Groupon, Incorporated (Groupon) is a national e-commerce marketplace that connects local merchants to local consumers by offering goods and/or services at a discount. Each day Groupon e-mails its subscribers discounted offers for goods and services that are targeted by demographics and/or filtered by personal preference. National merchants also have used the company’s marketplace as an alternative to traditional marketing and brand advertising. Currently, Groupon does most of its marketing and advertising on the internet and on the following cellular phones: Android, Blackberry, and the iPhone. After conducting research, it appears Groupon has a niche market, which consists of individuals who have expensive phones and/or are computer savvy. Because a large amount of people use different coupons and may not be computer savvy, my team is putting together a marketing plan that will allow for Groupon to increase its marketability with an older generation and enhance the marketing plan they currently utilize to attract these customers.…
Target marketing is a marketing mix that is tailored to fit some specific target customers. In 2011, a multi-tiered campaign was launched to reach families across all platforms. Kool-Aid has stood for fun and refreshment for generations (Kool-Aid Sets Out to 'Bring Back Family Fun ', 2011). The idea for this campaign is to bring back the idea of “Family Fun”. In order to reach customers of all platforms they launched a Facebook campaign, a Kool-Aid sweepstakes, and a movie night. The sweepstakes allowed customers to enter for…
In years past, viewers primarily watched Super Bowl ads on their TVs. Now, many people watch from alternative devices, such as their phones or tablets. As a result, they end up sharing these ads online after watching them. In fact, Super Bowl 2015 commercials were shared online 9 million times, which is an increase of 73% from the previous year, a number that was revealed in Unruley’s new white paper “The Science of Sharing 2015.” As a result of these numbers, a wise advertiser will recognize the propensity of their audience to watch online and share online and will design a short, either funny or heartwarming ad that will prompt sharing and tweets.…
End of Book Case Studies 16/7/03 3:17 PM Page 674 674 Q End-of-book: Case studies products as being Australian made—multinational ownership notwithstanding. Dick Smith marketed his own Dick Smith-branded food products as not just Australian made but also made by Australian owned companies, thereby keeping employment and profits in Australia—threatening the brand image of rival multinational brands. We are starting to see the impact of the ‘buy Australian’ theme on the marketing plans of multinational companies. End-of-book: Case studies Q 675 There is no doubt that the launch of Dick Smith Foods is another successful adventure for Dick Smith and it has created some disturbance for the multinational giants.…
Today’s consumers, armed with an arsenal of weapons, can choose what they watch and don’t watch. Increasingly, they are choosing not to watch ads. Advertisers are creating new advertising forms that look less like ads and more like short films or shows. A range of new brand messaging platforms—from Webisodes and blogs to viral videos and apps—now blur the line between ads and entertainment. The purpose is to preventing consumers from skipping advertisements, and on the contrary, watch the advertisements for fun.…
* Social-network Pinterest has begun offering businesses new tools that help measure the number of visitors it sends their way, another step on the path to broadening its appeal with brands and making…
• Lead in next-generation advertising platforms: Yahoo will offer a diverse range of advertising opportunities from big business to small local merchants.…
And what happens in a saturated market, where all options are more or less similar? The first to innovate stands out! This is the case of Snapchat, the most innovative of recent times messenger application that challenges basic concepts taken for granted in the world of technology, and is gaining more and more people - especially young people.…
A big challenge facing Snapped is the lack of clients, which is leading to lack of income. It puts the advancement potential in jeopardy. An evaluation of the company’s internal strengths, weaknesses, external opportunities, and threats serves as the foundation for this strategic analysis and marketing plan. The plan focuses on the company’s growth strategy, suggesting ways in which it can build on existing client relationships, and on the development of new services and potentially products. Since Snapped is a company that primarily markets a service to a consumer, it is considered a business-to-consumer marketer.…
Possess a dynamic home screen where all videos in the feed will play as…
Taking into account a petition that was shared via Facebook, the company should pivot to a more people centered app, not just advertising. Due to the fact that the major pivot in its existence was when it went from a desktop platform to a mobile one it should concentrate on the actual customer that use the application daily to stay in touch with their friends and the contents that they enjoy.…
Facebook is a very popular social media site where users can share their ideas and feelings about events in an open atmosphere. These ideas are known as “statuses”. Additionally, the site is used to share pictures, videos, and other points of individual interest with the rest of the world or just a selected few. This is totally up to your personnel preferences. A growing trend is using Facebook as a social media marketing arena. There are several home-based and populated sites that are dedicated to the sale of items or services. It is through this newly established media power, that many entrepreneurial individuals have been able to establish themselves a social media marketing giants, and have gained much attention and income from being able to do so. This new ability is just a start of the technological marketing revolutions. Last year, 73 percent of Fortune 500 companies were active on Twitter, while more than 80 percent of executives believed social media engagement led to increased sales (Savitz, 2012). Social media has gained so much notoriety that “the average return on social (media) engagement was calculated to be between 3-5% (Walker, 2012). The most engaged businesses are reporting a calculated 7.7% business impact specifically from social (media) engagement, which is four times the performance of the lowest performers who only achieved a 1.9% estimated return” (Walker, 2012). This is why the social media market is a haven for future marketing success, and Facebook is a prime marketing component in that success.…
After conducting a thorough research about how vine works, how images can be used ethically and how different advertising techniques can be incorporated in a given ad to have a top-notch appeal in the viewers’ eye, I have wrapped all findings and explanations in this memo. This memo will provide a clear description of the concept behind each created ad, strategies used to engage target audiences, persuasive techniques…
As of the first quarter of 2015, Facebook had 1.44 billion monthly active users. The microblogging service, Twitter, averaged 236 million monthly active users with an average of 500 million tweets sent out per day. The photo sharing application, Instagram, had 300 million monthly active users. These numbers are increasing at staggering rates and show strong signs of increasing quarter after quarter. With increasing users and usage on these social media platforms, it’s easy to believe that this is indicative of the amount of time spent on social media websites and applications. With every purchased iPad, tablet, laptop, smartphone, we gain a new inductee into the social media…
"Consumers are online right now talking about your products and services, their experiences, and their likes and dislikes. Smart marketers aren't just listening to online chatter; they are analyzing it to better focus resources and build engagement and loyalty,”…