chapter 16 exam review Flashcards

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coordination of promotion and other marketing efforts for maximum informational and persuasive impact; fosters long-term relationships and efficient use of promotional resources; coordinating multiple marketing tools to produce this synergistic effect requires a marketer to employ a broad perspective

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Integrated marketing communications

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why is IMC (integrated marketing communications) increasingly accepted

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consistent message to the customers 
coordinate/ manage promotional efforts 
synchronization of promotional elements 
use more precisely targeted promotional tools 
use of database marketing 
protect consumer privacy
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3
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a sharing of meaning through the transmission of information

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communication

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4
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a person, group, or organization that decodes a coded message

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source

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5
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the individual, group, or organization that decodes a coded message

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Receiver

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6
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converting meaning into a series of signs or symbols

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code process( encoding)

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7
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converting signs and symbols into concepts and ideas

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Decoding Process

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8
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anything that reduces communication’s clarity and accuracy

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noise

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9
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receiver’s response to a decoded message

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feedback

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10
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the limit on the volume of information a channel can handle effectively

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channel limit

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11
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communications that builds and maintains favorable relationships by informing and persuading one or more audiences to view an organization positively and to accept its products

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Promotion

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12
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List the 8 objectives of promotion

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  1. Create awareness
  2. stimulate demand
  3. encourage product trial
  4. identify prospects
  5. retain loyal customers
  6. facilitate reseller support
  7. combat competitive promotional efforts
  8. reduce sales fluctuations
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13
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awareness is crucial to initiating the product adoption process for new products
for existing products, promotional efforts create increased awareness of brands, product features, image-related issues, or operational characteristics

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  1. Create Awareness
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14
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primary demand, pioneer promotion, and selective demand are all ways to:

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  1. Stimulate demand
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15
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demand for a product category rather than a specific brand

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Primary demand

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16
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a way to stimulate primary demand: promotion that informs consumers about a new product

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Pioneer Promotion

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17
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demand for a specific brand

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Specific demand

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18
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if customers stall in the evaluation stage, marketers can use methods to encourage product trial in order to move them to product adoption
trial techniques include free samples and coupons

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3.Encourage product trial

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19
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some promotional efforts aim to locate and identify customers who are interested in the firm’s products and are most likely to buy
techniques include direct-response information form and toll-free number

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  1. identify Prospects
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20
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The primary goal of marketing is to maintain long-term customer relationships; keeping current customers is less costly than acquiring new customers
retention techniques include frequent-user programs and special offers to existing customers

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  1. Retain loyal customers
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21
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strong relationships with resellers are important to an organization’s ability to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage
various promotional methods help achieve this goal

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  1. Facilitate reseller support
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22
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promotional activities may aim to offset or lessen the effect of a competitor’s promotional and marketing activities
this type of promotional activity does not necessarily increase sales or market share

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  1. Combat competitive promotional efforts
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a business cannot operate at peak efficiency when sales fluctuate widely; holidays and seasonal products
promotional activities are often designed to stimulate sales during slumps

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8.Reduce sales fluctuations

24
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What are the 4 elements of the Promotion Mix

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Advertising, personal selling, public relations, sales promotion

25
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a paid nonpersonal communication about an organization and its products transmitted to a target audience through mass media
highly flexible and can reach large or small audiences depending on need

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advertising

26
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a paid personal communication that seeks to inform customers and persuade them to purchase products in an exchange situation

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Personal Selling

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3 types of interpersonal communication

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kinesic, proxemic, tactile

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body language, communicating through movement of head, eyes, arms, hands, legs, and torso

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Kinesic

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communicating by varying the physical distance between two parties in face-to-face interactions

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proxemic

30
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communicating through touching

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Tactile

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a broad set of communication efforts used to create/maintain favorable relationships between organization and stakeholders

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Public relations

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a non-personal communication in a news-story form about an organization, its products, or both

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Publicity

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activities or materials that act as a direct inducement, offering added value or incentive for the product to resellers, salespeople, or customers

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Sales promotion

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often drives what promotional elements are chosen; small target markets often rely on personal selling

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Size

35
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dispersed customers often rely more on heavily on advertising

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Geographic distribution

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age, income, education, etc. will affect consumers’ media consumption patterns and are important considerations when developing the promotion mix

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demographic characteristics

37
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personal selling and sales promotion

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business products concentrate on

38
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convenience goods =advertising
durables and expensive products= personal selling
both= public relations

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consumer products concentrate on

39
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have higher expenses but low cost per individual

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national advertising/ sales promotion

40
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can be difficult because lack of promotional channels

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international promotion

41
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is dependent on recruiting and hiring qualified salespeople

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Personal selling

42
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promoting a product to the next institution down the marketing channel

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Push policy

43
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promoting a product directly to consumers with the intention to develop strong consumer demand for products

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Pull policy

44
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personal, informal exchanges of communication that customers share with one another about products, brands, or companies

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Word-of- mouth (WOM) communications

45
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an attempt to incite publically and public excitement surrounding a product through a creative event. ex: shark week

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Buzz marketing

46
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a strategy to get consumers to share a marketer’s message, often through email or online video, in a way that spreads dramatically and quickly

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Viral marketing

47
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a form of advertising that strategically locates products or product promotions with entertainment media to reach a product’s target market

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Product Placement

48
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some are, but not all promotion should be condemned

laws, government regulation, and industry self-regulation have helped decrease deceptive promotion

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is promotion deceptive?

49
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if promotion is working to stimulate demand, producing and marketing larger quantities can actually help reduce prices

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Does promotion increase prices?

50
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marketing does not create needs but makes consumers aware of needs they already have

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does promotion create needs?

51
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marketers assert that values are instilled at home and promotion does not change people into materialistic consumers

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does promotion encourage materialism?

52
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promotions inform customers about a product’s uses, features, advantages, prices, or purchase locations

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does promotion help customers without costing too much?

53
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defenders argue that, as long as it is legal to sell a product, promoting it should be allowed

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should potentially harmful products be promoted?