Advertising executes its task when it appends to propelling the consumer from one level to another in the communication field; cognizance of the product existence, knowledge of the features and advantages, balanced or arousing certainty of the benefits. Finally, this activity turns into sale. Advertising aim is to execute certain parts of communication job with greater economy, speed and volume.

Mail order advertising moves a prospect through the entire cycle of communication spectrum. It can shift a reader from unawareness to cash-in-advance or cash-on-delivery sale. In consumer package goods, advertising can carry the major part of the marketing communication work load; from awareness right up to action, i.e., products sold through self-service stores.

Advertising aims must be sloping around the communication process. Communication tasks are building up brand alertness, altering consumer thoughts, colligating pleasing ideas with products, and communicating customer about product dimensions and properties.

The elemental determination of advertising is to assist sale probability of a product or a service. Advertising as a promotional technique augments tendency to purchase, moving the prospect gradually towards the product to make a purchase decision. Of course, advertising is only one of several communication forces. It actuates the buyer through consecutive stages such as awareness, comprehension or recognition, conviction and action. Advertising objectives may be divided into four stages of commercial communication which are explained below: -