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Promotion
the function of informing,persuading, and influencing a purchase decision
Integrated marketing communications (IMC)
Coordination of all promotional activities—media advertising, direct mail, personal selling, sales promotion, and public relations—to produce a unified customer-focused message.
Promotional mix
Combination of personal and nonpersonal selling techniques designed to achieve promotional objectives
Personal selling
Interpersonal promotional process involving a seller’s face-to-face presentation to a prospective buyer.
Nonpersonal selling
Advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing, and public relations.
Product placement
Marketers pay placement fees to have their products showcased in various media, ranging from newspapers and magazines to television and movies
Guerilla marketing
Innovative, low-cost marketing efforts designed to get consumers’ attention in unusual ways.
Advertising
Paid nonpersonal communication delivered through various media and designed to inform, persuade, or remind members of a particular audience.
Informative advertising
Build initial demand for a product
Persuasive advertising
Improve the competitive status of a product
Reminder-oriented advertising
Maintain awareness of the importance and usefulness of a product.
Sales promotion
Nonpersonal marketing activities other than advertising, personal selling, and public relations that stimulate consumer purchasing and dealer effectiveness.
Coupons
attract new customers but focus on price rather than brand loyalty
Rebates
increase purchase rates, promote multiple purchases, and reward product users.
Point-of-purchase (POP) advertising
Displays or demonstrations that promote products when and where consumers buy them, such as in retail stores.
Order Processing
Identifying customer needs, pointing out merchandise to meet them, and processing the order.
Creative Selling
Promoting a good or service whose benefits are not readily apparent or whose purchase decision requires a close analysis of alternatives.
Missionary Selling
Representative promotes goodwill for a company or provides technical or operational assistance to the customer.
Telemarketing
Personal selling conducted by telephone; regulated by the Federal Trade Commission’s 1996 Telemarketing Sales Rule
Public relations
Public organization’s communications and relationships with its various audience
Publicity
Stimulation of demand for a good, service, place, idea, person, or organization by disseminating news or obtaining favorable unpaid media presentations.
Pushing strategy
Relies on personal selling to market an item to wholesalers and retailers in a company’s distribution channels.
Pulling strategy
Promote a product by generating consumer demand for it, primarily through advertising and sales promotion appeals.
Puffery
Exaggeration about the benefits or superiority of a product
Deception
Deliberately making promises that are untrue, such as guaranteed weight loss in five days, get-rich-quick schemes for would-be entrepreneurs, or promised return on investments
Cost-based pricing
Adding a percentage (markup) to the base cost of a product to cover overhead costs and generate profits.
Breakeven analysis
Pricing technique used to determine the minimum sales volume a product must generate at a certain price level to cover all costs.
Everyday Low Pricing
Maintaining continuous low prices rather than relying on short-term price-cutting tactics such as cents-off coupons, rebates, and special sales.
Discount pricing
Attracting customers by dropping prices for a set period of time.