Advertising, Promotions, and PR in detail Flashcards
Sales promotion
programs designed to create short-term bursts in sales, encourage a trial of new product, stimulate sales of existing product, or build interest
trade promotions
between companies in a distribution center
cooperative advertising, merchandising and case allowances, trade shows, promotional items, and POP
cooperative advertising
manufacturer pays a portion of the local retail advertising
Best Buy and Canon each pay half for advertising
Merchandising and case allowances
special deals that manufacturers give to wholesalers/retailers to get them to buy more at a time
dangers: forward-buying people buy ahead of time so they might not come back for a while, and diverting
trade shows
for B2B, the manufacturer can showcase products
promotional items
products emblazoned with logos to be given away
POP display
point-of-purchase display
checkout counter at grocery story
All sales promotions have
restrictions
time, amount
price-based consumer sales promotion
coupons, price deals, refunds and rebates, frequency/loyalty/continuity programs, special bonus packs
attention-getting consumer promotion
contests, sweepstakes, premiums, samplings, point-of-purchase promotion, cross-promotion
Promotions are a ____ to the company
cost
Concerns about promotions
diluting brand equity
creating sales promotion “traps”-IDK
temporary effect is not worth the cost to run and the low margin volume obtained
stealing from future sales
cannibalizes full margin sales from loyal customers
Public Relations
communication function that builds good relationships with an organization’s public, including customers, stockholders, legislators, and other firm stakeholders
“If you do something good, then talk about it.”
publicity
unpaid communication, like stories in the news, about and organization and its products
PR is responsible for creating _____ plans in the event of _____
crisis management
unfavorable events
PR Objectives
introducing new products to manufacturers, retailers, and consumers
influencing government legislation through lobbying or speech writing
enhancing a firm’s image, corporate identity, corporate branding, institutional focus, word of mouth
showcasing a firm’s involvement in the community, corporate social responsibility
corporate identity: corporate branding, institutional advertising
internal PR for employees
improving and/or maintaining investor relations
Press releases consist of
timely topics, research project stories, consumer info releases, media relationship sponsorships, special events
can also serve as internal PR for employees: employee of the month
Advertising
the image of marketing
Non personal communication (paid for by an identified sponsor) that uses mass media to persuade or inform the targeted audience
Ad Campaign Development Steps
- Identify Target Audience
- Set ad objectives
- Budget
- Convey the message
- Media Strategy
- Create Ad
- Assess impact
- Identify Target Audience
Getting inside the customer’s head can help marketers understand how the product fits in the users’ lives
segmentation, targeting and positioning
- Set ad objectives
inform, persuade, remind
product or institutional focus
hierarchy of effects
push/pull
product advertising
advertising for a specific product
institutional advertising
corporate message that focuses on activities, personality, or point-of-view of a company
“philosophy of doing business”, advocacy advertising, employment
HP photos
non-profit
Trade Association
primary demand
ads designed to generate demand for an entire industry or product category
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