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First newspaper of the world
The first newspaper of the world was called "Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien" -
The first magazine of the world
The first magazine of the world was called "Erbauliche Monaths Unterredungen" -
First Oxford Gazette
The Oxford Gazette was published in London as one of the official newspaper of the British government records -
The first continuously published newspaper
John Campbell began distributing the Boston News-Letter, the first continuously published newspaper in the United States -
First advertisment appeared in the Boston News-Letter
One of the first advertisements appeared in Boston News-Letter. It was a real estate ad selling a plantation in Oyster Bay, Long Island. -
The first issue of Gentelman's Magazine
The first issue of Gentelman's Magazine was published in London, the first general interest magazine in the world. -
The Scots Magazine was published for the first time
The Scots Magazine was published for the first time, the oldest magazine in the world still in publication -
The first advertising agency was founded
The first advertising agency was founded by William Taylor and existed until the late 1980s as White Bull Holmes in London -
The date when advertising truly entered the media
Another important date to remember in the history of advertising is June 16, 1836. This os the date when advertising truly entered the media. -
The first advertising agency in the United States
The first advertising agency in the United States was founded by Robert Palmer, the son of a newspaper editor who considered himself an advertising agent.j -
Palmer bought large amounts of space in various newspaper
Palmer bought large amounts of space in various newspaper at a reduced price and then resold itat higher prices to advertisers. -
Advertising was oficially defined
Advertising was oficially defined as "any means of communication intended to make known a good, product, or service and to incite the public to aquire it". -
First direct mail campaign
Sears was the first company to focus more on direct advertising when they launched their first direct mail
campaign. The company posted more than eight thousand postcards that generated two thousand
new orders. This encouraged other organizations to allocate more advertising budgets. -
First radio advertising
Radio advertising was launched and was a big hit, allowing
businesses to convey their unique selling propositions directly to consumers.
Advertisers started paying radio stations to broadcast advertisements to their
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First television commercial airing
Radio ads were then followed by TV advertising, with the first television commercial airing. Bulova
Watch Company aired the first TV commercial, which was ten seconds long and seen by 4,000 people in New
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First online display ad
The first online display ad was created when advertisers created a banner ad to drive customers to
website landing pages. Although brands faced numerous challenges initially, the launch of web services provider Yahoo paved an easier path for all the advertisers. Yahoo pioneered the pay-per-click ads model to attract advertisers. Pay-per-click ads helped advertisers effectively invest their budget because they only pay when viewers clicked on the ad. -
First mobile ad
The first mobile ad was introduced to consumers in early 2000. Mobile ads are advertisements of a unique shape, size, and format exclusively tailored for mobile devices. These ads reached out to customers via short message service (SMS) and redirected them to the brand's website. This encouraged brands to come up with strategies that supported mobile marketing. -
YouTube introduces video ads
Google acquired
YouTube, introducing video ads to businesses. Now, YouTube has one of the highest viewer rates. -
Facebook introduce de ads
Facebook penetrated the ad market with more than 2.2 billion users. Social media marketing came into existence, motivating other social destinations like Orkut and Twitter to adopt and adapt. -
Instagram introduces ads
Facebook bought Instagram and Instagram ads were launched.