Elio Keko

Personalized Advertising: the Death of the Salesman Elio Keko

As a result of constant and overwhelming exposure to the modern consumer, traditional advertising has endured intense scrutiny due to its intrusive nature. It has therefore become necessary to be innovative in enticing and involving the consumer. Personalized advertising is a recently developed platform that can revolutionize the manner in which individuals are approached and in turn lead to a paradigm shift in the way advertising is developed. This paper presents the cutting-edge approach of personalization in interactive media utilizing a format which draws upon information such as demographics, psychographics, personal preferences, consumer clustering, and new opportunities in mobile space to create an advertisement targeted and tailored to individual consumers. In this context, this paper will initially discuss issues related to the provision and implementation of personalized advertising in mediums such as the Web, digital TV and mobile phones. Subsequently,personal research conducted via a statistical survey will analyze and comprehend the consumer's attitude towards this development.