Dr Max Sutherland is an author, columnist and marketing psychologist who works as an independent consultant in Australia and USA. An expert in the psychology of communication, his monthly column is posted on the web at [...] He is Adjunct Professor of Marketing at Bond University and Honorary Principal Research Fellow at Wollongong University. The highly successful company he co-founded specialized in tracking the effects of advertising communication for many of the leading global advertisers including Gillette, Merck, Kodak, McDonalds, Miller, Qantas, Nestle and Pfizer. He has published numerous papers in American, European and Australasian journals and serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Brand Management and the International Journal of Advertising.

Figures and tables, Acknowledgments, About the author, PART A: WHY ADVERTISING HAS REMAINED A MYSTERY FOR SO LONG, Introduction, 1: Infuencing people: myths and mechanisms, 2: Image and reality: seeing things in different ways, 3: Subliminal advertising: the biggest myth of all, 4: Conformity: the popular thing to do, 5: The advertising message: oblique and indirect, 6: 'Under the radar': paid product placement, 7: Silent symbols and badges of identity, 8: Vicarious experience and virtual reality, 9: Messages, reminders and rewards: how ads speak to us, 10: What's this I'm watching? The elements that make up an ad, 11: 'Behavioural targeting': consumers in the crosshairs, 12: The limits of advertising, PART B: WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T, AND WHY, Introduction, 13: Continuous tracking: are you being followed?, 14: New product launches: don't pull the plug too early, 15: Planning campaign strategy around consumers' mental filing cabinets, 16: What happens when you stop advertising?, 17: The effectiveness of funny ads: what a laugh!, 18: Learning to use shorter-length TV commercials, 19: Seasonal advertising, 20: Underweight advertising: execution anorexia, 21: Why radio ads aren't recalled, 22: Maximizing ad effectiveness: develop a unique and consistent style, 23: Sequels, 24: Corporate tracking of image and issues, 25: The web: advertising in a new age, 26: 'Mental reach': they see your ad but does it get through?, 27: Measurement of advertising effects in memory, 28: The buy-ology of mind, 29: Conclusion, Appendix: How to prompt ad awareness, Notes, Index