Chapter 17-19 Flashcards
Institutional advertising
promotes organizational images, ideas and political issues
Advocacy advertising
promotes a company’s position on a public issue
Product advertising
promotes the uses, features and benefits of products
Two types of product advertising
pioneer advertising: tries to stimulate demand for a product category rather than a specific brand
competitive advertising: tries to stimulate demand for a specific brand
Three types of competitive advertising
comparative advertising: compares the sponsored brand with one or more identified brands
reminder advertising: used to remind consumers about a brand’s uses, benefits etc
reinforcement advertising: assures users they chose the right brand
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN
1: find target audience
2: determine advertising objectives
3: determine platform
4: advertising appropriation: budget for a specific time period
5: media plan: specifies media vehicles to be used - reach the largest number of people
6: advertising message
7: execution
8: evaluation
Step 4: Appropriation
objective-and-task approach: budgeting by determining objectives and calculating those costs
percent-of-sales: multiplying the firm’s past and expected sales by a standard percent
competition-matching: determining a budget by trying to match competitor’s
arbitrary approach: budgeting for a campaign as specified by a high-level executive in the firm
Step 5: Media plan
media schedules:
continuous: ad runs at a constant level
flighting: ad runs for periods of time, alternating with times where the ad stops
pulsing: combines continuous and flighting
Step 8: Evaluation
pretest: eval of ads before the campaign begins
consumer jury: panel who pretests ads
posttest: eval after the campaign
PR
communication efforts used to create and maintain relations
Consumer-oriented sales promotions
sampling: in-store, events, on package
Couponing: most popular sales promo technique
premiums: offering an item either free or at a low price
Contests, sweepstakes, refunds, loyalty programs, event sponsorships
Price
value paid for a product
Barter
trading of products - oldest form of exchange
cost based methods
costs calculated on a per unit basis
competition based methods
price is an issue to match or beat competitors
value based methods
set prices according to the perceived or estimated value of a product or service
Odd pricing method
odd prices may be so traditional that sellers are afraid to round them off
marginal analysis
examines what happens to a firm’s costs and revenues when production changes by one unit
Fixed costs
costs that do not vary with changes in the number of units sold