Advertising / Marketing Communications Mix
The specific blend of promotion tools that a company uses to communicate customer value and build customer relationships.
Tools
- Advertising
- Sales promotion
- Personal selling
- Direct marketing
- Public relations
- Digital marketing
Advertising
Any paid form of nonpersonal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods or services by an identified sponsor
Sales Promotion
Short-term incentives to encourage the purchase or sale of a product or service
Personal Selling
Personal presentation by the firm's sales force to build customer relationships and making sales.
Direct Marketing
Direct communication with carefully targeted individual consumer to both obtain an immediate response and cultivate lasting customer relationships
Public Relations
Building good relations with company's various publics by obtaining favorable publicity, building up a good corporate image and handling unfavorable rumors, stories and events.
Digital Marketing
Why to Advertise?
- Product / service launch
- to win the market competition
- persuasion
Integrated Marketing Communications
Sensibly integrating and coordinating the company's multiple communication channels to communicate a clear, reliable and convincing and persuasive message about the product, service or organization.
Strategies
- Social Media
- SMS Marketing
- Blogs and influencers
- News channels
- Vlogs
- website and website banners
- Search engine optimization
- Local cable advertising
- Target market and marketing efforts