Final Exam Flashcards

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IMC

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  • integrated marketing communications
  • involves coordinating the various promotional elements and other marketing activities that communicate with a firm’s customers
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IMC plan

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  • developing, implementing, and controlling an organizations IMC plan
  • provides clarity, consistency, and maximum communications impact
  • ensures all marketing and promotional provides image
  • look and feel of a brand
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Promotional mix

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tools that accomplish an organizations communication objectives

  • advertising
  • direct marketing
  • digital/internet marketing
  • sales promotion
  • publicity/public relations
  • personal selling
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Advertising

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-any paid form of nonpersonal communication about an organization, product, service, or idea by an identified sponsor

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Advertising benefits

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  • most cost effective way to reach large numbers of consumers
  • builds brand equity by influencing consumers perception
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National advertising

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done on a nationwide basis or in most regions

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Retail/local advertising

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advertising to consumer markets

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primary-demand advertising

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stimulates demand for the general product class or industry

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selective-demand advertising

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creates demand for a specific company’s brand

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business-to-business advertising

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targets individuals who buy or influence the purchase of industrial goods or services for their companies

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professional advertising

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targets professionals, encouraging them to use a company’s product in their business

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trade advertising

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targets marketing channel members, encouraging them to stock, promote, and resell the manufacturers branded products to their costumers

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Four P’s

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  • product
  • price
  • promotion
  • place
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Marketing

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activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering and exchanging offerings that have value for:
-customers, clients, partners, and society at large

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exchange

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involves parties with:

  • something of value to one another
  • desire and ability to give up something to the other party
  • way to communicate with each other
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Value

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the customers perception of all the benefits of a product or service

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Brand equity

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intangible asset of added value or goodwill that results from the favorable image, impressions of differentiation, and/or the strength of consumer attachment of a company name, brand name, or trademark

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competitive advantage

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attributes that give a firm an edge over competitors

  • better quality products
  • superior customer service
  • low production costs and lower prices
  • dominating channels of distribution
  • advertising
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market segmentation

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-dividing a market into distinct groups with common needs, who respond similarly to a marketing situation

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geographic segmentation

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markets are divided into different geographic units

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psychographic segmentation

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dividing the market on the basis of personality, lifecycles, and/or lifestyles

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demographic segmentation

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dividing the market on the basis of age, gender, family size, social class, education, income

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positioning

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fitting a product or service to one or more segments of the market to make it unique within the marketplace

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positioning by product attributes and benefits

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  • sets the brand apart from from competitors on the basis of specific characteristics or benefits offered
  • important to consumers and are the basis for making a purchase decision
  • positions the product by comparing the benefit it offers versus the competition
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repositioning

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altering a products or brands positioning due to declining sales

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positioning strategies

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positioning by

  • price/quality
  • use or application
  • cultural symbols
  • product class
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product class

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rather than positioning against another brand, position oneself against another product category

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consumer decision-making process stages

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  • problem recognition
  • information search
  • alternative evaluation
  • purchase decision
  • postpurchase evaluation
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problem recognition

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  • consumer perceives a need and gets motivated to solve the problem
  • caused by a difference between consumer’s ideal state and actual state
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sources/cause of the problem

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  • out of stock
  • dissatisfaction
  • new products, related products, or purchases
  • marketer induced problem recognition
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internal information search

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the process by which a consumer acquires information by accessing past experiences or knowledge stored in memory

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external information search

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seeking information from external sources

  • internet, personal, and public sources
  • marketer controlled sources
  • personal experience
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communication process

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success depends on such factors as the nature of the message, the audiences interpretation of it, and the environment in which it is received

  • source/sender
  • encoding
  • channel
  • message
  • decoding
  • receiver
  • reponse
  • noise
  • feedback
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encoding

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putting thoughts, ideas or information in a symbolic form

  • verbal
  • graphic
  • musical
  • animation
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decoding

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transforming the sender’s message into thought

-heavily influenced by the receiver’s field of experience

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message

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contains the information or meaning the source hopes to convey

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channel

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facilities communication between sender and receiver

-nonpersonal channel or mass media

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3 ways to measure success

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  1. grow sale volume
  2. grow profit/RDI
  3. grow market share
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sales oriented

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  • aim to increase sales
  • required to produce quantifiable results
  • based on the achievement of sales results
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marketing objectives

