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A good, service, or idea consisting of a bundle of tangible and intangible attributes that satisfies consumers needs and is received in exchange for money or something else of value |
Product |
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The tangible activities or benefits that an organization provides to satisfy consumers' needs in exchange for money or something else of value |
Services |
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Are products purchased by the ultimate consumer |
Consumer Products |
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Are products organizations buy that assist in providing other products for resale. Also called B2b products or industrial products |
Business Products |
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Are items that the consumer purchases frequently, conveniently and with a minimum of shopping effort |
Convenience Products |
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Are items for which the consumer compares several alternatives on criteria, such as price, quality, or style |
Shopping Products |
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Items that a consumer makes a special effort to search out and buy |
Specialty Products |
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Items that the consumer either does not know about or knows about but does not initially want |
Unsought Products |
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The stage of the new-product process that internally and externally evaluates new-product ideas to eliminate those that warrant no further effort |
Screening and Evaluation |
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The stage of the new-product process that specifies the features of the product and the marketing strategy needed to bring it to market and make financial projections |
Business Analysis |
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The stage of the new-product process that turns the idea on paper into a prototype |
Development |
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The stage of the new-product process that exposes actual products to prospective consumers under realistic purchases conditions to see if they will buy |
Market Testing |
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The stage of the new-product process that positions and launches a new production full-scale productions and sales |
Commercialization |
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Specific product that has a unique brand, size or price |
Product Item |
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Is a group of product or service items that are closely related because they satisfy a class of needs, are used together, are sold to the same customer group, are distributed through the same outlets, or fall within a given price range |
Product Line |
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Consists of all of the product lines offered by an organization |
Product Mix |
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Statement that, before product development begins, identifies; 1) a well-defined target market; 2) specific customers' needs, wants and preferences; and 3) what the product will be and how to satisfy consumers |
Protocol |
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Consists of the seven stages an organization goes through to identify business opportunities and convert them to sellable products or services |
New Product Process |
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Is the stage of the new-product process that defines the role for a new product in terms of the firms overall objectives |
New Product Strategy Development |
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The stage of the new-product process that develops a pool of concepts to serve as candidates for new products, building upon the previous stages results |
Idea Generation |
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Then money or other considerations (including other products and services) exchanged for the ownership or use of a product or service |
Price |
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The ratio of perceived benefits to price; or value = (perceived benefits divided by price) |
Value |
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The practice of simultaneously increasing product and services benefits while maintaining or decreasing price |
Value pricing |
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Profit = Total revenue - total cost or Profit = ( unite price x quantity sold ) - ( fixed cost + variable cost) |
Profit Equations |
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Specify the role of price in an organizations marketing and strategic plans |
Pricing Objectives |
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Factors that limit the range of prices a firm may set |
Pricing constraints |
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Graph relating the quantity sold and price, which shows the maximum number of units that will be sold at a given price |
Demand curve |
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The total money received from the sale of a product |
Total Revenue |
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The average amount of money received for selling one unit of a product, or simple the price of that unit |
Average revenue |
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The change in total revenue that results from producing and marketing one additional unit of a product |
Marginal Revenue |
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The percentage change in quantity demanded relative to a percentage change in price |
Price elasticity of demand |
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The total expense incurred by a firm in producing and marketing a product. Total cost is the sum of the fixed cost and variable cost |
Total Cost |
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The sum of the expense of the firm that are stable and do not change with the quantity of a product that is produced and sold |
Fixed Cost |
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The sum of the expenses of the first hat vary directly with the quantity of a product that is produced and sold |
Variable cost |
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Is variable cost expressed on a per unit basis for a product |
Unit Variable Cost |
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The change in total cost that results from producing and marketing one additional unit of a product |
Marginal cost |
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Continuing, concise trade off of incremental costs against incremental revenues |
Marginal Analysis |
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A technique that analyzes the relationship between total revenue and total cost to determine profitability at various levels of output |
Break-even Analysis |
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The quantity at which total revenue and total cost are equal |
Break-Even Point |
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Involves setting the highest initial price that customers really desiring the product are willing to pay when introducing a new pr innovative product |
Skimming Pricing |
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Involves setting a low initial price on a new product to appeal immediately to the mass market |
Penetration pricing |
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Involves setting a high price so that the quality or status conscious consumers will be attracted to the product and buy it |
Prestige Pricing |
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Involves setting the price of a line of products at a number of different specific pricing points |
Price lining |
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Involves setting prices a few dollars or cents under an even number |
Odd-even Pricing |
