Different approaches to advertisements in the US and UK

The field of advertising has changed massively in the last decade. Advertising, which was earlier very local has now become global and appeals to the masses on a universal level. However, there still is a difference of perception from one place to another. What might work in your country will probably not garner the same results in another country. 

There has also been a change in the way viewers interact with advertisements. Advertisers have had to evolve their approach in order to appeal to the people because now most people have and utilize the option to skip and fast forward advertisements, unlike earlier years when we were forced to watch them if we wanted to watch any show. Similarly, what works in the truly open-minded United States, might not work in the UK, where the people are a little more conservative. 

While US marketers employ humor to make an impact with their advertisements, UK advertisements are more about storytelling and taking the viewers on a whole new journey. The US uses much more aggressive marketing where there is a focus on the “buy now” approach.

While the US market might just be the most competitive market in the world, advertisements have now become boring and repetitive to most, so they prefer informative, straight to the point adverts while the UK prefers drama driven narrative adverts. In the UK, a subtler type of advertising is preferred where the product being suggested or introduced is incorporated in the daily life of the people while people in the US often have a preference towards the flare for dramatics and exaggeration. 

Advertising merely reflects what society wants and desires and these needs vary from one society to another. In the US people seem to be more convinced with a celebrity spokesperson representing a brand or product while in the UK people perfect normal mundane people as the face of brands which suggest a lifestyle that is more familiar to everyday people.