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Opportunity
Analysis
Chapter 4
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Chapter Objectives
1. What activities are involved in
completing a promotions opportunity
analysis?
2. How should a companys marketing
team evaluate the relationship
between a companys promotional
efforts and those of the competition?
3. What are the characteristics of the
major consumer market segments?
4. How can a company identify and reach
key business-to-business market
segments?
5. How can IMC programs and promotions
be expanded to the international level?
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CENTAURUS PROMOTION
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Communication Market
Analysis
Step One
Competitors
Opportunities
Target markets
Customers
Product positioning
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Competitors
Identify
Major competitors
Communication
strategies of
major competitors
Sources of
information
Secondary
data
Other people
Primary
research
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Is this NOISE?
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Opportunities
Ignored customers.
Saturated markets.
Benefits not articulated
clearly.
Marketing approach.
Brand positioning.
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Target Markets
Benefits sought.
Methods of reaching markets.
Appeals to each market.
Needs not being met.
Demographic and
psychographic profile of each
market.
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Customers
Three Types
Current company customers
Customers of competitors
Potential customers who
have not purchased product.
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Product
Positioning
Perception
In mind of consumers
Relative to competition
Created by factors
such as
Product quality
Prices
Distribution
Image
Marketing communications
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Improving perception
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Positioning Strategies
Attributes
Competitors
Use or application
Price/Quality
Product user
Product class
Cultural symbol
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Price
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Image !!
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Attribute /
competition
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Usage
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Usage
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Establish Communication
Objectives
Refer to MCD case
Step Two
Develop brand awareness.
Increase category
demand(determine category
memebership)
Change beliefs or attitudes.
Enhance purchase actions.
Encourage repeat purchases.
Build customer traffic.
Enhance firm image.
Increase market share.
Increase sales.
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Changing attitude
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Confused positioning
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Goal of promotion
Threshold effects
Carryover effects
Wear out effects
Decay effects
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Create Communications
Budget
Step Three
Percentage of sales
Meet-the-competition
What we can afford
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Budgeting Expenditures
In terms of budget expenditures:
Media advertising normally accounts for 40% of a
communications budget
Trade promotions receive about 25%
Consumer promotions are given on average
about 25%
The final 3-5% goes to other expenses.
There are variances from industry to industry
Business-to-business firms have allocations,
which are not the same as consumer-oriented
firms and also vary by industry
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Create Communications
Strategies
Step Four
Broad, long-term guidelines.
Link to opportunities and threats.
Fit with overall company
message, image, and themes.
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Or
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Specific advertisements
Personal selling enticements
Sales promotions
Trade promotions
Price of products
Package design and labeling
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