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ME Ch 19 M 4.01 Role of Promotion 1 • Promotion- any form of communication a business or organization uses to inform, persuade, or remind people about its products and improve its public images. • Product promotion - used to convince potential customers to buy products from it instead of from a competitor. • • • • • Explains major features and benefits of its products Tells where those products are sold Advertises sales on those products Answers customer questions Introduces new products ME Ch 19 The Role of Promotion 2 • Institutional Promotion- used to create a favorable image for itself. Does not directly sell a certain product. However, may ultimately result in increased sales of a company’s products. ME Ch 19 The Role of Promotion 3 • 1. Advertising - any paid form of non-personal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods, or services by an identified sponsor. • Six Advantages of Advertising • 1. A large number of people usually see the advertiser’s message • 2. Costs per potential customer are usually lower than other forms of promotion • 3. Can choose the most appropriate media to reach target mkt • 4. Can control the content of an advertisement • 5. Ads are subject to repeat viewing • Ads can “presale” products ME Ch 19 Four Types of Promotion 4 Four Types of Promotion • 1. Cannot focus well on individual needs • 2. Some forms of advertising can be too expensive for many businesses • 3. Sometimes advertising is wasteful and inefficient - message may be spent on nonpotential customers • 4. Advertising must be brief ME Ch 19 • Four Disadvantages of Advertising 5 • 2. Publicity - placing newsworthy information about a company, product, or person in the media. Can be used to promote particular events and promote particular products. The main purpose of publicity is to build an image. ME Ch 19 Four Types of Promotion • Image - the way a business or organization is defined in people’s minds. 6 Four Types of Promotion • Publicity is free; advertising is not • Can be used to create a positive image within the community • Viewed as being more credible or believable than advertising • Viewed as news, people more attention to publicity ME Ch 19 • Advantages of Publicity • Disadvantages of Publicity • Give up much of your control of your message • Not all publicity is positive 7 • 3. Sales Promotion - All marketing activities, other than personal selling, advertising, and publicity, that are used to stimulate consumer purchasing and sales effectiveness. • Objectives of Sales Promotion • Increase sales • Inform customers about new products • Create a positive store or corporate image ME Ch 19 Four Types of Promotion • 3 Characteristics • Short term activities • Offers some type of incentive • Can be successfully used in all channels of distribution 8 Four Types of Promotion ME Ch 19 • Sales promotion can be either consumer or trade oriented 9 • Trade Promotions - sales promotion activities designed to gain manufacturers’, wholesalers’, and retailers’ support for a product. More money is spent on promoting to businesses than to consumers. • 1. Slotting allowances - a cash premium paid by the manufacture to a retail chain for the costs involved in placing a new product on its shelves. • 2. Buying allowances - special price discount given by manufacturers to wholesalers and retailers to encourage them to either buy a product or buy a larger quantity. • 3. Trade Shows and Conventions - designed to reach wholesalers • 4. Sales incentives - awards given managers and employees who successfully meet or exceed their company’s set sales quota. ME Ch 19 Four Types of Promotion 10 Four Types of Promotion • 1. Licensing - Organizations, such as manufactures, movie makers, sports teams, and celebrities, may license for a fee their logo, trademark, trade characters, names and likenesses, or personal endorsements to a business to be used in promoting the business’s products. • 2. Promotional tie-ins - involve sales promotional arrangements between one or more retailers or manufacturers. They combine their resources (advertising and sales promotional activities) to do a promotion that creates additional sales for each partner. ME Ch 19 • Consumer Sales Promotions - designed to encourage customers to buy a product. 11 • 3. Visual Merchandising and Displays • Visual Merchandising - the coordination of all physical elements in a place of business so that it projects the right image to its customers • Displays - visual and artistic aspects of presenting a product to a target group of customers. ME Ch 19 Four Types of Promotion 12 Four Types of Promotion • • • • Coupons - certificates given to customers entitling cash discounts Factory Packs (in-packs)- free gifts placed in product packages Traffic Builders - low cost premiums like key chains, pens Coupon Plans - ongoing programs in exchange for labels, coupons, or other tokens from one or more purchases • Incentives - higher-priced products given in contests or sweepstakes • 5. Product Samples - free trial size of a product that is sent through the mail, distributed door-to-door, or through retail stores and trade shows ME Ch 19 • 4. Premium and Incentives - most popular and frequently used sales promotion type • Premiums - low cost items given away free to consumers as a condition of purchase. 