Communications, Promotion and Advertising L8 Flashcards
What is the definition of marketing communications?(Fill 2005)
A management process through which an organisation attempts to engage with its various audiences.
What is the value of understanding an audience’s communications environment? (Fill 2005)
It enables organisations to develop and present messages for its identified stakeholder groups, before evaluating and acting upon any responses
What is the purpose of conveying messages of significant value?
By conveying messages that are of significant value, audiences are encouraged to offer attitudinal and behavioural responses
What is the scope of marketing communications in terms of what the audience experience?
Planned marketing communications
Service experienced-based communications
Unplanned marketing communications
Product experience-based communications
What is service experienced based communication?
It demonstrates how your experience with the brand shapes your perceptions. Includes follow up and customer service
What is unplanned marketing communication?
Consists of reviews, likes and comments
What is planned marketing?
General advertising
What is product experience-based communication?
Represents how the coffee actually tastes for example, shaping your perception. How the product speaks to you before and after purchase.
What needs to be communicated in the awareness stage?
Information: of the brand, the stratus and the action to be taken (general advertising)
What needs to be communicated in the familiarity stage?
More detail: tech/specs, relevance and rational (web)
What needs to be communicated in the like-ability stage?
Emotion: rapport/dialogue, positivity, share (SM)
What needs to be communicated in the purchase stage?
Specifics: credit, delivery, spec (in store)
What needs to be communicated in the after sales stage?
Reassurance: update/service, front of mind, retain (direct)
What is the main aim of promotion?
To maximise the common frame of reference between the encoder and the decoder. Wanting them to remember, enjoy and share the product/service.
What is the job of the promoter?
To communicate your ideas in a way that your customers will understand and be attracted to, the more unique your ad is, the more likely it will stand out and be remembered
What are the three elements of marketing communications?
Audiences - which audience do we need to communicate with and what are their needs?
Engagement - what are the audience’s communication needs and is it possible to engage with them on their terms?
Responses - what are the desired outcomes of the communication processes? Are they based on perception, values and beliefs or are changes in behaviour required?
What are the four things that advertising and marketing communications achieve?
Differentiate - to position a brand so that it is perceived to be different to competitors
Reinforce - remind/reassure customers about a brand
Inform - make customers aware of a brand’s existence, relevance or attributes
Persuade - encourage customers to behave in particular ways
What is Aristotle’s model of communication?
Sender –> Receiver
Sender - message -> receivers