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Advertising and Promotion (MKT621)
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Lesson 43
WORKSHEETS
OVERVIEW
In this lecture the students will be guided by some sample worksheetsrequire to know the
requirementsfor the advertisementcampaign for a product / service. BENEFIT LIST:
BENEFITLIST
Listyour benefits below & put an asterisk by 2 or 3 most importantbenefits. Verify most
importantbenefits by talking to few people who are not associatedwith your business &
employees.Isolate that key benefit.Mark with an exclamationmark.
MY PRODUCT SERVICE HAS THEFOLLOWING BENEFITS:
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DEMOGRAPHICS OF YOUR TARGET:
Fill in any characteristics thatare important to yourtarget's relationship to you or your product.
Any which is unimportant leave it blank.
1.
SEX(male or female)
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2.
AGErange (child, teen, youngadult, middle age,senior)
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3.
Cultural or ethnic group
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4.
Maritalstatus
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5.
Householdstatus
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6.
Occupationtype (white collar, bluecollar, sales, service,student, business
owner,retired)
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7.
Homeowner or renter
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8.
Incomerange
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9.
Otherimportant characteristics
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TARGET'S MEDIA USAGE
Thisworksheet will give you an insight about your target audience and their usage of media.
The answers to be fill in the blanksabout:
My target uses:
TV (yes/no) ............................... At thesetimes / day....................................
Radio(yes/no) ........................ At thesetimes / day...........................................
Listall radio stations yourtarget listens to ..............................................................
Newspapers(yes/no).............................................................................................
Listnewspaper you think yourtarget reads (daily, weekly,local, regional & national)
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Magazines(yes/no)................................................................................................
Listmagazines you think yourtarget reads (local,regional & national).................
Shoppers(yes/no) ........................ Misc.Media (list)........................................
Whichmedia is best to reach yourtarget? List all butmark those outstanding......
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YOUR TARGET'S PURCHASINGHABITS:
Thisworksheet will determine thepurchasing habit of thetarget audience/markets.
Is my target already buying my product or service?
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Is he/she buying from me, a competitor or both?
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How often my target is making a purchase?
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Is that as often as it canbe?
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How large a purchase is my targetmaking from me each day / week / month / year?
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What is the Rupee amount of my target's potential daily/weekly /monthly / yearly
purchase?
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BENEFITS YOUR TARGET SEEKS:
Writedown the benefits yourtarget customer would like to receive from yourbusiness or
product.
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YOUR COMPETITOR
Fill in following information aboutyour most importantcompetitor.
What is the competitivecategory?
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Who is my chief competitor?
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What is their product or service?
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Whatare strengths & weaknessescompared to my product or service?
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Arethey serving marketidentical to mine or otherwise?
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If different, how does theirtarget audience differs frommine?
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How does their key benefitdiffer from mine?
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How is their product or servicepriced compared to mine?
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How is it priced compared to others?
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Where & how does my competitor sellit?
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YOUR COMPETITION IN GENERAL:
In the first blank, classifycategory you compete Thenuse rest of the worksheet to identify your
competition,the key benefits theyoffer & which is theirtarget market.
MY COMPETITIVE CATEGORY: ...........................
COMPETITION
KEY BENEFIT
TARGET
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