2. Marketing Communications
• Are the means by which firms attempt to inform,
persuade and remind consumers (directly or
indirectly) about the products and brands they sell
• Represent the voice of the company
• Help in building relationship
• They show how and why a product is use, by whom,
where and when.
• Changing Marketing Communications Environment
3. Marketing Communications Mix
• Advertising
• Sales Promotion
• Personal Selling
• Direct Marketing
• Publicity
• Events and Experiences
• Interactive Marketing
• Word-of-mouth Marketing
4. Advertising Sales
Promotion
Events/
Experien
ces
Public
Relations
and
Publicity
Direct
Marketing
and
Interactive
Marketing
Personal
Selling
Word-of-
mouth
Marketin
g
Print and
broadcast ads
Packaging
outer
and inserts
Brochures
Posters &
leaflets
Billboards
Display signs
POP displays
Audio visual
material
Logos
Contests,
games
Premiums
and gifts
Sampling
Trade fairs
Exhibits
Demonstra
tions
Coupons
Rebates
Low
interest
financing
Entertainm
ent
Sports
Festival
s
Arts
Causes
Factory
tours
Press Kits
Speeches
Seminars
Annual
reports
Charitable
donations
Publication
s
Company
magazine
•Community
Relations
•Lobbying
Catalogs
Mailings
Tele-
marketing
E-shopping
TV shopping
E-mail
Voice mail
Company
Blogs
Websites
Sales
presentations
Sales
meetings
Samples
Trade fairs
Incentive
programs
• Person
to Person
• Chat
Rooms
• Blogs
5. Steps in Developing Effective
Communications
• Identify the target audience
• Determine objectives
• Design Communications
• Select Channels
• Establish Budget
• Decide on media mix
• Measure Results
• Manage IMC
6. Identify the Target Audience
• Potential Buyers of the products
• Users, Deciders, influencers
• Target audience is critical for deciding on
– What will be said (message content)
– How it will be said (message structure, format)
– When it will be said
– Where it will be said
– Who will say it (source)
7. Determine the Communication
Objectives
• Marketers seek a purchase response that
result from a consumer decision-making
process that includes the stages of buyer
readiness.
8. Design Communications
• What to say (Message Strategy)
• How to say (Creative Strategy)
• Who should say it (Message Source)
9. Design Communications
• Message Strategy
– Search for appeals, themes or ideas that will tie in
to the brand positioning
– It helps establish POP and POD
– Some relate to performance
– Some relate to extrinsic considerations
10. Design Communications
• Creative Strategy
– Translate the messages into specific
communication
– Informational Appeal
• Elaborates on product or service attributes
• Saridon
• Domino’s
– Transformational Appeal
• Non Product Related Benefit or image
11. Design Communications
• Message Source
– Messages delivered by attractive or popular
sources can achieve higher attention and recall
– Celebrities
– Expertise – specialized knowledge on the subject
– Trustworthiness – objective and honest the source
– Likability – source’s attractiveness
12. Select Channels
• Personal Communication Channels
– Advocate Channel
– Expert Channel
– Social Channel
• Non Personal Communication Channels
– Advertising, Sales Promotion, Events and
Experiences and PR
• Integration of Communication Channels
– Mass Communication vs Individualized
Communication
14. Decide on Media Mix
• Advertising
– Pervasiveness
– Amplified Expressiveness
– Control
• Sales Promotion
– Ability to be attention-getting
– Incentive
– Invitation
• PR and Publicity
– High Credibility
– Ability to reach hard-to-find buyers
– Dramatization
15. Decide on Media Mix
• Events and Experiences
– Relevant
– Engaging
– Implicit
• Direct and Interactive Marketing
– Customized
– Up-to-date
– Interactive
• Word-of-mouth Marketing
– Influential
– Personal
– Timely
16. Decide on Media Mix
• Personal Selling
– Personal Interaction
– Cultivation
– Response
17. Factors in Setting Communications Mix
• Type of Product Market
– Consumer vs Business Market
– Consumer – Sales Promotion, Advertising
– Business – Personal Selling
• Buyer Readiness Stage
– Awareness, Comprehension, Order, Reorder
• Product Life Cycle Stage
18. Measure Results
• Measurement must for knowing the impact
• Recall, Remember, Points they recall, previous
and current attitudes etc.
