Слайд 1Integrated Marketing Communication Strategy
Nina Zlateva, Ph. D.
Слайд 2Integrated Marketing Communication Strategy
The marketing communication system;
Marketing communication mix;
Integrating the marketing
communication mix;
Steps in developing effective communication;
Marketing communications media possibilities;
Marketing communication budget;
Socially responsible marketing communications;
Слайд 3Objectives of promotional activities
Building awareness;
Creating interest;
Providing information;
Stimulate demand;
Differentiate product;
Reinforce the brand;
Слайд 4Major targets of promotional campaigns
The actual audience;
Influencers;
Distribution channel members;
Other companies;
Слайд 5The Marketing Communication System
Advertising
Personal selling
Sales promotion
Public relations
Direct marketing
Company
Company’s communication mix
Consumer
Publics
Word-of-mouth
Слайд 6Marketing Communication Mix
Advertising – any paid form of non-personal presentation and
promotion of a product by an identified sponsor;
Personal selling – personal presentation by a firm’s sales force for the purpose of making sales and building customer relationships;
Sales promotion – short-term incentives to encourage the purchase of a product;
Public relations – building good relations with company’s various publics by obtaining favourable publicity, building up good corporate image, and building or heading off unfavourable rumours, stories, events;
Direct marketing – direct communications with carefully targeted individual consumers to both obtain an immediate response and cultivate lasting customer relations;
Слайд 7Important considerations in promotional decisions
Stage in the product Lifecycle;
Nature of the
product;
Cultural sensitivity;
Legal and regulatory conditions;
Competitor actions;
Target market composition;
Слайд 8Types of promotional strategies
Push strategy - A push promotional strategy involves
taking the product directly to the customer via whatever means, ensuring the customer is aware of your brand at the point of purchase.
Pull strategy - A pull strategy involves motivating customers to seek out your brand in an active process. "Getting the customer to come to you“.
Слайд 9Managing promotion through the product life cycle
Introduction – provide detailed information
about the product;
Growth – increase brand awareness and foster customer loyalty;
Maturity – create product differentiation and highlight specific benefits and features;
Decline – remind that the product exists;
Слайд 10Integrating the Marketing Communication Mix
Advertising
Personal selling
Sales promotion
Public relations
Direct marketing
Consistent, clear and
compelling message
Слайд 11Growing importance of IMC
Taking advantage of synergy among promotional tools;
Looking for
alternative ways to communicate with target audiences;
Penetrating the skepticism and capturing the attention of new generations;
Shifting of marketing budget from media advertising to other forms of promotion;
Rapid growth of database marketing;
Rapid growth of internet;
Developing and sustaining brand identity and equity;
Слайд 12Steps in Developing Effective Communication
Identifying the target audience;
Determining communication objectives –
depending on the buyer-readiness stage: awareness, knowledge, liking, preference, conviction, purchase;
Designing a message:
- message content (what to say?) – rational, emotional or moral appeals;
- message structure (how to say it?) – to make a conclusion or leave it to the audience, one-sided or two-sided arguments, presenting the strongest arguments first or last;
- message format – headline, copy, illustration, colour;
Слайд 13Steps in Developing Effective Communication
(Continued)
Choosing media
- personal communication channels – face to face, phone, chat, consumer advocates, family members, friends, neighbours, co-workers, etc.
- non-personal communication channels – media (print media: newspapers, magazines, direct mail; broadcast media: radio, television; display media: billboards, signs, posters; online media: Internet), atmospheres, events
- message source – the company, the brand name, the salesperson of the brand, or the actor in the ad who endorses the product
Collecting feedback
Слайд 14Marketing Communications Media Possibilities (Pickton & Broderick, 2005)
Press – newspapers (daily,
weekly, local, regional, national); magazines (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, general interest, special interest, consumer, trade, association, company, club); directories
Television – local, regional, national, international, terrestrial, cable, satellite, video, teletext
Cinema – local, regional, national
Radio – local, regional, national, international
Слайд 15Marketing Communications Media Possibilities (Continued)
Posters – transport (on buses, taxis,
trains, boats, poster vans); outdoor (billboards, bins, posts, benches, flyers, aerial banners, sport ground sites); indoor (at POS and at exhibitions – on windows, shopping trolleys, counters, shelves, hanging signs, on stands and displays, on notice boards, in public toilets)
Internet – websites, e-mails, blogs
Direct mail – letters, leaflets
Слайд 16Marketing Communications Media Possibilities (Continued)
People/word-of-mouth – sales staff, other employees,
customers/consumers, members of the media, members of the trade, other publics
Leaflets and brochures – annual financial reports, special offer fliers, press releases, etc.
Stationery – business cards, letterheads, memos, fax invoices, receipts, envelopes, pencils, pens, paperclips, etc.
Packaging – all forms and types
Слайд 17Marketing Communications Media Possibilities (Continued)
Merchandise items – calendars, diaries, giftware,
greeting cards, labels, bookmarks, clothing items, nameplates, badges, cups, sport equipment, etc.
Point-of-sale displays (POS) – shelf displays, bins, carousels, posters, videos, exhibition boards, stands
Livery and signage – signage in and on shops offices, buildings; vehicle signage (cars, vans, lorries, trains, planes); uniforms and working clothes; sign posts, illuminated signs, display signs
Others – postal service, telephone, beer mats, floor mats, balloons, golf tees and golf holes, back of receipts/tickets, bags, flags, PR stunts/events, CDs, DVDs, etc.
Слайд 18Marketing Communication Budget
Maximum expenses method;
Affordable method;
Percentage-of-sales method;
Competitive-parity method;
Objective-and-task method;