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History of Advertising

By oscarllaque
  • Period: 100 to

    Pre 1700's

  • Used signs with pictures of items
    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.
  • Town criers would tell people who, what and where someone was selling.
    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

  • First Newspaper Ad

    First Newspaper Ad

    First newspaper was in the Boston News- Letter.
  • Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine.

    Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine.

    It is the first magazine to be able to print the first american magazine ads.
  • Period: to

    The 1800s

  • First Ad Agency

    First Ad Agency

    It is opened by Volney Palmer in the city of Philadelphia.
  • first full-time advertising copywriter is hired!

    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
  • Period: to

    The 1900s

  • W.K. Kellogg places his first ads for Corn Flakes

    W.K. Kellogg places his first ads for Corn Flakes

    His ads start in six midwestern newspapers.
  • Life publishes its first edition!

    Life publishes its first edition!

    It soon becomes the first magazine to spend $100 million in advertising every year.
  • Period: to

    Present

  • Youtube starts putting ads on viedo

    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

    Facebook updates ads to appeal to soical media

    Its new advertising style Facebook is becoming more like Google’s ad strategy to social media.