CH13: Integrated Marketing Campaigns Flashcards
integrated marketing communications (IMC)
an approach to managing a communication campaign through a coordinated use of different communication tools that work in concert and reinforce one another to enable the company to achieve its strategic goals
horizontal integration
coordinating all relevant marketing actions with the communication campaign to achieve maximum customer impact
vertical integration
aligning communication objectives with the higher-level goals that guide the company’s overarching marketing strategy
internal integration
sharing the relevant information from different departments with the communication team to create an effective and cost-efficient campaign
external integration
coordinating a company’s communication activities with those of external collaborators
the 6 Cs of communications integration
- coverage
- contribution
- commonality
- complementarity
- conformability
- cost
coverage
the proportion of the audience reached by each communication option employed, as well as the amount of overlap among those options
contribution
the inherent ability of a marketing communication to elicit the desired response from consumers, and to exert communication effects on them, in the absence of exposure to any other communication option
commonality
the extent to which common associations are reinforced across communication options
complementarity
emphasizing different associations and linkages across communication options
conformability
the extent to which a marketing communication option works for consumers who are either new to or familiar with the message
cost
financial outlay to produce the marketing communication
advertising
any presentation and promotion of ideas, goods, services, and brands by an identified sponsor using paid media
strengths of TV advertising
- vividly demonstrate product attributes and consumer benefits
- portray user and usage imagery, brand personality, etc.
- tap a captive audience during live programming
drawbacks of TV advertising
- message and brand may be overlooked
- lots of clutter
- relatively expensive