Exam 1 Flashcards
(60 cards)
IMC
Integrated Marketing Communications; modern practice of strategically coordinating and integrating brand messages across all consumer contact points
Advertising
the structured and composed, non-personal communication of information. usually paid for and persuasive in nature about products by identified sponsors through various forms of media
6 Components of Advertising
-structured
-directed
-paid for by sponsors
-mediated
-persuasive
-identifies its sponsor
PSA
advertisement serving the public interest often for a non-profit organization, carried by the media at no charge
Word of Mouth Advertising
communication medium but generally not considered an advertising medium; the public spreads word organically
Mass Media
print or broadcast media that reach very large audiences
Advertising Strategy
define what the audience should notice, think, and feel; refine the target audience and define what response the advertiser is seeking
Marketing
designed to attract revenue; activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large
Marketing Mix
part of the marketing process; involves: developing products, pricing them strategically, distributing at the appropriate places, promoting them through sales and advertising
Marketing Strategy
part of the marketing process, the statement of how a company is going to accomplish its marketing objectives; determine who the targets of advertising should be, the markets in which the advertising should appear, and the goals advertising should help accomplish
Branding
identifies products and where they came from and distinguishes them from competitors
Free Market Economics
the main reason a large number of products are available at competitive costs is because of open competition between self-interested sellers; self interest, complete information, many buyers and sellers, absence of externalities (social costs)
Added Value
the increase in worth of a product or service provided by the communication of benefits over and above those offered by the product itself
Primary Demand
consumer demand for a whole product category; advertising helps stimulate this by giving the consumer more “complete information”
Selective Demand
consumer demand for a particular product over another
The Abundance Principle
in an economy that produces more goods and services than can be consumed, advertising serves to inform consumers of their alternatives and allows companies to compete more effectively for consumer dollars
Puffery
exaggerated and opinionated claims that cant necessarily be proven true or false; excluded from advertising laws about false claims
Regulated Industries
industries that have to keep the same price so people can afford them (water, utilities, energy, etc)
local advertising
advertising by businesses within a city or county directed toward customers within the same geographic area
product advertising
functional classification of advertising that promotes goods and services
sale advertising (promo)
a type of local advertising; stimulates movement of particular merchandise or increases store traffic by emphasizing a price reduction
institutional advertising (attitudinal)
a type of local advertising; attempts to gain favorable attention for the business as a whole and intends the effects to be long term
classified advertising
a type of local advertising; newspapers; short, text-only, used to locate and recruit new employees, offer services, or sell and lease new and used merchandise