Promotion Mix (MKT Comm. Mix)
5 promotion tools (SAPPD)
Sale Promotion
Short-term incentives to encourage purchase/sale of a product/service
Advertising
Paid form of
Non-personal presentation and promotion of ideas/goods/services
by an identified sponsor
Personal Selling
Personal presentation by firm’s sales forces to engage customers, make sales and build customer relationship
Public relations
activities designed to engage and build good relations with the company’s various publics by
-obtain favorable publicity
- build up good corporate image
-handle/head off unfavorable rumors/stories/events
Direct and digital marketing
engage directly with carefully targeted individual consumers and customers communities
to obtain immediate response and build lasting customer relationships
Changing landscape in IMC
Content Marketing (CIS)
-Create + Inspire + Share
brand message and conversation with and among consumers
- across a fluid mix of paid, owned, earned and shared channel
The definition and role of IMC
Sales Promotion (P&C)
1vs3
+ Attract and Engage via strong incentives to purchase (buy now)
=> Boost sales in the short term
Advertising (P&C) 5vs3
+ Reach the largest number of people
+ Repeat a message many times
+ Large-scale ads = seller’s size, popularity, success
+ Sometimes to build a long-term image
+ trigger quick sales
Personal Selling (P&C) 3vs2
+ Favorable impression of brand/product => long-term loyalty
+ Build customer’s preferences + convictions + actions
+ Buyers feel the need to response
Public Relations (Pros and Cons)
2vs2
+ More credibility
+ “News and events” rather sales
Direct and digital marketing (P&C)
+ Highly targeted
+ Immediate and personalized
+ Interactive dialogue - message can be altered based on response
Promotion Mix Strategies (2)
Push and Pull Strategies
Push Strategy
Use sales force + trade promotion to push the product through channels.
= Producer promotes the product to channel members, then channel members promote to final customer
Pull Strategy
4 major advertising decisions
Ad Objective settings decisions (2)
Budget decision (4)
Affordable Method
Set the promotion budget at the level management thinks the company can afford
ignore the effects of promotion on sales
Percentage-of-sale method
Set a budget at a certain percentage of current or forecasted sales or as a percentage of the unit sales price
Competitive-parity method
set budget to match competitor’s outlays