1. Advertising, Sales Promotion, and Public Relations

2. AFLAC A few years ago, only 13% of U.S. recognized AFLAC
Old ads: “warm and fuzzy” similar to other insurance ads
Goal: break through advertising clutter
1999: AFLAC developed the “duck” campaign to enhance brand awareness
Incredibly successful: name recognition is now 91%; sales growth of 30% each year campaign has run

3. Definition Advertising
Any paid form of nonpersonal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods, or services by an identified sponsor.

4. Advertising
Signage in ancient times offers evidence of early advertising.
Modern ad spending tops $231 billion in U.S. annually, $500 billion worldwide.

5. Major Advertising Decisions

6. Advertising Key Decisions: Setting objectives Setting the budget
Advertising objectives can be classified by primary purpose:
Inform
Introducing new products
Persuade
Becomes more important as competition increases
Comparative ads
Remind
Most important for mature products
Key Decisions:
Setting objectives
Setting the budget
Developing the advertising strategy
Evaluating advertising campaigns

7. Comparative advertising can be extremely persuasive

8. Do these ads attempt to inform, persuade, or remind?
How effective are these ads?

9. Advertising Key Decisions: Setting objectives Setting the budget
Several factors should be considered when setting the ad budget:
Market share
Level of competition
Ad clutter
Degree of brand differentiation
Key Decisions:
Setting objectives
Setting the budget
Developing the advertising strategy
Evaluating advertising campaigns

10. Advertising Key Decisions: Setting objectives Setting the budget
Creative challenges
Media fragmentation
Soaring media costs
Advertising clutter
Creating ad messages
Message strategy
Creative concept
Advertising appeal
Message execution
Many execution styles
Tone, format, illustration, headline, copy
Key Decisions:
Setting objectives
Setting the budget
Developing the advertising strategy
Evaluating advertising campaigns

11. Creative Execution Styles
Advertising
Creative Execution Styles
Musical
Personality Symbol
Technical Expertise
Scientific Evidence
Slice of Life
Lifestyle
Fantasy
Mood or Image
Testimonial Evidence or Endorsement

12. Discussion Question
When does advertising pass the boundaries of good taste? Can you think of some examples?
Should marketers be concerned about the opinions of anyone other than the target market? Why or why not?

13. Celebrity endorsers may be movie stars, politicians, sports stars, or other public personalities
Testimonials feature ordinary people who talk about their product experiences

14. Advertising Key Decisions: Setting objectives Setting the budget
Select advertising media
Decide on level of reach, frequency and impact
Choose among the major media types by considering:
Consumer media habits, nature of the product, types of messages, and costs
Select specific media vehicles
Decide on media timing
Key Decisions:
Setting objectives
Setting the budget
Developing the advertising strategy
Evaluating advertising campaigns

15. TIVO is one example of how technology presents challenges to media planners. With TIVO, consumers can easily zap ads.
TIVO

16. Media planners for Absolut vodka work with creatives to design ads targeted to specific audiences. The ad at left appears in theater playbills.

17. Marketers are increasingly using alternate forms of media to reach their target markets. What other examples can you think of besides those shown below?

18. Discussion Question
Reddi Wip is one product whose media strategy includes heavy ad expenditures prior to Thanksgiving.
What types of products would benefit from a media flighting strategy?
Flighting  term for a timing pattern in which commercials are scheduled to run during intervals that are separated by periods in which no advertising messages appear for the advertised item

19. Advertising Key Decisions: Setting objectives Setting the budget
Measuring communications effects
Copy testing
Consumer recall
Product awareness
Product knowledge
Product preference
Measuring sales effect
Past vs. current sales comparison
Experimentation
Key Decisions:
Setting objectives
Setting the budget
Developing the advertising strategy
Evaluating advertising campaigns

20. Advertising Organizing the Advertising Function
Small vs. large companies
Nature of advertising agencies
Advantages of advertising agencies
Departments
Compensation
Changes in agency services

21. Advertising Advertising to International Markets
Advantages of standardizing worldwide advertising:
Lower advertising costs
Greater global ad coordination
Consistent global image

22. Advertising Advertising to International Markets
Drawbacks to standardizing worldwide advertising:
Ignores differences in demographics and economic conditions
Ignores differences in culture

23. U.S., Thai, & German websites reflect the worldwide Jeep brand image of ruggedness and reliability

24. Advertising Advertising to International Markets
Most marketers think globally but act locally

26. Definition Sales Promotion
Sales Promotions are short-term incentives to encourage the purchase or sale of a product or service.

