Promotions Flashcards
promotions
the coordination of marketing communications to influence attitudes and behavior
Communication Model
Source to communications channel to receiver
Noise to source, communications channel, receiver, and feedback
Receiver to feedback
Feedback to Source
source
company or spokesperson
communications channel
magazine, newspaper, TV, radio, billboard, social media, email, etc.
receiver
consumer
noise
competing messages, lack of clarity, flow in the channels
feedback
purchase data product awareness (Tweets, likes)
Source to communications channel is encoding/decoding
encoding
Communications channel to receiver is encoding/decoding
decoding
Goals of Promotions
AIDA Awareness Interest Desire Action
Think -> Feel -> Do
awareness
aided recall-customers recognize a name that has been presented to them unaided recall (top-of-mind awareness)
lagged effect
people don’t immediately respond and buy
they think, feel, and then do
Types of promotion
Advertising Sales Promotions PR Direct Marketing Personal Selling Online/Digital Word of Mouth
Non-personal promotion
targeted to groups of people, mass media
marketers control message completely
can reinforce brand image, be persuasive, or provide factual info
contests, coupons, and other incentives designed to build interest or encourage action
Can be expensive
Public Relations
communication activities that create or maintain a positive image of a firm and its products
mostly press releases
relatively low cost
highly credible
poor message control: no guarantee that message will even reach the target
difficult to track the results
direct marketing
efforts to gain a direct response from individual customers
use database technology to target customers
track and measure results
can provide extensive information and multiple offers with a single appeal
higher cost per contact than mass appeals
postcards, catalogs, email, mobile
personal selling
direct interaction between company rep and a customer
flexible because salespeople can modify message to match customer needs
sales rep can get immediate feedback
high cost per contact
difficult to ensure message consistency between different sales representatives
online/digital
websites, blogs, social media
consumer-generated media which generates Word of Mouth or viral marketing