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Consists of 1) estimating the price that ultimate consumers would be willing to pay for a product, 2) working backward through mark ups taken by retailers and wholesalers to determine what price to charge wholesalers, 3) deliberately adjusting composition and features of the product to achieve the target price to consumers |
Target Pricing |
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Involves the marketing of two or more more products in a single package price |
Bundle pricing |
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Involves the charging of different prices to maximize revenue for a set amount of capacity at any given time |
Yield Management Pricing |
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Involves adding a fixed percentage to the cost of all items in a specific product class |
Standard mark up pricing |
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Involves summing the total unit cost of a providing a product or service and adding specific amount to the cost to arrive at a price |
Cost-Plus Pricing |
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Method of pricing based on the learning effect, which holds that the unit cost of many products and services decline by 10 percent to 30 percent each time a firms experience at producing and selling them doubles |
Experience Curve-Pricing |
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Involves setting an annual target of a specific dollar volume of profit |
Target Profit Pricing |
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Involves setting a price to achieve a profit that is a specified percentage of the sales volume |
Target Return on sales Pricing |
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Involves setting a price to achieve an annual target return on investment |
Target return on investment pricing |
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Involves setting a price that is dictated by tradition, a standardized channel of distribution, or other competition factors |
Customary Pricing |
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Setting a market price for a product or product class based on a subjective feel for the competitors price or market price as the benchmark |
Above, at, or below market pricing |
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Deliberately selling a product below is customary pricing, not to increase sales but to attract customers attention in hopes that they will buy other products as well |
Loss-Leader Pricing |
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Setting one price for all buyers of a product or service. Also called fixed pricing |
One-Price Policy |
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Setting different prices for products and services depending on individual buyers and purchase situations. Also called dynamic pricing |
Flexible-Price Policy |
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The setting of prices for all items in a product line to cover the total cost and produce a profit for the complete line, not necessarily for each item |
Product line Pricing |
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Successive price cutting by competitors to increase or maintain their unit sales or market share |
Price War |
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Reductions in unit costs for a large order |
Quantity Discounts |
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Cash payments or extra amount of free goods awarded sellers in the channel of distribution for under taking certain advertising or selling activities to promote a product |
Promotional Allowances |
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The Practice of replacing promotional allowances with lower manufacturer list prices |
Everyday Low Pricing |
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"Free on board" price the seller quotes that includes only the cost of loading the product onto the vehicle and specifies the name of the location where the loading is to occur (sellers factory or warehouse) |
FOB origin pricing |
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The price the seller quotes that includes all transportation costs |
Uniform Delivered pricing |
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Selecting one or more geographical locations (basing point) from which the list price for products plus freight expenses are charged to the buyer |
Basing-point pricing |
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The practice of charging different prices to different buyers for goods of like grade and quality |
Price Discrimination |
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The practice of charging a very low price for a product with the intent of driving competitors out of business |
Predatory pricing |
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Consists of individuals and firms involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by consumers or industrial users |
Market Channel |
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Involves the blending of different communication and delivery channels that are mutually reinforcing in attracting, retaining, and building relationships with consumers who shop and buy in traditional intermediaries and online |
Multichannel Marketing |
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An arrangement whereby a firm reaches different buyers by employing two or more different types of channels for the same basic product |
Dual Distribution |
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A level of distribution density whereby a firm tries to place its products and services in as many outlets as possible |
Intensive Distribution |
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A level of distribution density whereby only one retailer in a specific geographical area carries the firms products |
Exclusive Distribution |
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Level of distribution density whereby a firm selects a few retailers in a specific geographical area to carry its products |
Selective Distribution |
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Arises when one channel member believes another channel members is engaged in behavior that prevents it from achieving its goals |
Channel Conflict |
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Consists of those activities that focus on getting the right amount of the right products to the right place at the right time at the lowest possible cost |
Logistics |
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Consists of a sequence of firms that performs activities required to create and deliver a product or service to ultimate consumers or industrial users |
Supply Chain |
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Consists of the expenses associated with transportation, materials handling and warehousing, inventory, stock outs, order processing and return goods handling |
Total Logistics Cost |
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The ability of logistics management to satisfy users in terms of time, dependability, communication, and convenience
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Customer Service |
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A process of reclaiming, recyclable and reusable materials, returns and reworks from the point of consumption or use for repair, remanufacturing, redistribution or disposal |
Revers Logistics |
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The combination of one or more communication tools used to : 1) inform prospective buyers about the benefits of the product, 2) persuade them to try it, 3) remind them later about the benefits they enjoyed by using the product |
Promotional Mix |
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Concept of designing marketing communications programs that coordinate all promotional activities - advertising, personal selling, sales promotions, public relations, relations, and direct marketing to provide a consistent message across all audiences |
