Chapter 15 Flashcards
1
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What is Promotion
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- One of the four elements of the marketing mix
The communication link between sellers and buyers for the purpose of influencing, informing, or persuading a potential buyer’s purchasing decision
2
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What are the four Promotion Mix categories?
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- Ads
- Public Relations
- Personal Selling
- Sales Promotion
3
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What is Ad?
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- is a paid, non-personal communication about an organization and its products transmitted to a target audience through mass media
4
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What is a Personal Selling?
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- is a paid, personal communication that seeks to inform customers and persuade them to purchase products in an exchange situation.
5
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What is a Public Relations?
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- Basically it tells a story of a brand, it shapes the image of the product
6
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What is Sales Promotion?
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- is an activity or material that acts as a direct inducement offering added value or incentive for the product to re-sellers
7
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What is Integrated Marketing Communications?
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- Coordination of promotion and marketing efforts
for maximum impact.
8
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What are the goals of IMC?
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- Consistent
- Coordinated
- Complementary
- Continuity
9
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What is Consistent?
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- Consistent message to customers
10
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What is Coordinated?
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- Coordinate/manage promotional efforts to be logically connected
11
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What is complementary?
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- Synchronization to create a greater overall campaign
12
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What is Continuity?
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- Use more precisely targeted promotional tools over time
13
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What are the 2 general Promo Strategies?
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- Push and Pull Policy
14
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What is Push Policy? and what is Push Money also referred as? and what is it?
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- The producer promotes the product to wholesalers, the wholesalers promote it to retailers, and the retailers promote it to consumers.
- Push money: also known as “spiffs”. An extra commission paid to retail employees to push products
15
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What is Pull Policy? and EX
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- Promoting a product directly to consumers to develop strong demand that pulls products through the marketing channel.
- Children’s toys. The companies reach the customer directly