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Components Of A Corporate Image
Tangible Elements
Intangible Elements
The Role Of A Corporate Image – Consumer Perspective
Assurance in unfamiliar settings

Assurance where little experience

Reduction in search time

Psychological reinforcement and social acceptance
The Role Of A Corporate Image – Business-to-Business Perspective
Risk reduction

Search time reduction

Psychological reinforcement and social acceptance

Reduces risk and uncertainty in international transactions
The Role Of A Corporate Image – Company Perspective
Positive feelings to new products
Ability to charge a higher price
Consumer loyalty
Positive word-of-mouth
Attract quality employees
Favorable financial ratings
PROMOTING THE RIGHT IMAGE
Creating The Right Image
Rejuvenating An Image
Changing An Image
Conveying An Image To Business Customers
Corporate name
overall banner under which all operations occur
Types of Names
Overt names
Implied names
Conceptual names
Iconoclastic names
Logo
Distinctive mark that identifies the corporation
Benefits of Logo Recognizability
Aids in recall of specific brands.
Aids in recall of advertisements.
Reduces shopping effort.
Reduces search time and evaluation of alternatives.
Brand Parity
Few tangible distinctions between brands in a mature market.
Brand Equity
Set of characteristics that are unique to a brand.
Benefits of Brand Equity
Higher prices & gross margins

Channel power & additional shelf space

Reduces switching behavior & erosion of market share
Co-Branding
Ingredient branding

Cooperative branding

Complementary branding
Ingredient branding
Placement of a brand within another
Cooperative branding
Joint venture of two or more brands for new product
Complementary branding
Two brands to consider co-consumption
Image
based on consumer's feelings
Brand Names
Applied to a product or service or a group of them
Family Brand
A company offers a series or group of products under one brand name.
Logos and Names should....
be easily recognizable
be familiar
elicit consensual meaning
evoke positive feelings
Stimulus Codability
A logo can elicit consensual meaning
Market Penetration
Number of households within an area that purchased a product
Brand Metrics
Measures of returns on branding investments
Brand Extension
Use of established name on something unrelated
Flanker Brand
development of a new brand by a company with a similar brand in that category
Consumer Purchasing Processes
Problem Recognition
Info Search
Evaluation of alternatives
the purchase decision
Postpurchase evaluation
Info Search Begins with...
Internal search
Evoked set
Consists of a set of brands that the consumer considers during the info search
External Search time depends on...
ability
motivation
costs
benefits
Motivation is determined by...
Level of involvement
Need for cognition
level of shopping enthusiam
Involvement
extent to which a stimulus is relevant to a consumer's needs
Enduring involvement
purchase situation is always important
Situational Involvement
based on a temporary situation
Need for cognition
When a person enjoys mental activities
Costs of the search
Actual cost
Subjective cost
Opportunity Cost
Attitude
Mental position taken toward a topic
Three components of attitudes
affective
cognitive
conative
Cognitive
Mental images
Affective
feelings and emotions
Conative
intentions, actions, behavior
Order of attitudes
Cognitive>Affective>Conative
Values
Strongly held beliefs
ELM
Simulation of decision making process
two routes of ELM
Central processing route
Peripheral route
Two factors that determine what route to chose
motivation and ability
Key in peripheral route
Repetition
HEM
Maximize pleasure and minimize pain
Cognitive maps
Simulations of knowledge structures in our brains
Features of cognitive maps
Levels and layers
factors that affect existing linkages
situations in which a message has no current linkages
Evoked set components
Inept set
Inert set
Inept set
Brands not considered because of negative feelings
Inert Set
neither negative or positive feelings about
Multiattribute approach is determined by
performance on each attribute
Importance of each attribute
Affect Referral
Evaluation method of purchase alternatives.
consumers choose which brand they like best
Shift away from evaluation process
Change in consumer's situation
Desire for variety
impulse purchase
marketing material
WOM
Postpurchase cognitive dissonance
doubt after purchases
Traditional factors influencing purchasing behavior
Demographics
Heredity
Family life cycle
life-changing events
cultural environment
social environment
situational environment
Utility
Value of an item
New Trends in buyer behavior
Change in values and attitudes
Time pressure
Cocooning
pleasure binges
desire for excitement
emphasis on health
clanning
Phased Heuristics
combo of compensatory and conjunctive
Compensatory Heuristics
No one brand will score high on every desirable attribute
Conjunctive Heuristics
establishes a minimum threshold
postpurchase evaluation
evaluate product performance
cognitive dissonance
impacts future purchases
impacts WOM
B2B sales
Straight rebuy
Modified rebuy
New task
Dual channel Marketing
Consumer B2B markets
Spin off
image concerns
dual strategy
single strategy
Dual Strategy
Different communication messages
create different brands
use different channels
Single Strategy
Integrate communicate message
sell same brand in both markets
scan both markets for dual opportunities
Two ways to address business customers buying products
list the products
identify the different types of customers
Promotion Opportunity Analysis
Conduct a communications marketing analysis.