27. Sales Promotion Sales Promotions
Can be targeted at final buyers, retailers and wholesalers, business customers, and members of the sales force.
The use of sales promotions has been growing rapidly.

28. Sales Promotion Objectives – Consumer Promotions:
Increase short-term sales
Generate product trial

29. Consumer Promotion Tools
Sales Promotion
Consumer Promotion Tools
Samples
Cash Refunds (Rebates)
Price packs (cents-off deals)
Advertising Specialties
Premiums
Patronage Rewards
Point-of-Purchase Communications
Contests, Games, and Sweepstakes

30. Checkout direct offers marketers an excellent opportunity to reach users of the competition
Coupons are only issued to those who purchase specific brands

31. Sales Promotion Objectives – Trade Promotions:
Obtaining distribution and shelf space
Encouraging retailers to advertise the brand

32. Sales Promotion Objectives – Sales Force Promotions:
Signing up new accounts
Stimulating sales of specific items

33. Sales Promotion Trade Promotion Tools
Discounts (also called price-offs, off-list, and off-invoice discounts)
Allowances
Advertising allowances
Display allowances
Free goods
Push money
Specialty advertising items

34. Sales Promotion Business Promotion Tools
Includes many of the same tools used in trade and consumer promotions
Two additional tools:
Conventions & trade shows
Sales contests

35. Sales Promotion
Key Decisions When Developing the Sales Promotion Program:
Size of the incentive
Conditions for participation
Promotion and distribution of the actual sales promotion program
Length of the promotional program
Evaluation
Surveys and experiments can be used

36. Definition Public Relations:
Building good relations with the company’s various publics by obtaining favorable publicity, building up a good corporate image, and handling or heading off unfavorable rumors, stories, and events.

37. Public Relations Functions
Press Relations
Product Publicity
Public Affairs
Lobbying
Investor Relations
Development

38. Public Relations Role & Impact of Public Relations Advantages:
Strong impact on public awareness at a lower cost than advertising
Greater credibility than advertising
Publicity is often underused
Good public relations can be a powerful brand-building tool

39. Public Relations Tools
News
Speeches
Corporate Identity Materials
Mobile Marketing
Special Events
Written Materials
Audiovisual Materials
Public Service Activities

40. Special Events: Sponsorships In-Depth
Public Relations Tie-in:
Sponsorships relate to special events
Types of Sponsorships:
Sports sponsorships
Entertainment, tours, and attractions
Festivals, fairs, and annual events
Cause-related marketing
Arts
Sponsorship Trends:
2001: $9.5 billion spent
Reasons for Growth:
Avoids clutter
Cost efficient / effective
Gains constituencies’ approval
Enhances brand equity
Allows for lifestyle or geographic targeting
Sources:
“Injecting life into sponsorship deals” Marketing; London; Apr 18, 2002; Mary Cowlett; Start Page: 27
“Getting in on the Action,” PROMO’s 9th Annual SourceBook, 2002, 25.
Advertising, Promotion and Supplemental Aspects of Integrated Marketing Communications. Terence A. Shimp, 6th edition, Thomson South-western, 2003, pp

41. Special Events: Sponsorships In-Depth
Selecting Sponsorship Events -- Consider:
Is it consistent with brand image or will it benefit the brand image?
Does it offer a strong probability of reaching the target audience?
Does the event complement existing sponsorships and other IMC efforts?
Selecting Sponsorship Events -- Consider:
Is the event cluttered by many other sponsors?
Is the event economically viable?
Has the competition previously sponsored the event? Is there a risk of confusing the target audience as to the sponsor’s identity?

42. Discussion Question
If you were responsible for marketing an anti-aging cream to baby boomers, what events or causes would you choose to sponsor (local or national) and why?