IMC Flashcards
Marketing communications
What message will we create
How will we create it
2 major tool classes available
Mass communications eg advertising
Direct communications eg mobile marketing
Promotional mix
Advertising Personal selling Direct marketing Digital marketing Publicity Sponsorship Personal selling
Advertising
Create awareness
Reach large market fast
Repetition-remember
Legitimize sales effort
Impersonal
Can’t close sale
Sales promotion
Incentives
Short term effects
Overuse long term-cheapen brand image
Publicity
Credibility (3rd party message)
Free
Little control -message may be ignored/distorted
Sponsorship
Useful for brand building and publicity
Op to entertain business partners
Demonstrate good will
Popular
Direct marketing
Targets individual customers Personalized Easy to measure effectiveness Build relationships Less visible to competitors
Expensive
Low response rate
Constant contact is annoying
Digital marketing
Global reach at low cost
Easy measure effectiveness
Convenient
Minor techniques
Exhibitions
Events
Product placement
Ambient/guerrilla/buzz marketing
5 characteristics effecting choice
Cost and available resources Market size and concentration Customer info needs Product characteristics Push v pull strategies
Framework for implementation on IMC
Marketing strategy Positioning strategy Communications decisions Communications strategy Evaluate
Communications decisions
Identify target audience Set communications objectives Create message Select promotional mix Set promotional budget
Developing advertising strategy
Analysis of target audience
Define advertising objectives
Set budget
% of sales
Oldest, weakest
% of revenue goes to advertising
If revenue drops so does advertising
Competitive party
Look at competitors spending and compare
Affordability
What a business can afford to spend