Establish objectives.

Create a budget.

Prepare a promotional strategy.

Match tactics with strategy.
Conduct a Communication Market Analysis
Competitive analysis

Opportunity analysis

Target market analysis

Customer analysis

Positioning analysis
Competitive Analysis
Identifies major competitors.
Identifies communication strategies and tactics of each competitor.
Sources of information
Secondary data
Other people
Primary research
Opportunity Analysis
Are there customers that the competition is ignoring?
Which markets are heavily saturated?
Are the benefits of our products being clearly articulated?
Are there opportunities to build relationships using a slightly different marketing approach?
Are there opportunities that are not being pursued?
Target Market Analysis
What benefits does each target market want from the product?

How can each target market be reached?

What appeal works best for each target market?

What needs of the target market are not being met by a competing firm?

What is the demographic and psychographic makeup of each target market?
Three Types of Customers
Current company customers.

The competitors’ customers.

Potential customers
Establish Communication Objectives
Develop brand awareness
Increase good/service category demand
Change customer beliefs or attitudes.
Enhance purchase actions
Encourage repeat purchases
Build customer traffic
Enhance firm image
Increase market share
Increase sales
Reinforce purchase decisions
Budgeting Assumptions
Threshold effects:

Concave downward function:

Marginal analysis:

Carryover effect:

Decay effect:

Random events:
Decay effect
When consumers forget about the company after advertising stops.
Carryover effect:
Promoting for products only purchased when needed comes to mind when it is time to buy.
Marginal analysis:
At some point additional advertising expenditures will have an adverse effect on profits.
Concave downward function:
An incremental expenditure in advertising will result in lower increases in sales.
Threshold effects:
For new products, initial ads yield little behavioral response. With time and exposures, recall and willingness to purchase increase.
Methods of Determining the Marketing Communications Budget
Percentage of sales
Meet-the-competition
“What we can afford”
Objective and task
Payout planning
Quantitative models (computer simulations)
Communication strategies:
Broad, long-term guidelines for the marketing communications program.

Linked to opportunities and threats identified by the communication market analysis.

Fit with the company’s overall message, image and themes.
Tactics
Tactics support the communication strategies.
Market segmentation:
Identifying specific purchasing groups based on their needs, attitudes, and interests.
Market segment:
A set of businesses or group of individuals with distinct characteristics.
Tests to determine if a particular market segment is viable
Homogenous

Different from the population as a whole and distinct from other market segments.

