Advertising

Ramesh Sapru | Creative Strategist | Various Creative Assignments

What is Advertising?

You may be curious about a Career in Advertising. Internet is brimming with pages on How to get into Advertising, while one should first understand What is a Career in Advertising. The internet is a great source of information on Advertising, but it is second best to learning about the same from a real professional.

Creative Strategist Ramesh Sapru has 35 years & 3 months of professional experience in Advertising. Creative Strategist Ramesh Sapru outlines Advertising as:

Advertising is how you communicate value of a product to the end user.

How Creative Strategist Ramesh Sapru got into Advertising?

After completing B A from DAV, PGDBA from Board of Technical Education, Delhi and Ad Man Diploma from Mumbai, I started Advertising in 1983 in Mumbai as a copywriter.

Creative Strategist Ramesh Sapru's Talk on Advertising

Starts with what is:
1)	Advertising

Next, it covers Education. It is easy to Google information about what Qualifications are needed to enter Advertising, this Talk went a step ahead to talk about the body of knowledge one needs to develop to excel at Advertising. It defines Education in terms of following items for Advertising:
2)	Classic and Contemporary Literature
3)	General Awareness
4)	Marketing
5)	Software Tools
6)	Industry Knowledge

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. 90% success in Advertising depends on Skills. It is crucial to understand these. It details these topics within Skills for Advertising:
7)	Creative Writing
8)	Empathy
9)	Language Skills
10)	Communication
11)	SWOT

Positives of Advertising are quite interesting. These are the Positives of Advertising:
12)	Monetary Potential
13)	Diversity in Specialization
14)	Chisels Creative Skills
15)	Flexi Timings
16)	Increased Visibility
17)	Help Decision Management

Challenges define Advertising as much as the Positives of the same:
18)	Scarcity of Skilled Manpower
19)	Innate Pre Qualifications
20)	Plagiarism
21)	Market Research
22)	Moral Judgements

In the final section of the Talk, Ramesh Sapru talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
23)	Advertisement

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Links for this Talk

Creative Strategist Ramesh Sapru's LifePage:

[LifePage]
https://www.lifepage.in/page/rameshsapru

LifePage Career Talk on Advertising

[Career]
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/advertising

[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20161208-0001

[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAxQi_-hbf4

(Advertising, Ramesh Sapru, Various Creative Assignments, Branding, Marketing, Business Management, Promotion, Digital Marketing, Fine Arts)

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