Marketing communication overview Marketing communication (MarCom) is a fundamental and complex part of a company’s marketing efforts. Loosely defined‚ MarCom can be described as all the messages and media you deploy to communicate with the market. This includes advertising‚ direct marketing‚ branding‚ packaging‚ your online presence‚ printed materials‚ PR activities‚ sales presentations‚ sponsorships‚ trade show appearances and more. Note: The complexity of the MarCom topic makes it too broad
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Apple‚ Inc. Marketing Strategy Plan Prepared by Techno-Geek Consultants MARKETING APRIL 28‚ 2012 BY: GROUP C Executive summary Apple has dominated the market with its innovative line of products like iPod‚ iPhone and iPad. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started Apple in 1976‚ and in the 34 years until the launch of the iPod‚ the company had many difficulties. In 1980‚ Apple was leading the market with its Macintosh that was worth $1B annually. Their product stood alone at the top in a primitive
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CASE 46 Making Socially Responsible and Ethical Strategic decisions move a company toward its stated goals and perceived success. Strategic decisions also reflect the firm’s social responsibility and the ethical values on which such decisions are made. They reflect what is considered important and what a company wants to achieve. Mark Pastin‚ writing on the function of ethics in business decisions‚ observes: There are fundamental principles‚ or ground rules‚ by which organizations act. Like the ground
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1. Introduction The two basic tasks of marketing communications are message creation and message dissemination. Media planning supports message dissemination. Media planning helps you determine which media to use--be it television programs‚ newspapers‚ bus-stop posters‚ in-store displays‚ banner ads on the Web‚ or a flyer on Facebook. It also tells you when and where to use media in order to reach your desired audience. Simply put‚ media planning refers to the process of selecting media time and
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Colgate-Palmolive‚ is involved in the manufacture of components for oral care products‚ e.g. Darlie and Colgate toothpaste‚ toothbrushes and personal care series of Palmolive. 1 Marketing Objectives The brand’s marketing objectives such as share or volume goals‚ summary of market situation‚ key competitor activity‚ marketing issues and challenges. H&H’s successful brand image and channel development resulted in an over 60% market share in Taiwan and around 20%-70% of market share around the world
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Marketing communications are the means by which firms attempt to inform‚ persuade‚ and remind consumers—directly or indirectly—about the products and brands that they sell. The marketing communications mix consists of six major modes of communication. List and briefly explain each using a specific product or service to illustrate their use. The chosen product for this assignment is Coca – Cola. It is a well known fizzy beverage which has been around from the eighteenth century. The primary target
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Page 1: A story of global success No study of business success in the twentieth century would be complete without mentioning Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola is the product which perhaps best exemplifies global marketing. The Coca-Cola trademark is recognised by 94 per cent of the earth’s population and Coca-Cola is the second most universally understood phrase after OK. It is not only instantly recognisable but it can be found almost anywhere from petrol stations and shops in Central Africa‚ to small villages
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Case Study – Corporate Social Responsibility – AMWAY Posted on Thursday‚ January 17‚ 2008 by BullsEye Rate This By the end of your reading‚ you should be able to answer the following questions: 1. What do you understand by the term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? 2. Explain two actions that Amway and its IBOs are currently taking that involve CSR. 3. Analyse the key ingredients in Amway’s CSR strategy. Show how the strategy is designed to translate the vision into practical steps
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of Consumer Marketing Vol 16 No. 1 pp. 42-57 Binet‚ L and Field P. (2009) Empirical Generalizations about Advertising Campaign Success. Journal of Advertising Research‚ Jun2009‚ Vol. 49 Issue 2‚ p130-133 Du Plessis E (2005) The Advertised Mind London Millward Brown and Kogan Page Ltd Mattila A S (1999) Do emotional appeals work for services? International Journal of Service Industry Management Vol 10 N0 3 pp. 292-307 O’Shaughnessy J and O’Shaughnessy N J (2003) The Marketing Power of Emotion
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Dove Case Questions: 1. What is a brand? Why does Unilever want fewer of them? 2. What was Dove’s positioning in the 1950s? What is its positioning in 2007? 3. How did Unilever organize to do product category management and brand management in Unilever before 2000? What was the corresponding structure after 2000? How was brand meaning controlled before 2000 and how is it controlled at the time of the case? 4. Spend a little time searching blogs‚ using Google Blog Search‚ BlogRunner‚ Technocratic
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