• Total Market, Awareness, Brand Trial,
Satisfaction
19. Managing The IMC Process
• A planning process designed to assure that all
brand contacts received by a customer or
prospect for a product, service or organization
are relevant to that person and consistent
over time
• Coordinating Media
– Multiple Vehicle, Multiple Stage
• Implementing IMC
20. ADVERTISING
• Cost effective way to disseminate messages
• Build brand preference or educate people
• Five M’s
– Mission: Objectives
– Money: Spending
– Message: What Message to Send
– Media: What to use?
– Measurement: How to evaluate?
21. Setting Objectives
• Advertising objectives must flow from prior
decisions on target market, brand positioning
and the marketing program
• To increase among 30 million homemakers
who own automatic washers the number who
identify brand X as a low-sudsing detergent,
and who are persuaded that it gets clothes
cleaner from 10% to 40% in one year
23. Deciding Budget
• Although an expense, part of spending is an
investment in brand equity and customer
loyalty
• Factors affecting budget decisions:
– Stage in the product life cycle
– Market Share and consumer base
– Competition and clutter
– Advertising Frequency
– Product Substitutability
24. Developing The Advertising Campaign
• Message Generation and Evaluation
– Which appeal?
– Creative Brief
– Positioning Statement
– Alternate ad themes
• Creative Development and Execution
– TV Ads
– Print Ads
– Radio Ads
– Film Ads
25. Legal and Social Issues
• Laws and regulations govern advertising
• No ads for Alcoholic and Tobacco products,
however surrogate advertising is permitted
• Infant food advertising was not permitted
• Advertisement of Medicines prohibited
• ASCI
26. Deciding Media
• Deciding Reach, Frequency and Impact
– Reach – The number of different persons or
households exposed to a particular media schedule at
least once during a specified time period
– Frequency – The number of times within the specified
time period that an average person or household is
exposed to the message
– Impact – The qualitative value of an exposure through
a given medium (Food Ad in Bon Apetit vs Fortune
magazine)
27. Choosing among major media types
• News Papers
• Television
• Direct Mail
• Radio
• Magazines
• Outdoor
• Yellow Pages
• Newsletters
• Brochures
• Telephone
• Internet
31. Sales Promotion
• Consists of a collection of incentives tools, mostly
short term, designed to stimulate quicker or
greater purchase
• Advertising offers a reason to buy, sales
promotion offers an incentive
• Promotion includes tools for
– Consumer Promotion – Samples, Coupons, Cash Backs
etc.
– Trade Promotion – Prices off, advertising and display
allowances
– Sales force promotion – Trade shows, contents for sale
reps, specialty advertising
33. Sales Promotion
• Establishing Objectives
• Selecting Consumer Promotion Tools
– Manufacturers promotions
– Retailer promotions
– Consumer Franchise Building
• Selecting Trade Promotion Tools
• Selecting Business and Sales force promotion
tools
• Developing the program
• Implementing and Evaluating the program
– Push and Pull Strategy
35. Public Relations
• Public is any group that has an actual or
potential interest in or impact on a company’s
ability to achieve its objectives
• Functions
– Press Relations
– Product Publicity
– Corporate Communications
– Lobbying
– Counseling
36. Publicity
• Securing editorial space
• Launching New products
• Repositioning a mature product
• Building interest in a product category
• Influencing specific target group
• Defending products that have problems
• Building corporate image
37. Direct Marketing
• Use of consumer direct channels to reach and
deliver goods and services to customers
without using middlemen
• Can use number of channels to reach
individual prospects: Direct Mail, catalog
Marketing, Telemarketing, Interactive TV,
Kiosks, websites and mobile devices
38. Benefits of Direct Marketing
• Market Demassification
• Consumer short of time and stressed
appreciate toll free numbers, websites, next
day delivery
• Direct Marketers can buy mailing list
containing the names and addresses of
prospects
• Direct reach to customers
39. Direct Mail
• Selective mailing list
• Permits target market selectivity
• Personalized
• Early testing and response measurement
44. E-Business
• E business, or e-business, is the application of
information and communication technologies
(ICT) in support of all the activities
of business. Commerce constitutes the
exchange of products and services
between businesses, groups and individuals
and can be seen as one of the essential
activities of any business.
45. Personal Selling
• Prospecting and qualifying
• Pre Approach
• Presentation and Demonstration
• Overcoming Objections
• Closing
• Follow up