Brand Engagement and Creative Digital Advertising: A Case Study of Galo Portuguese Brand

Advertising has evolved over the decades. Knowing consumers are increasingly avoiding advertisements, creating campaigns that attract attention and stay in memory is essential. Advertisers’ main goal is to get closer to consumers, generating visibility, attractiveness, and engagement with the brand. Furthermore, this topic has aroused the academy's interest, and studies show the importance of advertising and its connection with brand engagement. Thus, this study (n = 244) was carried out through a research model, tested through the PLS-SEM methodology, which showed that informativeness, narrative structure and narrative transportation have effects on brand engagement and advertising stimulation play a mediating role in this relationship. Therefore, it is suggested that brands create video ads with information and relevant structures to attract consumers that consider themselves part of these ads.