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Learning Objectives. How do customers perceive marketing communications? Why are some media channels growing while others are shrinking? How should firms use marketing metrics to plan for and measure IMC success?
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Learning Objectives • How do customers perceive marketing communications? • Why are some media channels growing while others are shrinking? • How should firms use marketing metrics to plan for and measure IMC success? • Why are some governmental agencies and consumer groups concerned about certain innovative IMC strategies?
Coke Zero How did Coke Zero deliver the “masculine” message? Coke Zero/NASCAR Commercial
Integrated Marketing Communications Communication channel
Awareness • Senders first must gain the attention of the consumers • A multichannel approach increases the likelihood the message will be received
Interest • After the customer is aware, they must be persuaded • The customer must want to further investigate the product/service
Lagged Effect • Advertising does not always have an immediate impact • Multiple exposures are often necessary • It is difficult to determine which exposure led to purchase
Check Yourself What are the different steps in the communication process? What is the AIDA model?
Advertising • Most visible element of IMC • Extremely effective at creating awareness and generating interest Terry Tate/Reebok Commercial
Personal Selling • Some products require the help of a salesperson • More expensive than other forms of promotion • Salespeople can add significant value, which makes the expense worth it
Sales Promotions • Can be aimed at both end user consumers or channel members • Used in conjunction with other forms of IMC • Can be used for both short-term and long-term objectives Retailmenot.com Website
Direct Marketing • Growing element of IMC • Includes e-mail and m-commerce • Good for multicultural groups • Database technology improves
Public Relations (PR) • “Free” media attention • Importance of PR has grown as cost of other media has increased • Consumers becoming more skeptical about marketing, PR becoming more important
Electronic Media – Social Shopping Shopstyle.com Website
Check Yourself What are the different elements of an IMC program?
Planning and Measuring IMC Success • Understand the outcome they hope to achieve before they begin • Short-term or long-term • Should be explicitly defined and measured
Search Engine Marketing La Bodega is a small upscale sneaker store in downtown Seattle that targets well educated, hip, young men and women
La Bodega Click through results What does the data tell you?
Check Yourself What are three rule-of-thumb methods used for setting IMC budgets? How would a firm evaluate the effectiveness of its Google advertising?
Clicks, as in mouse clicks, are used to assess the effectiveness of advertising expenditures. Glossary Return to slide
The click through rate (CTR) is the number of clicks divided by the number of impressions. Glossary Return to slide
The frequency of exposure is how often the audience is exposed to a communication within a specified period of time. Glossary Return to slide
Gross rating points (GRP) represents reach multiplied by frequency. Glossary Return to slide
The number of impressions is the number of times an ad appears in front of a user. Glossary Return to slide
The objective-and-task method determines the budget required to undertake specific tasks to accomplish communication objectives. Glossary Return to slide
Online couponing is a promotional Web technique in which consumers print a coupon directly from a site and then redeem the coupon in a store. Glossary Return to slide
Online referring is when consumers fill out an interest or order form and are referred to an offline dealer or firm that offers the product or service of interest. Glossary Return to slide
Reach is the percentage of the target population exposed to a specific marketing communication at least once. Glossary Return to slide
The return on investment (ROI) is the difference of the sales revenue and the advertising cost divided by the advertising cost. Glossary Return to slide
Rule-of-thumb methods use prior sales and communication activities to determine the present communication budget. Glossary Return to slide
Social shopping is a communication channel in which consumers use the Internet to engage in the shopping process by engaging preferences, thoughts, and opinions among friends, family, and others. Glossary Return to slide