisement is one of the most significant majors we need youngsters to join, for it has a lot of benefits. Saudi Arabia does not spend a lot on the advertisement industry, because it is mostly limited to the local media. Companies see no need for advertising agencies because most of the media is local. I chose this topic because I would like to see Saudi Arabia rise as a country and in order to see that we have to improve the advertising industry. Multinational businesses in Saudi Arabia started to become aware of the importance of advertisement, …show more content…
"Saudi Arabia has been and still is of growing importance. Being the biggest country in the Arabian Peninsula its role in world trade is more significant"(Advertising In Saudi Arabia, 2014). Saudi Arabia has been the main and leading oil producer and exporter in the world.Unfortunately, although a great deal has been written in recent times about Saudi oil wealth, little information is available on advertising in the Saudi market. "..... advertising grew naturally out of the social, economic and commercial development which took place at an earlier stage in our history" (Nevett, T.R.1982). It 's on our newspapers, television programs, billboards, and busses etc. Advertising is all-around us, it’s a part of our everyday life. Advertising has been defined by the American Marketing Association 's Committee as "any paid form of nonpersonal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods or services by an identified sponsor." (2012). Based on a survey conduct in Dhahran Ahliyya Schools, 53 % of the students believe that ads make them aware of a product/ service they didn 't know about. 33% of students said they help them compare prices and save money. The survey shows how some are benefiting from the advertising around them. As of now Saudi Arabia does not spend enough on the advertising industry, improving it leads to a better economy, helps in creating an open minded society, and helps to discover youngsters '
However, advertising has only been a major component of the American business scene for the past hundred years. It was during this time in the 1920s that the ad industry saw a major boom that launched it into prominence on the American stage as a crucial part of
Arzanagh and Danaei, (2013) confirmed that there is a considerable relationship among the advertisements and consumer’s attention, interest, desire, and action when the significance level is controlled to one percent. Arzanagh and Danaei , (2013) also found out a specific correlation between the four different factors of attention, interest, desire and action (Arzanagh & Danaei, 2013) Arzanagh and Danaei, (2013) observed that advertisements on TV has the upper hand in all other advertising methods on getting attention of the consumer, billboard advertising have the second place and lastly comes paper advertisement (magazine and newspaper) which is the least effective method to for gaining attention of the customer (Arzanagh & Danaei, 2013). Arzanagh and Danaei, (2013) surveyed that for attracting buyers’
Further, the larger United Arab Emirates has over 8 million people, making it favourable for business,
Advertising has been around for decades and has been the center point for buyers by different subjects peaking different audience’s interests. Advertisers make attempts to strengthen the implied and unequivocal messages in trying to manipulate consumers’ decisions. Jib Fowles wrote an article called “Advertising’s Fifteen Basic Appeals,” explaining where he got his ideas about the appeals, from studying interviews by Henry A. Murray. Fowles gives details and examples on how each appeal is used and how advertisements can “form people’s deep-lying desires, and picturing states of being that individuals privately yearn for” (552). The minds of human beings can be influenced by many basic needs for example, the need for sex, affiliation, nurture,
Its aim is to delivering some value to the customers so they purchase or sell goods and/or services. Advertising, however is one of many tools used in marketing to reach and inform consumers. Of the four P’s in the marketing mix, advertising falls under ‘promotion’. Some other marketing tools are public relations, sales promotions, directing marketing and personal selling. There are various types of advertisements, among them political, public service, retail and directory.
Effective advertising is also being used in order to promote its
POLICY POINT PAPER FOR PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU ISSUE: Under the previous Harper government, the Canadian government brokered a $15-billion deal to sell weaponized armoured vehicles manufactured in Ontario to Saudi Arabia. Does this deal align with Canada’s “principled” foreign policy, and how should the new Trudeau government proceed with the deal without hurting Saudi Arabian relations and its own reputation in human rights? BACKGROUND: Saudi Arabia is Canada’s second largest export market in the Middle East. Exports in 2014 were valued at $1.2 billion mainly in vehicles, equipment and mechanical/ electrical production. Canada imports more than twice that amount- the majority in mineral production.
