State Farm Ad Analysis Essay

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State Farm’s ad in Time magazine (December 2015) accurately targets young well educated adults who are in a professional job. State Farm’s ad is a picture of a professional looking mother and her kids getting into they’re grey van. The grey van is split in half and the right side is missing. The other half of the van is replaced with the right side of a RV. Outside the RV an older looking woman and her husband are camping out. In white letters cut out of a red block. It says “INSURE YOU NOW” (Pg. 43). That phrase is over the mother and her kids. Over the RV and older woman it says “ENSURE YOUR FUTURE” (Pg. 43). State Farm’s ad reaches toward young, well educated, professional looking adults. The ad does this magnificently through color, layout, …show more content…

Firstly there are many colors that have many different hidden meanings in the ad. This paper will talk about the meanings of the colors white, red, and grey. These three colors meanings and why they are placed were they are in the ad. The ad’s layout is also well done, and precise laid out. The paper will use a list that tells what makes an ad layout exquisite. The writing of the ad is impeccable. There are three reasons why the State Farm ad’s writing is extravagant. State Farms ad meets these requirements and many more.
State Farm’s ad in Time magazine (December 2015) accurately targets young well educated adults who are in a professional job. State Farm does this through color, layout, and wording. All of the many colors in the world have different effects, and meanings. State Farm uses the color white to show safety in their ad. The first important color the ad uses is white. The color white is like all colors, except in its meaning. The color white means purity, …show more content…

The first essential thing to an ad is to have you logo on it. Angela West writer of ‘5 tips on How to Write a Killer Slogan’ says the logo will promote brand identity (1). The young well educated, professional adults have probably seen a State Farm commercials with J. K. Simmons. The logo of State Farm will be familiar sight with the young professional adults. This is good for State Farm because the reader will with no doubt read the ad due to them being familiar with the State Farm logo. Second State Farm then keeps it simple with their logo ‘INSURE YOUR NOW, ENSURE YOUR FUTURE’. Most young, professional, well-educated adults are busy with life. If an ad had a long slogan most people would not read it; due to the time it would take. West says you should keep the slogan short, simple, and words like ‘olfactory’ should be avoided (3). State Farm fallows this by keeping it short with 6 words. The ad is also simple, by saying if you insure with them you will be safe in the future. The final critical thing to do in the wording of an add is not to sound pushy or over sealing it. West says “this is a fine line to walk because you still want to present the idea of quality product without coming off as being too pushy” (5). State Farm does not do this in their ad. The ad doesn’t try to force feeding you information on what they will do to help you have a good retirement. The ad by State Farm has good writing in their

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