Advertising
and Promotion (MKT621)
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Lesson
8
ADVERTISING
PLANNING
LECTURE
OVERVIEW
In
this lecture information will be
provided about advertising
planning specially the
consumer
behavior,
types of advertising .The
communication objectives will also be
explained besides the
positioning
as required by the client
for its product etc, and
related strategies.
ADVERTISING
PLANNING (CONSUMER
BEHAVIOUR)
·
What
motivates the buyer?
·
Why
does buyer choose a specific
brand over others?
·
Why
does buyer buys from
where he or she buys?
·
What
makes buyer shift from one
brand to another & from one shop to
another?
·
What
are buyer's reactions to
newly introduced
product?
·
What
are the various stages
buyer passes through before
making a decision?
ADVERTISING
OBJECTIVES
An
advertisement, to be effective, should
be
Seen--ReadUnderstood
Believed & Acted
upon
So
there are three
objectives:-
·
Sales
Objectives. Immediate increase in
sales percentage(Chart No 1)
·
Communications
Objectives. Increase in market
share (Chart No 2)
·
Behavior
related Objectives. Increasing
company's brand usage rate
among existing
consumers
and Encouraging non-users to have
trial consumption and / or
purchase
Types
of Advertising
·
Brand
Advertising.
·
Retail
or Local Advertising.
·
Political
Advertising.
·
Directory
Advertising.
·
Direct
Response Advertising
·
Business
to Business Advertising.
·
Institutional
Advertising.
·
Public
Service Advertising.
·
Interactive
Advertising.
Target
Audience
How
to determine?
·
To
whom is advertising
addressed?
·
Where
will the objectives be achieved?
Process
of Identifying Target Audience
·
Identify
the market.
·
Identify
appropriate segments.
·
Decide
criteria for selecting
relevant segment.
·
Target
audience. (selected segments)
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SALES
OBJECTIVES PROCESS Chart No.
1
Competitor
Economic
actions
Condition
Packaging
Brand
Image
Price
SALES
Consumer
Taste
Dist.
Channel
Preferences
Management
Product
Other
Sales
force
Quality
Promotional
Advertising
No
& Quality
Features
Mix
COMMUNICATIONS
OBJECTIVES Chart No 2
Behavioral
objectives
5%
Purchase
Reg.
buy
10%Trial
Communication
objectives
15%
Preference
20%
Liking
30%
knowledge
70%Generating
Awareness
100
% Unawareness
Communication
Response Pyramid
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POSITIONING
·
Positioning
is the foundation upon which
all other marketing mix
decisions are built.
·
Positioning
involves a decision to emphasize or
highlight certain aspects of a
brand
So
Positioning
is not what you do to the product,
but is what you do to the minds of
the
consumers
through marketing communications.
Why
Positioning
"It
is the act of designing the
company's offering and image to occupy a
distinctive place in
the
target market's mind." .....
Philip
Kotler
Positioning
Strategies
Following
questions need
answers:
·
Who
am I : (Brand identity &
Image)
·
What
am I: (Functional capabilities of the
product)
·
For
whom am I: (Consumer segment I serve
best)
·
Why
me: (Powerful reason to
choose me)
Seven
Approaches to Positioning
Strategy
·
Using
product characteristics or customer
benefit approach.
·
The
price quality approach.
·
The
use or application approach.
·
The
product user approach.
·
The
product class approach.
·
The
cultural symbol approach.
·
The
competitor approach.
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