Pom 14 INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS M marketing16 GREWAL / LEVY McGraw-Hill/Irwin 1 Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Coke Zero How did Coke Zero deliver the “masculine” message? Coke Zero/NASCAR Commercial 2 16-2 Communicating with Consumers: The Communication Process 3 16-3 How Consumers Perceive Communication Receivers decode messages differently Senders adjust messages according to the medium and receivers’ traits 4 16-4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lXcpWx5OSYo Decoding the Message How does the advertiser help the receiver decode this as a breakfast food Courtesy HJ Heinz Company 16-5 The AIDA Model 6 16-6 Awareness • Senders first must gain the attention of the consumers • A multichannel approach increases the likelihood the message will be received 7 16-7 Interest • After the customer is aware, they must be persuaded • The customer must want to further investigate the product/service 8 16-8 Desire I like it I want it 9 16-9 Action Purchase is just one type of action…what other actions can IMC ask consumers to take? 10 16-10 Lagged Effect • Advertising does not always have an immediate impact • Multiple exposures are often necessary • It is difficult to determine which exposure led to purchase 11 16-11 Elements of an Integrated Communication Strategy Clip 14 12 16-12 Advertising • Most visible element of IMC • Extremely effective at creating awareness and generating interest Terry Tate/Reebok Commercial 13 16-13 Personal Selling • Some products require the help of a salesperson • More expensive than other forms of promotion • Salespeople can add significant value, which makes the expense worth it 14 16-14 Sales Promotions • Can be aimed at both end user consumers or channel members • Used in conjunction with other forms of IMC • Can be used for both short-term and longterm objectives Retailmenot.com Website 15 16-15 Public Relations (PR) • “Free” media attention • Importance of PR has grown as cost of other media has increased • Consumers becoming more skeptical about marketing, PR becoming more important 16 16-16 Direct Marketing • Growing element of IMC • Includes e-mail and mcommerce • Good for multicultural groups • Database technology improves 17 16-17 Electronic Media Websites Corporate blogs Social Shopping Online Games 18 16-18 Planning and Measuring IMC Success • Understand the outcome they hope to achieve before they begin • Short-term or longterm • Should be explicitly defined and measured Lawrence Lawry/Getty Images 16-19 Setting and Allocating the IMC Budget Objective-and-task method Rule-of-thumb methods Determines the budget required to undertake specific tasks to accomplish communication objectives Use prior sales and communication activities to determine the present communication budget 16-20 Rule of Thumb Methods 16-21 Measuring Success Using Marketing Metrics How often the audience is exposed to a communication within a time period Percentage of the target population exposed to a specific marketing communication at least once Reach multiplied by frequency How much time viewers spend on particular Web pages and the number of pages they view Frequency Reach Gross rating points Web Tracking 16-22