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Promotional Concepts. COMMUNICATION - Process of establishing a “oneness” between the sender and receiver PROMOTION MANAGEMENT - Focus of the promotional element of the marketing mix. Promotion Mix Elements. Sales Promotions Public or Community Relations Sponsorship Personal Selling
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Promotional Concepts • COMMUNICATION - Process of establishing a “oneness” between the sender and receiver • PROMOTION MANAGEMENT - Focus of the promotional element of the marketing mix
Promotion Mix Elements • Sales Promotions • Public or Community Relations • Sponsorship • Personal Selling • Advertising
Communications Process Source Encoding Message Noise Feedback Medium Decoding Receiver
Promotion Planning • Target Market Considerations • Promotional Objectives • Establishing Promotional Budgets • Choosing an Integrated Promotional Mix
Target Market Considerations • Push Strategy • Pull Strategy
Promotional Objectives The Hierarchy of Effects • Unawareness • Awareness • Knowledge • Liking • Preference • Conviction • Action
Promotional Budgets • Arbitrary Allocation • Competitive Parity • Percentage of Sales • Objective and Task Method
Integrating the Promotional Mix • Integrated Marketing Communications - Concept by which a sports organization carefully integrates and coordinates its many promotional mix elements to deliver a unified message about the organization and its products
MARKETING STRATEGY AD OBJECTIVES Building An Advertising Strategy BUDGETING CREATIVE DECISIONS MEDIA STRATEGIES AD EVALUATION
Ad Objectives(awareness, inform, change attitudes, purchase) • INDIRECT OBJECTIVES - ENHANCE CORPORATE IMAGE • DIRECT OBJECTIVES - STIMULATE DEMAND FOR THE SPORTS PRODUCT
Ad Budgeting • ALL YOU CAN AFFORD • COMPETITIVE PARITY • PERCENTAGE OF SALES • OBJECTIVE AND TASK
Creative Strategies • IDENTIFYING THE BENEFITS OF THE SPORTS PRODUCT • DESIGNING THE AD APPEAL • DEVELOPING THE AD EXECUTION
Designing The Ad Appeal • Health Appeals • Emotional Appeals • Fear Appeals • Sex Appeals • Pleasure or Fun Appeals
Designing The Ad Execution • One or Two Sided Messages • Comparative Message • Slice-of-Life or Lifestyle Message • Scientific Message • Testimonials
Media Strategy • SPECIFY THE MEDIA OBJECTIVES (REACH, FREQUENCY, CONTINUITY) • SELECTING THE MEDIA VEHICLES
Personal Selling: The Strategic Selling Process • Buying Influences • Red Flags • Response Modes • Win-Results • The Sales Funnel • Ideal Customers
Sales Promotions • Premiums • Contests and Sweepstakes • Sampling • Point of Purchase Displays • Coupons
Public Relations • Publicity (news releases, press conferences) • Participation in Community Events • Producing Written Materials (press guides) • Lobbying
Sponsorship • Investing in a sports entity to support overall organizational objectives and marketing goals. • IEG estimates $6.8 billion spent on sponsorship and of this $4.6 billion will be spent on sports • Not unlike other forms of communication, sponsors must fight the clutter and find the perfect match
SponsorshipObjectives Sponsorship Budget Sponsorship Acquisition Implementing and Evaluating the Sponsorship The Sponsorship Process
Sponsorship Objectives • Direct • Sales Increases • Indirect • Awareness • Competition (ambush mktg- planned effort to associate themselves with an event -- I Love LA) • Reaching Target Markets (Allows us to reach consumer where they live and play) • Relationship Building • Image Building
Sponsorship Budgeting • Sample costs of sponsorship • Corporate Box at the United Center $220,000 • Title sponsor of Tot Trot $7500 • Official Supplier for MLB $10 million • Premier League $15 million • Initial Costs, but there is maintenance and leveraging
Sponsorship Acquisition • 1) Determine Scope of the Sponsorship (sports event pyramid with global, international, national, regional and local events) • 2) Determine the athletic platform (entity and level of competition)
Sponsorship Implementation and Evaluation • Number of mentions in popular media • Media Equivalencies • Sales figures (pre and post) • Attitude change (pre and post) • Number of distributors (pre and post)