CHAPTER 7 Flashcards

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is the most visible or audible form of marketing activities.

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COMMUNICATION

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Through communications, marketers explain and promote the value proposition their firm is ____

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OFFERING

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It should be used intelligently in conjunction with other marketing efforts for maximizing value.

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COOMUNICATION

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4
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must be viewed with a broader perspective than just media, advertising, public relations, social media and professional salespeople.

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COMMUNICATIONS

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in one form or another, is essential to a company’s success

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MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

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6
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represent important ways to add value to a product.

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INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION

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7
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THE 5 ‘W’S MODEL FOR MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING

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Who is our target audience?
What do we need to communicate and achieve?
How should we communicate this?
Where should we communicate this?
When should the communication take place?

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8
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not usually known in advance

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PROSPECTS

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It is a potential customer qualified to fit certain criteria outlined by a company based on its business offerings.

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PROSPECTS

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Employ a traditional communications mix, consisting of elements such as media advertising, online advertising, public relations, and use of purchased lists for direct mail or telemarketing.

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PROSPECTS

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11
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existing target audience.

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USERS

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Reach by cross or up-selling efforts by frontline employees, point of sale, promotions, other information distributed during service encounters, and location-based mobile apps.

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USERS

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13
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Secondary audience

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EMPLOYEES

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14
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A well-designed communications campaign through public media targeted at customers can also be motivating for employees.

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EMPLOYEES

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15
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SPECIFYING SERVICE COMMUNICATION OBJECTIVES(WHAT)

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a.STRATEGIC SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS OBJECTIVES
b.TACTICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS OBJECTIVES

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16
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Include building a service brand, and positioning it and its service products against competition.

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a.STRATEGIC SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS OBJECTIVES

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Companies use marketing communications to persuade target customers that their service product offers the best solution to meet those customers’ needs, relative to the offerings of competing firms.

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a.STRATEGIC SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS OBJECTIVES

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18
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Communication efforts serve not only to attract new users but also to maintain contact with an organization’s existing customers and build relationships with them

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a.STRATEGIC SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS OBJECTIVES

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19
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Relate to shaping and managing customer’s perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior in any of the three stages of the service consumption process.

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b.TACTICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS OBJECTIVES

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20
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aligned to the Attention-Interest-Desire-Action (AIDA) and Hierarchy of Effects models.

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SERVICE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS FUNNEL

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21
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AIDA stands for?

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Awareness, Interest, Desire, and Action,

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22
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developed almost a century ago, and holds that persuasion to buy a product occurs over time

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AIDA

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23
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explains how customers move from cognitive (awareness), to affective (Interest and desire) to behavioral (Action) responses.

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AIDA

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24
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is used to set up a structured series of advertising message objectives for a particular product, to build upon each successive objective until a sale is ultimately made.

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HIERARCH-OF-EFFECTS MODEL

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25
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model of how advertising influences a consumers’ decision to purchase or not purchase a product or service.
:The objectives of a campaign are (in order delivery): awareness, knowledge, liking, preference, conviction, and purchase.

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HIERARCH-OF-EFFECTS MODEL

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26
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3 key sources of messages

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  1. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS
  2. SERVICE DELIVERY CHANNELS
  3. MESSAGES ORIGINATING FROM OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION
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MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS /Messages transmitted through traditional marketing channels.

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  • ADVERTISING
    -DIRECT MARKETING
    -SALES PROMOTION
    -PERSONAL SELLING
    -PUBLIC RELATIONS
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28
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SERVICE DELIVERY CHANNELS

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-SERVICE OUTLETS
-FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES
-SELF-SERVICE DELIVERY POINTS
-WEBSITES & APPS
-CORPORATE DESIGN

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MESSAGES ORIGINATING FROM OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION

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-WORD-OF-MOUTH
-ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS
-MEDIA-INITIATED COVERAGE IN ONLINE MEDIA
-MEDIA-INITIATED COVERAGE IN TRADITIONAL MEDIA

30
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The first point of contact between service marketers and their customers.

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ADVERTISING

31
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Marketers are increasingly trying to be more creative with their advertising to allow their messages to be more effective.

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ADVERTISING

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Employed for short-term objectives e.g., to accelerate the purchasing decision or in motivating customers to use a specific service sooner.

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SALES PROMOTION

33
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may take various forms e.g., samples, coupons and other discounts, gifts, and competitions with prizes.

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SALES PROMOTION

34
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Offer the potential to send personalized messages to highly targeted micro-segments.

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DIRECT MARKETING

35
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Firms in business-to-business service maintain a sales team or employ agents and distributors to undertake personal selling efforts on their behalf.

