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Understanding Marketing
Communications
• Marketing communications or promotions is an
integral part of Marketing.
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The Meaning of the term Marketing
Marketing: It is a social and managerial process by
which individuals and groups obtain what they need
and want through creating, offering and exchanging
product of value with others.
Marketing is a managerial process whereby
the organization aims at satisfying its target
customers with the expectation that the
organization will also benefit from this
exchange relationship
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The Meaning of the term
Communication
• Communication is the passing of information,
exchange of ideas, or process of establishing shared
meaning between a sender and a receiver.
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The Meaning of Marketing
Communications
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Marketing is thus Broader in Scope than
Marketing Communications
Marketing is broader in scope than marketing
communication.
However, much of marketing involves
communication activities.
In essence all the elements in the company’s
marketing programme that explicitly or implicitly
facilitates exchanges with target audience through
shared meaning can be considered as marketing
communications
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The Nature of Communication
Communication Process
Transmission
Sender Encoding Decoding Receiver
Device
Feedback
=Noise
The more knowledge the sender has about the receivers, the
better it can understand their needs, empathize with them,
and communicate effectively.
Prepared by Dr. Prince Kodua, UGBS, Legon 21
The Communication Process
Components of promotion
Advertising
Public Digital
Relations Marketing
Sales
Social Media
Promotions
Personal Alternative
Selling Marketing
Direct Database
Response Marketing