13 Four Types of Promotion • Advantages of Sales Promotions • Disadvantages of Sales Promotions • Difficult to end without the customers becoming dissatisfied • Store image and sales can suffer if the promotion is not properly planned and managed • Only designed to supplement other promotional efforts and cannot make up for poor products ME Ch 19 • Unique and has special appeal to a potential customer • Helps build customer loyalty 14 Four Types of Promotion • Order-taking personnel - cashiers, counter clerks, and sales associates, perform routine tasks. • Order-getting personnel - professional salespeople, are more involved in informing customers and helping them to buy. Usually sell big ticket items like real estate, cars, appliances, and industrial goods ME Ch 19 • 4. Personal Selling - making an oral sales presentation to one or more potential buyers. On a per contact basis, personal selling is the most expensive form of promotion. 15 • Promotional Mix - a combination of different types of promotion. A business decides on a promotional mix that will be most effective in persuading customers or other businesses to purchase and support the business’s products. ME Ch 19 Four Types of Promotion 16 Promotional Mix • Factors affecting the selection of a promotional mix • Type of product • Product nature • Stage of life cycle: Intro, Growth, Mature, Decline ME Ch 19 • Good, Service, or Idea • Product’s market • Type of consumer • Number of Consumers • Geographical location 17 Promotional Mix • Historical perspective • Available funds • Size of sales force • External Factor: Competition • External Factor: Government Regulations • Promotion & Marketing are interrelated ME Ch 19 • Distribution System • Product’s Company 18 • Publicity - Placing newsworthy information about a company, product, or person in the media. • Advantages • Free to the business • Seen as more credible than advertising ME Ch 19 Publicity and Public Relations • Disadvantages • Lack of control by the business - bad stories can get printed 19 Publicity and Public Relations • • • • • Increasing sales Increasing firm’s good reputation Increasing customers reception of advertising messages Spreading accurate information to the public Conditioning customers to expect quality products from the company • Reducing the impact of problems • Helping to obtain better treatment from government ME Ch 19 • Public Relations - any activity designed to create goodwill toward a business. • Benefits of PR 20 Audiences for PR • Employee Relations - goal is to keep your employees happy by using: • • • • Tuition reimbursement Newsletters Health and wellness programs Opportunities for communications ME Ch 19 • Internal Audiences - groups within the organization 21 Audiences for PR • Provide special services and amenities such as gift-wrapping, check cashing, free delivery, free parking, etc. • Advisory boards - panels of consumers that make suggestions about products and businesses • Customer newsletters, annual reports • Customer events - seminars, lunches, entertainment ME Ch 19 • External Audiences - groups outside the organization • Customers - Satisfied customers = repeat business. Ways to keep customers happy include: 22 Audiences for PR • School partnerships - donating products to the high school • Sponsorship of community events • Scholarships ME Ch 19 • Community - company sponsors activities that benefit the civic, social, and cultural life of the community. Activities can include: 23 • News Release - a pre-written story about the company that is sent to various media for publication. It usually contains information about the company’s employees, stores, operations, products, corporate philosophy, or participation in an event or program. Can contain hard or soft news. • Hard News - information that should be announced right away because the public will want to know about it immediately • Soft News - information that does not need to be announced immediately because it will be of as much interest to the public later as it is now ME Ch 19 Public Relations 24 • • • • • To introduce new products To keep the business in the public eye To position the business’s image To support good employee relations To create good community relations ME Ch 19 Purposes of News Releases 25 • • • • • • • • • • • • Include a captioned photograph with the release Meet media deadlines Write an appropriate number of releases Direct the release to a specific person Advise the staff that you have sent out a release Reread the release after setting it aside Keep a copy of every release Send a cover letter with the release Send a thank-you note after the release is used Avoid pressuring the editor Avoid mentioning publicity or advertising Avoid playing favorites ME Ch 19 Getting Your News Release in the Media 26 • Press Kit - a folder containing articles, news releases, feature stories, and photographs about a company, product, or person. Press kits are given to the media to assist them in reporting on the intended news item. • Press Conference - a meeting in which media members are invited by the business or organization to hear an announcement about a newsworthy event. ME Ch 19 Public Relations 27 • Materialism: increase social status by purchasing • Profit: Save money; make money • Fear of Loss: prevent loss; guarantee; safety; save time; protect property • Comfort/Pleasure: Enjoyment; health; comfort; food and drink; beauty; entertainment; sports; recreation • Avoidance of Pain: Protection; relief from pain; less work; good health; • Love/Affection: Family; social approval; friendship • Pride/Prestige: Social acceptance; style; fashion; high quality; learning; advancement; imitation; good public image. ME Ch 19 Advertising Messages 28 Impact of Technology ME Ch 19 • Information can be communicated by more venues, and messages can be customized • Internet enables banners & pop up ads 29 Advertising to Children ME Ch 19 • Children are impressionable, and the wrong kinds of advertising can affect their development. 30 • Messages should be factual • Messages should be aimed at appropriate audiences • Messages should follow laws of host countries • Messages should avoid stereotypes ME Ch 19 Ethics 31