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PERSONAL SELLING

36
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can help a service organization build its reputation and credibility, form strong relationships with employees, customers and the community.

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PUBLIC RELATIONS

37
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Sending out news releases, holding press conferences, staging special events, and sponsoring newsworthy activities put on by third parties.

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PUBLIC RELATIONS

38
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Messages transmitted online (ENUMERATION - 2)

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  1. COMPANY’S WEBSITE
  2. ONLINE ADVERTISING
39
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Creating consumer awareness and interest.

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COMPANY’S WEBSITE

40
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Providing information and consultation

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COMPANY’S WEBSITE

41
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Allowing two-way communications with customers through email and chat rooms.

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COMPANY’S WEBSITE

42
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Encouraging product trial

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COMPANY’S WEBSITE

43
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Enabling customers to place orders

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COMPANY’S WEBSITE

44
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Measuring the effectiveness of specific advertising or promotional campaigns.

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COMPANY’S WEBSITE

45
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2 types of Online Advertising

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  1. Banner Advertising
  2. Search Engine Advertising
46
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Both planned and unintended messages reach customers through the medium of the service delivery environment itself.

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SERVICE OUTLETS

47
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Communication from frontline staff takes the form of the core service and a variety of supplementary services, including providing information, giving advice etc.

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FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES

48
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ATMs, vending machines, websites, and service apps can be used effectively in communications with current and potential customers.

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SELF-SERVICE DELIVERY POINTS

49
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Positive WOM is important as services tend to have a high proportion of experience and credence attributes, and are therefore, associated with high perceived risk by potential buyers.

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WORD-OF-MOUTH

50
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Service firms monitor blogs and view them as a form of immediate market research and feedback.

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BLOGS, TWITTER, AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA AS A TYPE OF ONLINE WOM

51
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their services is often through a firm’s PR activity, Even today, this sector in the firm promises a wide reach.

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MEDIA COVERAGE

52
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is closely matched to the various perceptions and behaviors the firm wants to manage in the Service Communications Funnel.

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TIMING

53
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typically managed in a flowchart of the media plan.

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Timing of communications

54
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is often used to assist with tedious tasks like professional firm Telmar.

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SOFTWARE

55
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PROBLEMS OF INTANGIBILITY

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ABSTRACTNESS
GENERALITY
NON-SERACHABILITY
MENTAL IMPALPABILITY

56
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Financial security or investment-related matters do not have one-to-one correspondence with physical objects.

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ABSTRACTNESS

57
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Items that comprise a class of objects, persons, or events are general are not specific enough

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GENERALITY

58
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many of the service attributes cannot be searched or inspected physically before they are purchased.

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NON-SEARCHABILITY

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many services are sufficiently complex, multi-dimensional, or novel; it is difficult to understand the experience of using them.

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MENTAL IMPALPABILITY

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OVERCOMING THE PROBLEMS OF INTANGIBILITY

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  1. TANGIBLE CUES
  2. METAPHORS
61
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vivid information” that catches the audience’s attention.

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TANGIBLE CUES

62
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It will produce a strong and clear feeling about the service offered. (e.g. employees, facilities, certificates, and awards, or its customers)

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TANGIBLE CUES

63
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are tangible in nature to help communicate the benefits of their service offerings and to emphasize key points of differentiation.

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METAPHORS

64
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Heavily knotted string represents how complex importing can be

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EASILY GRASP METAPHORS

65
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Straight string represents how easy it would be using DHL’S express service.

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EASILY GARSP METAPHORS

66
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has been a symbol for the wealth manager’s business philosophy, which suggests both a bullish market and a strong commitment to the financial performance of its clients.

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MERRILL LYNCH BULL

67
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known as build up method (the most logical method): here the estimated costs become the basis for the proposed promotions budget

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OBJECTIVE-AND-TASK METHOD

68
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Can be used alone or in combination with the objective-and-task method

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EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHOD

69
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Run a series of tests or field experiments with different communications budgets to determine the optimum level of communications spent.

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EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHOD

70
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ETHICAL AND CONSUMER PRIVACY ISSUES IN COMMUNICATIONS

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  1. UNREALISTIC SERVICE PROMISES
  2. UNETHICAL ADVERTISERS AND SALESPEOPLE
  3. UNWANTED INTRUSION
  4. DECEPTIVE PROMOTIONS
71
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Ties together and reinforces all communications in order to deliver a powerful brand identity.

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INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

72
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The communications from different media and communications approaches all become part of a single overall message about the service firm and its products.

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INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS