Lecture 17 Social Media Marketing Flashcards
What are 6 advantages of SMM?
Targeted and personal Interactive Immediate and timely Real-time marketing Cost effective Engagement and social sharing capabilities
What is SMM?
Social Media Marketing
How can SMM be interactive?
Engage in conversation with customers for both positive feedback and complaints
What is meant by real-time marketing?
Engage with customers anytime, anywhere
Why is engagement and social sharing capabilities and advantages of SMM?
It increases customer involvement with the brand
What are 5 disadvantages of SMM?
Companies are still experimenting with social media Social networks are consumer controlled Social media campaigns can backfire Revenge hashtags (bashtags) Hard to meaure results
Why is it a problem that companies are still experimenting with social media?
It is not always clear what works and what doesn’t work
Why is it a problem that social networks are user controlled?
Consumers control what they engage with online
What happens if social media campaigns backfire?
Firms cannot control the narrative
What are advantages of TV marketing?
Good mass-marketing coverage
Low cost per exposure
Appeals to senses
What are limitations of TV marketing?
High absolute costs, high clutter, fleeting exposure, less audience selectivity
What are advantages of online, mobile and social media marketing?
Focus on individuals and customer communities, immediacy, personalisation, interaction and engagement capabilities, social sharing power, low cost
What are the limitations of online, mobile and social media marketing?
Potentially narrow impact
Difficult to administer and control; the audience usually controls the content and exposure
What are the advantages with newspapers?
Flexibility, timelessness, good local market coverage, broad acceptability, high believability
What are the limitations with newspapers?
Short life, poor reproduction quality, small pass-along audience
What are the advantages of direct mail?
High audience selectivity, flexibility, no ad competition within the same medium and high believability
What are the disadvantages of direct mail?
Relatively high cost per exposure
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