Chapter 14 Flashcards

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Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)

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Represents the promotion dimension of the four Ps; encompasses a variety of communication disciplines

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Sender

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The firm from which an IMC message originates; the sender must be clearly identified to the intended audience

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Deceptive Advertising

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A representation, omission, act, or practice in an advertisement that is likely to mislead consumers acting reasonably under the circumstances

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Transmitter

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An agent or intermediary with which the sender works to develop the marketing communications

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Encoding

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The process of converting the sender’s ideas into a message

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Communication Channel

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The medium that carries the message

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Receiver

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The person who processes the information contained in the message

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Decoding

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The receiver interprets the sender’s message

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Noise

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Any interference that stems from competing messages, a lack of clarity in the message, or a flaw in the medium; a problem for all communication channels

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Feedback Loop

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Allows the receiver to communicate with the sender and thereby informs the sender whether the message was received and decoded properly

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Objective-and-task method

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An IMC budgeting method that determines the cost required to undertake specific tasks to accomplish communication objectives

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Competitive Parity Method

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A method of determining a communications budget in which the firm’s share of the communication expenses is in line with its market share

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Percentage-of-sales method

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A method of determining a communications budget that is based on a fixed percentage of forecasted sales

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Affordable Method

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A method of determining a communications budget based on what is left over after other operating costs have been covered

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Unique Selling Proposition (USP)

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A strategy of differentiating a product by communicating its unique attributes

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Rational Appeal

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Helps consumers make purchase decisions by offering factual information and strong arguments that encourage consumers to evaluate the brand on the basis of benefits it provides

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Emotional Appeal

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Aims tp satisfy consumer’s emotional desires rather than their needs

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Media Planning

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The process of evaluating and selecting the media mix that will deliver a clear, consistent, competing message to the intended audience

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Media Mix

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The combination of the media used and the frequency of advertising in each medium

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Media Buy

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The purchase of airtime or print pages

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Mass Media

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Channels that are ideal for reaching large numbers of anonymous audience members

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Niche Media

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Channels that are used to reach narrow segments

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Advertising Schedule

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Specifies the timing and duration of advertising

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Continuous Advertising Schedule

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Runs steadily throughout the year and is suited to products/services that are consumed continually

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Flighting Advertising Schedule

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Implemented in spurts, with periods of heavy advertising followed by periods of no advertising

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Pulsing Advertising Schedule

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Combines the continuous and flighting schedules by maintaining a base level of advertising but increasing advertising intensity during certain periods

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Pretesting

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Assessments performed before an ad campaign is implemented to ensure that the various elements are working in a integrated fashion and doing what they are intended to do

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Tracking

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Includes monitoring key indicators, such as daily, or weekly sales volume, while the advertisement is running to shed light on any problems with the message or medium

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Post-testing

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The evaluation of an IMC campaign’s impact after it has been implemented

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Frequency

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Measure of how often the target audience is exposed to a communication within a specified period of time

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Reach

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Measure of consumers’ exposure to marketing communications

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Gross Rating Points (GRP)

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Measure used for various media advertising

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Gross Rating Points (GRP) Formula

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= Reach x Frequency

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Click-through tracking

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Measures how many times users click on banner advertising on websites

35
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Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

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Uses tools such as Google to increase the visibility of websites in search engine results

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Impressions

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The number of times an ad appears to a user

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Click-though rate (CTR)

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The number of times a user clicks on an ad divided by the number of impressions

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Return on Investment (ROI)

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Used to measure the benefit of an investment

= gain of investment/cost

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Advertising

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A paid form of communication from an identifiable source, delivered through a communication channel, and designed to persuade the receiver to take some action

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Personal Selling

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The two-way flow of communication between a buyer and a seller that is designed to influence the buyers purchase decision

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Sales promotions

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Special incentives that encourage the purchase of product/service

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Direct Marketing

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Communicates directly with target customers to generate a response or transaction

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Direct Mail/Email

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A targeted form of communication distributed to a prospective customer’s inbox

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Direct Response TV (DRTV)

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TV commercials with strong call to action

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Public Relations (PR)

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The organizational function that manages the firm’s communications to achieve a variety of objectives and maintaining positive relationships with the media

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Cause-related Marketing

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Commercial activity in which businesses and charities form partnership to make an image, product/service for their mutual benefit; a type of promotional campaign

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Event Sponsorship

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Popular PR tool, when corporations support various activities