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-goals to be accomplished by an organization’s overall marketing program such as sales, market share, or profitability

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communication objectives

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  • provide relevant information
  • create favorable predispositions toward the brand problems
  • translating sales goals into communication objectives
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characteristics of communication objectives

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  • present concrete and measurable tasks
  • well defined target audience
  • take into consideration the benchmark and the degree of change sought
  • specify the time period in which the goals must be accomplished
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creative strategy

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determines what the advertising message will say or communicate

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advertising creativity

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  • ability to generate fresh, unique, and appropriate ideas that can be used as solutions to communication problems
  • designs to break through the color
  • and used to communicate “favorable impressions” to the marketplace
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advertising campaign

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-a set of interrelated and coordinated marketing communications activities that center on a single theme or idea that appears in different media across a specified time period

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major selling idea

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the basis for the central theme or message idea in an advertising campaign, strongest singular thing a company can say about its product or service

  • using a unique selling proposition
  • creating a brand image
  • finding the inherent drama
  • positioning
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advertising appeal

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approach used to attract consumers attention and/or influence their feelings toward the product, service, or cause

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creative execution style

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manner in which a particular appeal/style is turned into an advertising message

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Rational appeal

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focus on the consumer’s practical, functional, or utilitarian need for the product or service
emphasize:
-features of a product or service and/or the benefits
-reasons for owning or using a particular brand
-feature appeal- focus on dominate traits

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types of rational appeal

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  • competitive advantage appeal
  • feature appeal
  • favorable price appeal
  • news appeal
  • product/service popularity appeal
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emotional appeal

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  • relate to the customer’s social and psychological needs for purchasing a product or service
  • create favorable effect on consumers evaluations of a brand
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advantages of emotional appeal

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  • more effective
  • work well during economic downturns
  • influence consumers interpretations of product usage experience
53
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parts of a print ad

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  • headline
  • subheads
  • body copy
  • visual elements
  • layout
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layout

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  • the physical arrangement of the various parts of the ad, including the headline, subheads, body copy, illustrations, and any identifying marks
  • shows where each part of the ad will be placed and gives guidelines
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slice of life

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  • based on a problem/solution approach

- focuses on the consequences and the results

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testimonial

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-messages are presented by a person who elaborates on his or her personal experience with it

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demonstration

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-illustrates the key advantages of the product by showing its actual use

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dramatization

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-focuses on telling a short story with the product or service as the star

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humor

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-used to present other advertising appeals

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combinations

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-using various execution techniques

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imagery

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  • consists of visual elements or imagery rather than information
  • associate brand with symbols, characteristics, or situation
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scientific/technical evidence

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-advertisers cite technical/scientific information to support their claims

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comparison

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  • shows a brand’s particular advantage over its rivals

- helps in positioning a new or less known brand with industry leaders

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animation

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uses animated scenes

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personality symbols

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developing a central character that can deliver the advertising message

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straight-sell

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relies on straight forward presentation of information

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frequency

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number of times the target audience is exposed to the media vehicle in a given time period

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reach

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the number of potential target audiences exposed to a media vehicle in a given period of time

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continuity

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pattern of advertising…everyday, week, or month

-food products, laundry detergent

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flighting

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intermediate periods of advertising

-seasonal, holiday periods, travel

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pulsing

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combination of continuity and flighting advertising but more heavier during key peak selling period

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media plan

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  • guides the media selection
  • aims to find a combination of media to communicate a message
  • series of decisions involved in delivering the promotional message to the purchasers/users of the product/brand
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developing a media plan

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  • market analysis
  • establishment of media objectives
  • media strategy development and implementation
  • evaluation and follow up
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media objectives

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to develop a framework…

  • that will deliver the message to the target audience
  • in the most efficient and cost effective manner
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media strategies

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plan of action designed to attain the media objectives

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sweep period

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times of year used for measuring TV audiences and setting advertising rates

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MRI

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MRI= mediamark research

  • provides information on consumers product/category uses
  • broken down into types of usage: light, medium, heavy
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alternative media

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  • a term commonly used in advertising to describe support media
  • used to deliver communications and promote products and services
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in store media

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  • closest to decision making process

- 2/3 make their decision while shopping

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product placement

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agreement by a company to pay a fee to have its product featured in a movie or TV programs

