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Promotion

Promotion. What this topic is about. What is promotion? Effective methods of promotion for different types of product/business Factors to consider when choosing the promotional mix. Promotion = marketing communication.

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Promotion

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  1. Promotion

  2. What this topic is about What is promotion? Effective methods of promotion for different types of product/business Factors to consider when choosing the promotional mix

  3. Promotion = marketing communication Communication techniques aimed at informing, influencing and persuading customers to buy or use a particular It involves communication about the product or service Promotion is an element in the marketing mix

  4. The Many Uses of Promotion Increase sales Attract new customers Encourage customer loyalty Encourage trial Create awareness Inform Remind potential customers Reassure new customers Change attitudes Create an image Position a product Encourage brand switching To support a distribution channel

  5. Main Aims of Promotion The main aim of promotion is to ensure that customers are aware of the existence and positioning of products Promotion is also used to persuade customers that the product is better than competing products and to remind customers about why they may want to buy

  6. Promotional mix • The specific mix of promotional methods that a business uses to pursue its marketing objectives • The main elements of the mix are: • Advertising (offline & online) • Sales promotion & merchandising • Personal selling • Public relations/publicity / Sponsorship • Direct marketing • The elements must be integrated in a cohesive, consistent and logical manner

  7. Reading • OTB page 264 - 269 “The Chapter!!”

  8. Composition of promotional mix depends on:

  9. Two tests of promotional effort

  10. Promotional effectiveness and efficiency

  11. Advertising • Paid-for communication • Many different advertising media • TV & radio, newspapers & magazines, online, cinema, billboards • Consumers subjected to many advertising messages each day = hard to get through • Mass market advertising is very expensive

  12. Advertising + / -

  13. Personal selling Promotion on a person to person basis Two way communications Meeting with potential customers to close a sale By telephone, at meetings, in retail outlets and by knocking on doors Highly priced, low volume and highly technical products rely heavily on personal selling

  14. Personal selling + / -

  15. Sales promotion Tactical, point of sale material or other incentives designed to stimulate purchases Short term incentives to increase sales Some promotions aimed at consumers; -others at intermediaries or sales force

  16. Examples of sales promotion Coupons Money off Competitions Demonstrations Free samples Loyalty points Free gifts Point of sale displays BOGOF Merchandising Trade in offers

  17. Sales Promotion + / -

  18. Merchandising The process of maximising the effectiveness of retail distribution Displaying products to maximise sales Usually operates at the “point-of-sale”

  19. Public relations (“PR”) Activities that create goodwill toward an individual, business, cause or product

  20. Main Aims of PR To achieve favourable publicity about the business To build the image and reputation of the business and its products, particularly amongst customers To communicate effectively with customers and other stakeholders

  21. Typical PR Activities Promoting new products Enhancing public awareness Projecting a business image Promote social responsibility Projecting business as a good employer Obtain favourable product reviews / recommendations

  22. Sponsorship Sponsorship takes place when a payment for an event, person, organisation is given in return some consideration of benefit A specialised form of public relations Common in the worlds of arts and sport Sponsorship should benefit both sides

  23. Direct Marketing Promotional material directed through mail, email or telephone to individual households or businesses

  24. Why Use Direct Marketing? • Allows a business to generate a specific response from targeted groups of customers • Allows a business to focus on several marketing objectives: • increasing sales to existing customers • building customer loyalty • re-establishing lapsed customer relationships • generating new business

  25. Direct marketing + / -

  26. Task • OTB page 270 Questions 1, 2, 4 & 6 (20 marks)

  27. Homework Task • OTB page 290 Data Response B1 Green & Black’s second bite ALL Questions 30 marks

  28. 72. Promotion Complete all parts

  29. Test Your Understanding http://www.tutor2u.net/business/quiz/promotion/quiz.html

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