Large enough to be financially viable

Reachable through some type of media or marketing communications method.
Geodemographic Segmentation
Combines census data with psychographic information.
Usage segmentation
based on customer usage or purchases.
Customer categories
Manufacturing
Governmental
Institutional
Wholesalers
Retail
International
Buying Center
A group of individuals involved in a buying decisions
Five roles of buying center
users
buyers
influences
deciders
gatekeeper
Gatekeeper
Controls the flow of information
Factors affecting buying decisions of members
Organizational
Individual
Social
Cultural
Organizational influences
company's goals
operating environment
Individual Factors
Personality
roles
motivational levels
levels of power
attitudes
involvement
personal objectives
Norms
rules of behavior
Straight Rebuy
Firm has previously chosen a vendor and wishes to make a reorder
Modified Rebuy
When a company may need to consider other opportunities
New Task
Purchasing a product or service for the first time
Derived Demand
derived from the production of some other G/S
Acceleration Principle
A small Increase for a product can have extreme impact on other products
Joint Demand
Similar demand forces influence component products
Three choices of for developing credit
In-house
Not offer it to e-commerce customers
Have external firm provide service
Evaluation of Vendors
Initial screening
Vendor Audit
share audit info
Branding Issues
Internet
Brand Parity
multiple vendor choices
Three ways to build B2B brand
Explain Brand clearly
Nothing confusing
Find differences
Look at customer database
Embrace the future of the brand
Three individuals buying media
CEOs
Top management
C-Level
Dual Channel Marketing
Sell same products to both consumers and businesses
Tactics for different channels
Use different communication methods
create different brands
use multiple channels
Tactics for single strategy
Integrating communication methods
Selling the same brand in both markets
Scanning both markets for dual marketing opportunities
advantages of integrating consumer markets
Synergies
Economies of scale
Synergies
Arise from increased brand identity
Promotions opportunity Analysis
Process to identify target audiences
Positioning
creating a perception in customer's mind
Sales response function curve
S-shaped curve that indicates when threshold effects are present
Benchmark measures
starting points that are measured to the degree of change
Marginal Analysis
A model that shows when additional expenditures have an averse affect
carryover effects
remembering the key component of an ad when it is time to buy
Wear out effects
occurs when a product becomes old
Decay effects
occur when a company stops advertising and people forget about it
Meet the competition
prevent the loss of market share
arbitrary allocation
management estimates of what is needed
payout planning
ratio of advertising to sales or market share
Psychographics
reveal person's attitudes
cultural assimilator
Person Familiar with a culture with a culture, helps with marketing
Objectives of promotions opportunity analysis
Determine which opportunities exist
identify characteristics of target audience
Marketing Objectives
Sales volume
increases in sales volume
Market Share
Profits
ROI
Communications Objectives
Reaching target audiences
displaying product features
positioning against competitors
generating against individual responses
Best Budget
Objective and task
NAICS
Segmentation by industry
Segmentation Methods
Industry
Business
Size
Geographic Location
Product Usage
Purchase decision Process
Customer Value
Message Theme
outline of key ideas the ad is supposed to display
Leverage Point
Taps into consumer's personal value system
Appeal
how leverage point and theme combine to attract attention
Executional framework
how the message will be delivered
Advertising management program
preparing ads with the overall message in mind
General preplanning input
provides understanding an background before preparing the ad campaign
Major selling idea
primary message concerning the project
Qualitative
Opinions
VAL
research designed to predict consumer behavior
Personal drive analysis
helps researcher understand psychological drives
Advertising account executive
go-between for ad agency and client company
creatives
develop and produce ads
Top choice
first or second choice when a consumer reviews his or her evoked set
Puffery
use of an exaggerated claim
Promotional Campaign
combine ads with other marketing efforts
support
facts that substantiate a unique selling point
constraints
legal and mandatory restrictions placed on ads
The Creative Brief
The objective.
The target audience.
The message theme
The support.
The constraints.
Theater of the mind
Radio
B2B Advertising:
Targeted at individuals who buy or influence the purchase of industrial goods or services.
Professional Advertising:
Targeted to professionals such as doctors, lawyers or dentists to encourage them to use a company’s product or recommend a product to end-users.
Trade Advertising:
Targeted to marketing channel members such as wholesalers, distributors, and retailers to encourage channel members to stock, promote, and resell the merchandiser’s branded products to their customers
Advertising Appeals
Fear
Humor
Sex
Music
Rationality
Emotions
Scarcity
Humor Appeal
Used in 30% of all advertisements.
Excellent at capturing attention.
Score high in recall tests.
Should be related directly to customer benefit.
Decision Variables
Size of account
Money that can be spent
objectivity factor
complexity
creativity
Cognitive
Generic
Preemptive
Unique Selling Proposition
Hyperbole
Comparative
Preemptive messages
Claims of superiority
Unique selling proposition
Testable claim of uniqueness or superiority
Hyperbole
An un-testable claim
Comparative advertisements
Directly or indirectly comparison to the competition
Affective
Resonance
Emotional
Resonance advertising
Connect a product with a consumer’s experiences
Emotional advertising
Powerful emotions lead to product recall and choice
Conative
Action-inducing
Promotional support
Brand
Brand user
Brand image
Brand usage
Corporate
Brand user strategies
Focus on type of individuals that use a brand
Brand usage strategies
Stressing uses for a particular brand
Corporate advertising
Promoting corporate name and image rather than individual brand
Animation
Use has increased due to computer
graphics technology.

Rotoscoping.

Clay animation.
Slice-of-life
Provide solutions to everyday problems
Slice-of-life components include:
Encounter
Problem
Interaction
Solution
Dramatization
Higher level of excitement and suspense (compared to slice-of-life) to tell the story
Testimonials
A character tells about a positive experience with a product.

Greater credibility than self-proclamations.

Perceived as more credible than paid endorsers
Authoritative
Convince viewers that a product is superior to other brands using an authoritative source.
Demonstration:
Show how the product works.
Fantasy
Lift audience to a make-believe experience.
Most common are sex, love, and romance.
Informative
Straightforward

Extensively used for radio advertisements
Spokespersons
Celebrities
CEOs
Experts
Typical persons
Expert Spokesperson
Tend to not be famous celebrities or CEOs
Typical Person Spokespersons
Paid actors or models
Everyday people
Principles of Effective Advertising
Visual consistency.
Campaign duration.
Repeated taglines.
Consistent positioning.
Simplicity.
Identifiable selling point.
Message Strategy
primary tactic used to deliver message theme
Cognitive message strategy
use rational arguments
Preemptive messages
claims of superiority