Strengths: The major strength of The kingdom of Saudi Arabia relies heavily on its strategic location. As it is the birthplace of prophet Mohammed and the birth of Islam, it has great antiques and history that is appreciated by Arabs, Muslims and everyone around the world, as the history of the Arab peninsula goes back to more than 1400 years. This provides tons of historic information and antiques that will attract tourists around the world. Another strength is the constant visits from Muslims throughout the year, which will motivate the Saudi government to be on a constant road to development to provide ease for visitors when performing religious rituals.
For understanding the market and country the best way is the PEST where, Political, Economic, Social and Technology analysis. Nanette Bulger has said "There are political, environmental and social issues that are very different from country to country, so you must understand the comprehensive intertwined dynamics of the market you 're in and how the dynamics of one market may affect that market as well as another," Reference. When moving country to country a company may reveal what kind of barriers are there on foreign market, but its company’s ability to produce various products which holds current market share and future market of the country. United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stable political environment. Government structure of UAE is immature and dynastic in nature.
Food advertising to children is a controversial issue that is considered as a source of attention to many investigators and analysts due to its influential impact on children’s food choices and parents buying behavior. Food advertising is the primary type of advertising that people go through on a daily basis. Nowadays, the industry of food advertising is growing enormously in the middle east region and Malaysia as a result of the huge amount of food advertisements, especially junk food ads that reach people directly and indirectly through various mediums that deliver advertising contents to the audience. Children and youth are the main target audience for fast food advertisers, mainly because of their purchasing influence, exposure to TV and
However, choosing the appropriate technology is essential to the success of the advertising industry because different markets prefer different ways of conveying information. The use of applications in phones or e-commerce to order goods and services all over the world may be appropriate to a certain market, but media may be appropriate to an illiterate market (Porter, 1998). The development of smart phones is also an added advantage to the development of marketing activities in the advertising industries. For instance, in Singapore China the Taxi industry uses the application in the smart phones to access the consumers. Although the media are one of the appropriate medium to convey the adverts to the consumers,
(Niazi et al 2012) A survey was conducted on effective advertisement and how it impacts consumers buying behaviour. This brought an outcome that advertising is one of the most effective tool to attract consumers positively towards the product. When a consumer gets emotionally attracted towards the product, he tries his best be use and try the product at least once. When the purchasing power of a consumer changes, it affects the purchasing level too side by side.
Literature review Advertising has become a form of communication and a great source for promoting services and products for any business in the whole market because of its broader impact. The main idea of an advertisement is to get the attention of the consumers, build up the product’s strong image in their mind and provide information to help the consumer to make a purchase decision. So, the central focus in today’s diverse global marketplace is the consumer. Companies exert a lot of effort to find out the best ingredients that should be in an effective advertising and identifying its influence on the consumer’s mind, so effective advertising should be considered as one of the most important tools that strongly affect and can change the consumer’s buying behavior. The research attempts to investigate the impact of effective advertising on the consumer’s buying behavior.
Bahrain is located at the heart of the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC market, which makes Bahrain the most suitable location to meet the increasing demand of GCC countries for manufactured goods (Cho & et al, 2013). For example: inexpensive housing much in demand: there is considerable demand for affordable housing. For example; huge pressure from abroad on the shipping and export companies in Bahrain because of Bahrain 's strategic location in land, air and sea freight.
there exists a preferential bias for Saudi nationals in matters of employment and business. There has been a tremendous growth in GDP due to rise in revenues from oil as a quarter of the world 's oil reserves are in Saudi Arabia. There is a demand for taking measures and effective implementation towards environment regulations. The identification of major weaknesses and the government’s measures for them is helping towards the transformation of Saudi Arabia into a developed nation with a diversification of