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Evaluation of Effectiveness Part 5: Principles: How to Win the Battle of the Buzz Chapter 19 Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-1 CHAPTER KEY POINTS Questions We’ll Answer • How well do you understand why and how advertising evaluation is conducted? • Can you list and explain the stages of message evaluation? • What are the key areas of media evaluation? • How are campaigns and IMC programs evaluated? Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-2 IMPACT: DOES IT WORK? How does impact work? • Many executive feel advertising is only successful if it produces sales. • Others feel advertising should emphasize long-term brand building. • If advertising delivers the desired communication effects, but sales don’t increase, was the advertising ineffective? Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-3 IMPACT: DOES IT WORK? Evaluating Effectiveness • Intuitive analysis is based on an experienced managers judgment. • Measurement tracks consumer responses with structured feedback like response cards and calls. • Formal evaluation is necessary: – Financial stakes are high—production of :30 spot averages $200,000; national media costs several million. – Advertising optimization—reducing the risk failure through testing, analyzing, tracking performance, and making changes to increase performance. – Identify “best practices”—what works and what doesn’t, so brand advertising continues to improve. Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-4 IMPACT: DOES IT WORK? Types of Evaluation • Testing—to predict results – Sample ads are tested before they run. • Monitoring—to track performance – Performance is tracked to see if anything needs to be changed. • Measurement—to evaluate the results – The results, or actual effects, are measured after the campaign runs. Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-5 IMPACT: DOES IT WORK? Stages of Evaluation 1. Developmental research • Pretesting to see if an idea will work, or another is better. 2. Concurrent research • Tracking studies and test marketing to see how campaign is unfolding and how messages and media are working. 3. Posttesting research • Comparing the impact of campaign after it’s over against a benchmark, baseline, or other starting point. 4. Diagnostic research • Taking apart an ad to see what elements are working and which aren’t; examine frame by frame or piece by piece. Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-6 IMPACT: DOES IT WORK? Facets: Measuring Responses • It’s difficult to measure advertising’s effect on sales: – Other factors affect sales (e.g., pricing, distribution, competition), making it hard to isolate impact. – Effects are delayed; it’s hard to link sales to advertising. • Communication effects an be measured as surrogate measures for sales impact. – Awareness of the advertising, purchase intention, preference, liking. • Good evaluation plans, as well as effective promotional work, are guided by a model of how people respond to advertising. Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-7 MESSAGE EVALUATION Copy Testing • Companies that conduct research and perform diagnostic methods to identify an ad’s strong and weak points: – Ameritest: brand linkage, attention, motivation, communication, flow of attention and emotion through the commercial. – ARS: persuasion, brand/ad recall, communication. – Diagnostic research: brand recall, main idea, attribute statements (importance, uniqueness, believability). – IPSOS-ASI: recall, attention, brand linkage, persuasion, (brand switch, purchase probability), communication. – Mapes and Ross: brand preference change, ad/brand recall, idea communication, key message delivery, like/dislike, believability, comprehension, desire to take action, attribute communication. – Millward Brown: branding, enjoyment, involvement, understanding, ad flow, brand integration, feelings to ad, main stand-out idea, likes/dislikes, impressions, persuasion, new news, believability, relevance – RoperASW: overall reaction, strengths and weaknesses, understanding, clutter-busting, attention, main message, relevance, appeal, persuasiveness, motivate trial, purchase intent. Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-8 MESSAGE EVALUATION Message Development Research • Concept Testing – Compares the effectiveness of various message strategies and their creative ideas (the Big Idea). • Pre-testing – Helps marketers make final go/no-go decisions about finished/nearly finished ads using photoboards or animatics. • Diagnostics – Designed to diagnose strengths and weaknesses of ideas to improve work still in development or to learn more in order to improve subsequent advertisements. Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-9 MESSAGE EVALUATION During Execution: Concurrent Testing • Coincidental Surveys – In broadcast media, random calls to target market determine stations choices, ads they’ve seen/heard, brand perceptions. • Tracking Studies – Every 3 to 6 months, measure top-of-mind brand awareness. – Brand tracking tracks the performance of the brand. • Test Markets – Evaluate product variations, campaign or media elements. – Generally two or more markets with markets as controls. Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-10 MESSAGE EVALUATION Posttesting: After Execution Research • Breakthrough: attention—interest, enjoyability, liking • Engagement tests—eye-tracking as readers scan ads • Memory tests—recognition test, recall tests, unaided recall, aided recall • Emotion test—MRI measures brain activity • Likeability tests—relevant, important, enjoyable, entertaining, fun • Persuasion tests—intention to buy, motivation • Inquiry tests—measures number of responses to an ad • Scanner research—tally up purchase and collect consumer buying info • Single-source research—advertising and brand purchase data come from the same households, linking advertising to sales Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-11 MEDIA EVALUATION Evaluating Audience Exposure • How did each media vehicle perform? Were reach and frequency objectives met? • Services include Simmons-Scarborough, Arbitron, MediaMark. • For outdoor, traffic counts don’t equal exposure. • For Web or Internet advertising, what is measured and how does it compare to traditional media: hits, click-throughs, minutes spent? • Alternative or guerilla marketing is even more difficult to equate to traditional media. Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-12 MEDIA EVALUATION Advertising ROI and Media Efficiency • Return on investment (cost to sales ratio) is hard to calculate because many factors affect sales. • How do you determine if you’re overadvertising or underadvertising? • Wearout—recall stabilizes or declines and irritation increases until there’s no or less response (can be a combo of creative impact and media buying). • Media optimization— the goal is optimum media performance getting the most impact for the investment. Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-13 EVALUATING MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS Why evaluate campaigns? • Last, and perhaps most important, stage in the development of a campaign plan. • Determines whether the campaign’s message and media were effective. • Measures the overall impact on the brand, but the pieces are still evaluated to determine their individual effectiveness. Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-14 EVALUATING MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS Marcom Tools • Certain marketing communication functions such as public relations and sales promotion, do some things better than other areas. • An integrated plan uses the best tools to accomplish the desired effect. Principle: Advertising is particularly effective in accomplishing such objectives as creating exposure, awareness, and brand image, and delivering brand reminders. Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-15 EVALUATING MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS Direct Response • The objective is to generate an immediate behavior response (transaction, buy). • Use toll-free numbers, mail-in coupons, Web site or email address, an offer in the copy. • Response is easy to measure in terms of effectiveness and ROI. – Total responses divided by total mailed = response per thousand (RPM) Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-16 EVALUATING MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS Sales Promotion • May be necessary to evaluate both trade and consumer promotions. • Payout analysis compares the costs of a promotion to the expected sales. • Breakeven analysis—finds the point at which the total cost of the promotion exceeds the total revenues. Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-17 EVALUATING MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS Public Relations • Measure the success in getting out the message in terms of output and outcomes – Output: materials produced and distributed; how many press releases ran – Input: acceptance and impact of materials; changes in public opinion • Content analysis: Was coverage favorable? • Public opinion studies: Have attitudes, behaviors, or knowledge changed? Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-18 EVALUATING MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS Web Site Evaluation • Traffic volume – Page views – Site visitors • Click-through rates – Ads sold as pay-per click • Cost per lead – An attempt to measure ROI using a conversion rate (percent of visitors who complete desired action) Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-19 EVALUATING MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS Special Advertising Situations • Retail advertising • B2B advertising • International advertising • Objective: generate store traffic – Simple counts of people at promotions and events • Objective: visibility – Participation counts at events, or “how-to” classes – Sign-up and fill-out forms • Objective: loyalty – Participation in frequency clubs or loyalty programs Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-20 EVALUATING MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS Special Advertising Situations • Retail advertising • B2B advertising • International advertising • Objective: generate response/sales leads – Lead count based on calls, emails, and cards returned to the advertiser • Objective: conversion rates—number of leads who make a purchase Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-21 EVALUATING MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS Special Advertising Situations • Retail advertising • B2B advertising • International advertising • Difficult to evaluate because of the number of markets, distance, cost and variety of cultures • Evaluation should focus initially on pretesting to help correct big problems (due to unfamiliarity with the culture, language or consumer behavior) before they occur Prentice Hall, © 2009 19-22 EVALUATING MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS Campaign Evaluation • It’s difficult to evaluate and estimate the impact of synergy. • Brand tracking can measure campaign effectiveness by adding and taking away ingredients, and studying the effects of those changes. • The challenge: look at the big picture rather than individual pieces and parts. • Advertisers seek an evaluation method that brings all the individual metrics together to efficiently and effectively evaluate and predict communication effectiveness. 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