Abstract In an increasingly competitive marketplace‚ greater emphasis is being placed on brand image development as the basis for consumer discrimination. Advertising has a central role to play in developing brand image‚ whether at the corporate‚ retail or product level. It informs consumers of the functional capabilities of the brand while simultaneously imbuing the brand with symbolic values and meanings relevant to the consumer. These two functions of advertising closely parallel the informational
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Personal selling is the marketing task that involves face-to-face contact with a customer. Unlike advertising‚ promotion‚ sponsorship and other forms of non-personal communication‚ personal selling permits a direct interaction between buyer and seller. This two-way communication means that the seller can identify the specific needs and problems of the buyer and tailor the sales presentation in the light of this knowledge. The particular concerns of the buyer can also be dealt with on a one-to-one
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INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS PLAN A. ADVERTISING Advertising refers to the paid promotion of goods and services through a sponsoring organization or company. While marketing has the objective to choose markets that have the capacity to purchase a product‚ advertising‚ on the other hand‚ is the paid communication through which relevant information about the product is conveyed to potential consumers (2001). In a general sense‚ the author plans to use advertising in order to be able to impart
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Macy’s Integrated Marketing Campaigns 12/10/2010 MK 332 Macy’s Integrated Marketing Plan Executive Summary Macy’s Inc. is a well-established‚ historic and profitable company that is known as a quality yet affordable department store. Macy’s is an American icon; therefore our objective is not to change this image‚ but to modify it to appeal to a more youthful market. With our main objective in mind‚ we have proposed an Integrated Marketing Campaign that is geared towards our target market of
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Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) Template IMC situation analysis Summarise issues arising from the marketing plan that will directly impact on the communications strategy. Company analysis !" !" !" !" Company mission. Corporate goals. Issues related to an overriding corporate brand (if one exists). Budget for the IMC. Product analysis !" !" A summary of key product offerings and product life cycle issues. Existing brand themes‚ messages and appeals. Audience analysis !" !"
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where the main strengths as weaknesses lie: Strengths: Weakness: Experience of over 100 years - difficulties to enter in new markets outside Diversified product portfolio from Europe Alliances with other car manufacturers - same marketing strategy used for different Presence in 40 different countries markets (Fiat S.p.A. no date) - entry barriers like taxes and competitors Relationships with customers in approx. making it difficult to enter in new markets 150 countries
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innovative idea of how to do business that in a few years changed the vision about the process of drinking coffee not only in USA but worldwide. Starbucks has evolved into a great success due to their implementation of Integrated Marketing Communications. What is integrated marketing communication? For many‚ IMC is concerned with the harmonization of customer oriented promotional messages. Duncan and Everett (1993) suggest IMC has been referred variously as orchestration‚ whole egg and seamless communication
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Integrated Marketing Communication Report Contents Executive summary ………………………………………………………….. 2 Situation analysis ...………………………………………………………….. 3 Objectives ……………………………………………………………………… 5 Strategy ………………………………………………………………………… 6 Tactics ………………………………………………………………………….. 7 Action …………………………………………………………………………… 9 Control ………………………………………………………………………….. 12 Reference ………………………………………………………………………. 14 Appendices …………………………………………………………………….. 15 Executive Summary Spoonfed is
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION History: FedEx is a logistics services company having its headquarters in Memphis‚ USA. The name FedEx is the abbreviation of Federal Express which was the original name used from 1973 until 2000. In 1978‚ Federal Express was listed on NYSE as FDX. The success of Federal Express can be recognized by this that this was the first company that had reached revenues of $1 billion without having any kind of merger or acquisition though afterwards the company acquired different
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Integrated Marketing Communications Client: HTC x Microsoft HTC HTC takes pride in their contribution to the growth and capabilities of smartphone technology‚ having invested in a team of highly talented Research & Development (R&D) professionals and pioneering many state-of-the-art innovations and world-class designs for smart-phones. “HTC ’s mission is to become the leading innovative supplier of mobile information and communication devices by providing value-added design‚ world-class manufacturing
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