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promotional products

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the advertising or promotional medium or method that uses promotional products such as ad specialties, premiums, business gifts, awards, prizes, or commemoratives

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direct marketing defined

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  • a system of marketing by which organizations communicate directly with target customers to generate a response or transaction
  • interactive system of marketing
  • uses one or more advertising media to effect a measurable response/transaction
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direct marketing objectives

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  • to seek a behavioral response
  • to maintain customer satisfaction
  • to inform and/or educate consumers in an attempt to lead to future actions
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direct-response media

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  • tools by which direct marketers implement the communication process
  • valuable tool in the IMC process
  • generate immediate response
  • create a direct channel of distribution
  • objectives are different from other IMC programs
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one step approach

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medium is used directly to obtain an order and immediate sales

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two step approach

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uses more than one medium

  • first effort: screens potential buyer
  • second effect: generates the response and close the deal
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maling list

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constitutes the database from which names are generated, and the ability to segment markets and, of course the offer

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promotional tools use to support DM

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  • advertising
  • public relations
  • personal selling
  • sales promotion
  • support media
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evaluating the effectiveness

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cost per order (CPO): evaluates the relative effectiveness of an ad based on the number of calls generated

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sales promotion

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  • as consumers get closer to the decision making process sales promotions become more important to the overall IMC program
  • gives consumers a short-term incentive to purchase a product
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sales promotion advantages

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  • can provide an inducement to marketing intermediates such as wholesalers and retailers
  • essentially an acceleration tool designed to speed up the selling process and maximize sales volume
  • can be targeted to different parties in the marketing channel
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sales promotion disadvantages

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  • many SP tactics are not “effective brand building tools”
  • can result in “less” positive attitudes toward the product
  • can have lower effect on profitability
  • marketing managers become oriented to short term goals
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sampling

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involves a variety of procedures whereby consumers are given some quantity of a product for no charge to induce trial

  • most effective way to generate trial
  • most expensive
  • sure method of putting a product directly into the hands of the consumer
  • no consumer financial risk
  • generate goodwill
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sampling is best when…

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  • used to generate trial of a new product or improved product
  • encourage new use for an established brand
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premium

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  • offer of an item either free or at a low price that is an extra incentive to the consumer
  • types: free small gifts or merchandise
  • reinforces the brand message
  • effective way to target specific group of consumers or competitive brand
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contest

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  • demonstrate some sort of “skill”

- most people will enter only a few times

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coupons

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by far the most popular and relied upon form of consumer sales promotion

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frequency (loyalty) program

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  • designed to create and reward brand loyalty among consumers who might “switch” to another brand
  • cash rewards now the fastest growing form of consumer promotions
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bonus packs

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  • rewards
  • takes them out of the market for a longer period of time
  • effective against new competitors launch
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role of PR

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  • traditional role: maintain mutually beneficial relationships between the organization and its publics
  • new role: work together with the marketing department more broader, contribute to the IMC process in a way that is consistent with marketing goals
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PR advantages

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  • credibility
  • cost
  • avoidance of clutter
  • lead generation
  • ability to reach specific groups
  • image building
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tools for PR

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  • interviews
  • exclusives
  • internet
103
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corporate advertising

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designed to promote the overall firm rather than a specific product by:

  • enhancing the company image
  • assuming a position on a social cause
  • seeking direct involvement in something
  • helps to identify the company mission and vision
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types of corporate advertising

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  • image advertising: general image, sponsorship, recruiting
  • event sponsorship
  • advocacy advertising
  • cause related marketing
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press release

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one of the most important publics

  • the source of a press release can improve the likelihood that the “news” will be disseminated by:
  • ensuring that it reaches the right target audience making it interesting
  • easy to pass along
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measuring PR effectiveness

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  • it tells management what has been achieved through pubic relations activities
  • it provides management with a way to measure public relations achievements quantitively
  • it gives management a way to judge the quality of public relations achievements and activities
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measuring advertising effectiveness

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reasons to measure:
-avoid costly mistakes
-evaluate alternative strategies 
-increased IMC efficiency 
-determine if objectives are achieved 
reasons not to measure:
-costs involved
-research problems 
-disagreement on what to test
-lack of time
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concept testing

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  • earliest stage

- explores consumers responses to various ad concepts as expressed in words, pictures, or symbols

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concept testing techniques used

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  • mall intercepts
  • in dept interviews
  • questionnaires
  • focus groups