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JANUARY 2003












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Superbowl Ads: Apex or Anachronism?


Is the Super Bowl the apex of advertising or an anachronism?


Responses Number of
Responses
 
 Percentage
anachronism
72 32%
apex
59 26%
neither
51 22%
both
42 18%
don't know
4 2%
228



If you had $2.2 million for a 30-second ad on the Super Bowl,
what would be the primary rationale for making the buy?


Responses Number of
Responses
 
 Percentage
buzz
82 35%
wouldn't buy
38 16%
awareness
31 13%
image
29 13%
ego
14 6%
audience attentivenes
13 6%
sales
10 4%
pre-emption
4 2%
other
11 5%
232



Do you watch the Super Bowl primarily for the ads or for the football?


Responses Number of
Responses
 
 Percentage
football
110 47%
ads
100 44%
don't watch
19 9%
232



Of the following list of Super Bowl XXXVII advertisers, which do you admire as marketers? (choose as many as you like)


Responses Number of
Responses
 
 Percentage
Anheuser-Busch
141 16%
Pepsi
100 11%
FedEx
92 10%
Visa
90 10%
Gatorade
81 9%
Monster
52 6%
Levi's
46 5%
Sony Electronics
43 5%
Cadillac
34 4%
Hanes
26 3%
AT&T Wireless
22 2%
Chrysler
20 2%
Reebok
19 2%
White House Drugs
18 2%
Philip Morris
16 2%
Sony Pictures
16 2%
Quizno's
16 2%
Warner Bros.
15 2%
Touchstone
15 2%
Yahoo's HotJobs
12 1%
20th Century Fox
12 1%
Pfizer's Trident
5 .05%
Salton
4 .05%
MyFico.com
1 .001%
916




Of those not on the list, which do you most admire and why?





Do you work at:


Responses Number of
Responses
 
 Percentage
advertiser/marketer/brand
71 31%
ad agency
30 13%
promotion agency
12 5%
direct agency
4 2%
PR firm
9 4%
consulting firm
27 11%
marketing services company
33 14%
media firm
13 6%
retailer
10 4%
other
22 10%
231


Number of years in marketing?


Responses Number of
Responses
 
 Percentage
fewer than five
47 20%
5-10
53 23%
10-15
53 23%
more than 15
80 35%
Total
226


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