Integrated Marketing Communications |
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The process of conveying a message to others and that requires six elements: a source, a message, a channel of communication, a receiver and the processes of encoding and decoding |
Communication |
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A company or person who has information to convey during the communication |
Source |
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Consists of the information sent by a source to a receiver during the communication process |
Message |
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The means (e.g., a salesperson, advertising media, or public relations tools) of conveying a message to a receiver during the communication process |
Channel of Communication |
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Any paid form of non personal communication about an organization, good, service, or idea by an identified sponsor |
Advertising |
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Consists of the two-way flow of communication between a buyer and seller, often in a face-to-face encounter, designed to influence a persons or groups purchase decision |
Personal Selling |
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Form of communication management that seeks to influence the feelings, opinions or beliefs held by customers, prospective customers, stock holders, suppliers, employees, and other publics about a company and its products or services |
Public Relations |
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A non personal, indirectly paid presentation of an organization, good, or service |
Publicity |
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Short-term inducement of value offered to arouse interest in buying a good or service |
Sales Promotion |
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A promotion alternative that uses direct communication with consumers to generate a response in the form of an order, a request for further information or a visit to retail outlet |
Direct Marketing |
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Involves direction the promotional mix to channel members to gain their cooperation in ordering and stocking the product |
Push Strategy |
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Involves direction the promotional mix at ultimate consumers to encourage them to ask the retailer for a product |
Pull Strategy |
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Involves allocating funds to promotion as a percentage of past or anticipated sales, in terms of either dollars or units sold |
Percentage of Sales Budgeting |
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Involves allocating funds to promotion by matching the competitors absolute level of spending, or the proportion per point of market share |
Competitive Parity Budgeting |
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Allocating funds to promotion only after all other budget items are covered |
All you can afford budgeting |
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Involves allocating funds to promotion whereby the company 1) determines its promotion objectives; 2) outlines the tasks to accomplish these objectives; and 3) determines the promotion cost of performing |
Objective and Task Budgeting |
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The result of direct marketing offers that contain all the information necessary for a prospective buyer to make a decision to purchase and complete the transaction |
Direct Orders |
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The result of a direct marketing offer designed to generate interest in a product or service and a request for additional information |
Lead Generation |
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The outcome of a direct marketing offer designated to motive people to visit a business |
Traffic Generation |
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Any paid form of non personal communication about an organization, good, service, or idea by an identified sponsor |
Advertising |
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Are advertisements that focus on selling a good or service and which take three forms: 1) pioneering (or informational), 2) competitive (or persuasive), and 3) reminder |
Product Advertisement |
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Are advertisements designed to build goodwill or an image for an organization rather than promote a specific good or service |
Institutional Advertisements |
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Is the number different people or households exposed to an advertisement |
Reach |
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Is the percentage of households in a market that are tuned to particular TV show or radio station |
Rating |
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The average number of times a person in the target audience is exposed to a message or an advertisement |
Frequency |
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Is a reference number used by advertisers that is obtained by multiplying reach (expressed as a percentage of the total market) by frequency |
Gross Rating Points |
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Is the cost of reaching 1,000 individuals or households with the advertising message in a given medium ( M is the roman numeral for 1,000) |
Cost per Thousand (CPM) |
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Are program-length (30 minute) advertisements that take an educated approach to communication with potential customers |
Infomercials |
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Are tests conducted before an advertisement is placed in any medium to determine whether it communicates the intended message or to select among alternative versions of the advertisement |
Pretests |
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Is an advertising agency that provides the most complete range of services, including market research, media selection, copy development, artwork, and production |
Full-Service Agency |
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Advertising agencies that specialize in one aspect of the advertising process, such as providing creative services to develop the advertising copy, buying previously unpurchased media space, or providing Internet services |
Limited-service agencies |
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Consists of the company's own advertising staff, who may provide full services or a limited range of services |
In-House agencies |
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Tests conducted after an advertisement has been shown to the target audience to determine whether it accomplished its intended purpose |
Posttests |
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Consists of sales tools used to support a company advertising and personal selling directed to ultimate consumers. Also called consumer promotions |
Consumer-Oriented Sales Promotion |
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A consumer sales promotion tool that uses a brand-name product in a movie, television show, video game, or a commercial for another product |
Product Placement |
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Are sales tools used to support a company's advertising and personal selling directed to wholesalers, distributors, or retailers. Also called trade promotions. |
Trade-Oriented Sales Promotions |
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Consists of advertising programs by which a manufacturer says a percentage of the retailers local advertising expense for advertising the manufacturers products |
Cooperative advertising |
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Methods of obtaining non personal presentation of n organization, good, or service without direct cost, such as news releases, new conferences, and public service announcements |
Publicity Tools |
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